What is it? Set 361
Rob H.
Rob
Alexander Thesoso
A (relatively thin) wire, made of almost any reasonably uniform, moderately
resistive material is wound once around the spiral from the binding post at
the lower left to the one in the upper left center. Some reference voltage
is applied across the ends of the wire. Contact at any point along the wire
produces a voltage which can be read from the scale. If the center is at
one volt and the lower left is at zero volts then, for example, contacting
the wire at the mark 17 will produce 0.17 volts.
This suggests that 2077 is a piece of laboratory equipment. Let me make a
wild guess that it is for measuring charge/mass for oil droplets. J. J.
Thomson experiment.
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RogerN
lasers or other light sources for optical design and experimentation. I
have seen similar items in Edmund Scientifics optical catalog.
RogerN
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> 2077 looks what I have seen called an optics bench. Sometimes used with
> lasers or other light sources for optical design and experimentation. I
> have seen similar items in Edmund Scientifics optical catalog.
> RogerN
>
It does, yes. But with all the wind-up carousels and rotating reflectors
and the big condensor lens, I think it might be a lighting special effects
projector -- although I've never seen one that looked so "lab"-like.
LLoyd
RicodJour
2081. A hand pumped polishing flywheel possibly for lapidary work,
but more likely for scientific work.
R
Rob H.
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Partial credit for being correct about it being a projector although it's
not a typical one, it could be described in two words, the second of which
is projector. Also correct for saying that it's lab-like.
Rob
Winston
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2080 appears to be a 'place holder' to indicate
a point in a book, for example.
--Winston
Rob H.
> 2080. A folding surface gauge.
Nope, part of this one is missing, it can still function without the missing
piece but it would be more easily recognized if it were there.
> 2081. A hand pumped polishing flywheel possibly for lapidary work,
> but more likely for scientific work.
Yes, it's for scientific work.
Rob
Rob H.
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It isn't a place holder.
Ted Schuerzinger
> Partial credit for being correct about it being a projector although
> it's not a typical one, it could be described in two words, the
> second of which is projector. Also correct for saying that it's
> lab-like.
Spectrogram projector?
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Rich Grise
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>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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2080: BORG implant injector. ;-)
2081: I'm voting "vacuum pump sans bell jar."
2082: Shoe tree, possibly heated by putting embers in the hollow.
Cheers!
Rich
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> Partial credit for being correct about it being a projector although
> it's not a typical one, it could be described in two words, the second
> of which is projector. Also correct for saying that it's lab-like.
>
It's a microscope projector, using a carbon arc lamp.
LLoyd
Rob H.
Good answer!
Rob H.
>>
> 2080: BORG implant injector. ;-)
>
> 2081: I'm voting "vacuum pump sans bell jar."
This answer is correct.
> 2082: Shoe tree, possibly heated by putting embers in the hollow.
Nope, I had mentioned that the small part was hollow, maybe I should have
mentioned that the larger part is also hollow.
Rob
WW
Rob... #2077 My guess is a high power laser beam projector. Warren
Stormin Mormon
2078 totally no clue
2079 ditto
I give up. This week, I don't recognize any of them.
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lektric dan
wrote:
> This suggests that 2077 is a piece of laboratory equipment. Let me make a
> wild guess that it is for measuring charge/mass for oil droplets. J. J.
> Thomson experiment.
Robert Milikan did the oil drop experiment to determine the charge on
the electron
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Robert_Andrews_Millikan
Thompson is credited with its discovery
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/JJ_Thompson
Martin Eastburn
The machine might be able to do radial testing of optical crystals as well.
Martin
DoN. Nichols
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>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
2077) An optical experimenter's bench -- apparently currently
set up as a projection microscope without the screen.
Some of the other things appear to not belong, such as the wires
and the switches. At least two other puzzle items come from the
same table.
2078) It is not totally clear whether the center item is a wirewound
resistor or an electromagnet. It would appear that there are
resistors wired to the various metal points at the corners, and
it is possible that the lines connecting them are a resistive
material.
I expect that the wire connected to the binding point in the
lower left-hand corner goes to a probe used to trace that line.
The upper-left-hand binding post is the inner end of the square
spiral of resistances, and the bottom-left-hand binding post is
the outer end of the same spiral. I think that the
upper-right-hand binding post is connected to one end of the
wirewound resistor or electromagnet, and the inner end of the
spiral is connected to the other end.
If it looked newer and were connected to more obviously modern
circuitry, I would consider it to be an electronic test of
skill, following the spiral from the outer end to the inner
without losing contact with the line -- but now -- I just don't
know.
It looks as though some of the wire from the resistor or coil
are unwound and rattling around, but I am not sure.
This is one of the other things on the table with the optical
experimenter's bench.
2079) Wind-up motors to turn some optical thing as part of the
experimentation.
If it were not coated with reflective metal, I would consider it
to be possibly mechanical shutters instead -- except for the
long rod sticking out of one.
2080) Looks like a machinist's scriber used by sliding along a surface
plate to scribe a line parallel to the bottom of the plate in a
layout dye painted on the workpiece. The height is set against
a vertical ruler.
This one is unusual because it folds to a compact size instead
of having a cast and machined heavy metal base.
2081) Hmm ... perhaps a vacuum pump and base? A bell jar is set down
on the flat orange surface (looks like glass with the bottom
side painted for whatever reason.
2082) An antique clothes iron with steam piped in via the handle?
If so, it should have some form of insulated grip to avoid
burning the hand of the person using it.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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Steve
>> 2082: Shoe tree, possibly heated by putting embers in the hollow.
>
> Nope, I had mentioned that the small part was hollow, maybe I should
> have mentioned that the larger part is also hollow.
Mold for blown glass?
J Burns
you wouldn't have to keep getting down and up, and this device doesn't
appear to have exposed leather to be damaged by radiant heat.
Rob H.
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It isn't any type of mold.
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
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> looks like a precision 'Oil spot' lab machine.
> The machine might be able to do radial testing of optical crystals as
> well.
>
> Martin
No, like I said before, it's a carbon arc lamp illuminated microscope
projector. <G>
LLoyd
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
George W Frost
> Microscope projector -- Bausch & Lomb
>
>
> http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
>
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> http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory
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LLoyd
Rob H.
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It isn't a bellows.
Rob H.
> 2079) Wind-up motors to turn some optical thing as part of the
> experimentation.
>
> If it were not coated with reflective metal, I would consider it
> to be possibly mechanical shutters instead -- except for the
> long rod sticking out of one.
It *is* a wind up motor, or drive, each would have had a rod attached which
would rotate when the drive was powered.
> 2082) An antique clothes iron with steam piped in via the handle?
Nope, it was used as a container for a specific substance.
Rob
Rob H.
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> 2078 is a potentiometer, or at least the base of one.
> A (relatively thin) wire, made of almost any reasonably uniform,
> moderately resistive material is wound once around the spiral from the
> binding post at the lower left to the one in the upper left center. Some
> reference voltage is applied across the ends of the wire. Contact at any
> point along the wire produces a voltage which can be read from the scale.
> If the center is at one volt and the lower left is at zero volts then, for
> example, contacting the wire at the mark 17 will produce 0.17 volts.
I think this is probably correct though I haven't been able to find one like
it on the web.
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Rob
RicodJour
>
> Another tough set this week, the answers can be seen here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-361.html#answers
Ummm, Rob...? That Japanese Traveling Candlestick holder was posted
in the wrong category.
It definitely qualifies as chindogu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-0Xgx7GiYs
R
Cliff
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-361.html#answers
>
>
> Rob
The second image that is shown for #2081.
They appear to be two different items.
Are you sure this second image is not an antique bug and insect euthanizer
for bug/insect/butterfly collectors?
What does the embossing say on the stand? Something & Co Stockholm?
Cliff
Cliff
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
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> Another tough set this week, the answers can be seen here:
Hey! I finally got one right! <G> Bring 'em ON!
LLoyd
Rob H.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> The second image that is shown for #2081.
>
> They appear to be two different items.
I think the only difference is that one is a table top model and the other
clamps to the table, looks like they work in the same way.
> Are you sure this second image is not an antique bug and insect euthanizer
> for bug/insect/butterfly collectors?
Someone from Europe has sent me the first photo, looking to find out what it
was for, the same person then sent me the second photo, having found the
answer for it. I don't know if it was a euthanizer for insects, I've never
seen one of those before.
> What does the embossing say on the stand? Something & Co Stockholm?
I don't know the missing company name but I think you are correct in the
rest of it.
Rob
Rob H.
>in the wrong category.
>It definitely qualifies as chindogu.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-0Xgx7GiYs
>R
Yeah, the candlestick might have been a bit over engineered. ;-)
As seen in the video, I bet I could find a lot of good stuff for the web
site in Japan, but I don't think I'll being going there any time soon.
Rob
DoN. Nichols
> Microscope projector -- Bausch & Lomb
And quite old too -- based on several features of its
construction.
> http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
Hmm ... I get:
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and clicking on the "Troubleshoot" link does not do any good -- perhaps
because I am not browsing from a windows box. :-)
Michael A. Terrell
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>
> On 2010-11-05, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
> > Microscope projector -- Bausch & Lomb
>
> And quite old too -- based on several features of its
> construction.
>
> > http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
Bad link. It is missing the 'x' at the end.
<http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.aspx>
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>
> "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>>
>> On 2010-11-05, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
>> > Microscope projector -- Bausch & Lomb
>>
>> And quite old too -- based on several features of its
>> construction.
>>
>> > http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
>
>
> Bad link. It is missing the 'x' at the end.
>
>
><http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.aspx>
That did it.
O.K. 1925 -- as I suggested earlier -- an old one. :-)
Thanks,
Steve W.
What would you like. My BIL has been living there for 10 years now. Some
of the things they use over there would make you just ask WHY???
He is a through and through redneck who is teaching English to Japanese
kids!!
He married a Japanese girl last year. They have an interesting marriage
system there. It is all paperwork. No ceremony involved. They then went
to Hawaii and had a US style wedding.
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Michael A. Terrell
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:
>
> On 2010-11-06, Michael A. Terrell ?mike.t...@earthlink.net? wrote:
> ?
> ? "DoN. Nichols" wrote:
> ??
> ?? On 2010-11-05, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh ?lloydspinsidemindspring.com? wrote:
> ?? ? Microscope projector -- Bausch ? Lomb
> ??
> ?? And quite old too -- based on several features of its
> ?? construction.
> ??
> ?? ? http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.asp
> ?
> ?
> ? Bad link. It is missing the 'x' at the end.
> ?
> ?
> ??http://einhornpress.com/OldMicroscopeorMicroProjectorPicturesandHistory.aspx?
>
> That did it.
>
> O.K. 1925 -- as I suggested earlier -- an old one. :-)
>
> Thanks,
> DoN.
You're welcome, as always Don. I never mind helping one of the good
guys around here. :)
Spehro Pefhany
Last I was there for any length of time (been quite a while now--
before the current malaise really metastasized) I saw ads for wedding
ceremonies.. quite expensive, IIRC, like >JPY 1,000,000. Maybe people
are opting out and doing the city hall thing.
Best regards,
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Rob H.
> What would you like. My BIL has been living there for 10 years now. Some
> of the things they use over there would make you just ask WHY???
It's difficult to say what I would like, usually I don't know until I see
it, I've posted a few things that people have sent me from Japan but that
was a few years ago.
Rob
Steve W.
Most of those were probably like what they did. The people do the
paperwork in Japan but then go elsewhere to have a "Western style"
ceremony. They went through a LOT of money. They paid for airfare for
close to 25 people, then the had to pay for the hall, limo, pictures,
and reception.
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Steve W.
I'll have to see what kind of strange stuff he can get his hands on.
Should be some interesting things over there.
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