"Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> writes:
>>The bottom of the bricked circular ring (enlarge the pic) appears to
>>have a "concrete" or stone bottom. The contents in the ring appears
>>to be wood chips, but not sure if this is there for demo purposes,
>>relative to use of the "tool". There is no debris, as this, anywhere
>>else, nearby... only within the ring. It certainly doesn't appear as
>>a typical gristmill.
>>For grinding coal? I don't know why coal would need to be ground,
>>though. I don't think this tool is indigenous to my area, so I have
>>no idea about regions of the country with coal, hence the guess.
>>Charcoal grinder?
It's been long enough since I were in the areawas last there but that looks like could be John Rice Irwin's Museum of Appalachia in/near Clinton/Norris, TN. If so, I'm pretty sure I know it... :)
>>>The bottom of the bricked circular ring (enlarge the pic) appears to
>>>have a "concrete" or stone bottom. The contents in the ring appears
>>>to be wood chips, but not sure if this is there for demo purposes,
>>>relative to use of the "tool". There is no debris, as this, anywhere
>>>else, nearby... only within the ring. It certainly doesn't appear as
>>>a typical gristmill.
>>>For grinding coal? I don't know why coal would need to be ground,
>>>though. I don't think this tool is indigenous to my area, so I have
>>>no idea about regions of the country with coal, hence the guess.
>>>Charcoal grinder?
> It's been long enough since I were in the areawas last there but that > looks like could be John Rice Irwin's Museum of Appalachia in/near > Clinton/Norris, TN. If so, I'm pretty sure I know it... :)
OK, I'll let the regulars continue for a while then... :)
He was a kewl dude--if you took these pictures and aren't from there (I think you're somewhere in OH?) did you get to the Lenoir Museum just up the road towards Norris. Mr Lenoir was still alive for a number of years when we in the area. It was a treat to spend as much time as one had the leisure to take hearing all about his collecting and how he came to get any one item.
There are plenty of "mystery objects" there... :)
It's now part of the State of TN parks Dept at Norris Lake as he donated the entire collection to the State in return for the agreement to maintain it which they've done an admirable job thereof...
>> 2600: A Heyco bushing compression tool.. used to install power cord (or
>> other cable) protective bushings in metal panels.
>> Heyco bushings are those plastic inserts installed around power cords to >> securely anchor them in metal panels of appliances and other equipment.
>> The cord is placed in the bushing shell and the tool is used to compress >> the bushing so the barbed body of the bushing can be inserted into the >> panel hole easily.
>> When the tool is removed, the bushing expands slightly, gripping the >> edges of the panel hole to provide a secure mechanical attachment.
>> Despite the fairly simple design of the Heyco bushings, they're not >> easily installed or removed from a panel, particularly from the outside >> (power cord side) of an appliance.
>> Some Heyco bushings include additional strain relief features to promote >> reliability of the power cord/cable.
>> (a fairly easy puzzle since the company name is prominently displayed, >> this time).
> Thanks for the good description, I guess it was easy if you knew the > answer but I did a search on the company name and didn't find an answer > for this tool.
I'm with WB on that one, its for installing cable locks/strain reliefs.
>> 2603. Pot for boiling sugar cane juice into syrup. At least that's
>> what they used it for at Middleton Place.
>> Karl
> Large kettles could be used for several different purposes, so while
> your answer is a correct use for such a kettle, it isn't the answer for
> this particular one.
> Rob
I don't know about boiling cane juice, but I believe farmers used to boil maple sap in shallow rectangular pans, providing a large bottom for heating and a large surface for evaporation.
If it's 5 feet edge to edge, it might hold 75 gallons. The shape would make it fairly rigid. It has no corners and is lowest at the center.
These days, the spoilage of citrus crops is greatly reduced by washing with water containing a little bleach and a little baking soda. I imagine it has always been desirable to wash some crops for inspection and storage, such as root crops and apples picked up from the ground.
For nonfloating crops, a net could be hooked to the rim. That way, heavy dirt would settle to the bottom, leaving the water clear. After most of the water was removed with buckets, the tub could be tipped up and cleaned.
2599) Well ... to me, the first part looks like a rolling mill
for grinding rain in the circle. The upward pointing end of the
right-angle piece of wood should fit into a hole in the center
stump and I guess that a person walks the axle around
The other part looks like it might be for winnowing the grain.
2600) O.K. This one I *know* -- though I have not seen one marked
and built quite like this.
HEYCO makes strain reliefs for power cords an the like. Two
pieces of plastic (usually black, and sometimes tethered together
by a string of plastic). They have notches in the OD, and
distort the cord into a 'U' shape within the body of the relief.
These pliers are designed to grip the two halves from the side
(thus the angled tips) and compress them to deform the power
cord enough so the two halves fit into a hole punched in the
chassis. When the pliers relax their grip, the two halve expand
a bit and grip the hole so it won't pull out.
The metal 'U' around the pliers is to keep the jaw geared to the
handle to cover a specific range. You can move that to
disengage the gears to allow adjusting for larger or smaller
strain reliefs. Very useful tool. I have two, which I keep
set to common sizes in what I do. Mine have a nut which is
removed to allow the gear mesh between jaw and handle to be
shifted.
2601) This one looks to me like part of a strain relief for running
telephone cables between the building and the pole. There should
be another part which slides into it or which is locked by the
center tabs to keep a grip.
2602) For holding two things at a specific angle while they are glued
together.
Or -- for holding steel cable in the shape of an eye while it is
being served to keep it in that form. Hmm ... the previous
object might be used as part of the serving.
2603) Hog-scalding kettle -- for removing the bristles from the hide
of a hog prior to cutting it up for meat.
2604) Dodging tools -- for holding back the exposure of some areas of
a photographic print, while the rest is allowed to darken more.
Now to post and see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
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> OK, I'll let the regulars continue for a while then... :)
Feel free to give the answer if you want.
> He was a kewl dude--if you took these pictures and aren't from there (I > think you're somewhere in OH?) did you get to the Lenoir Museum just up > the road towards Norris. Mr Lenoir was still alive for a number of years > when we in the area. It was a treat to spend as much time as one had the > leisure to take hearing all about his collecting and how he came to get > any one item.
> There are plenty of "mystery objects" there... :)
I didn't know about the Lenoir Museum, next time I drive past Norris I'll stop in, sounds like an interesting place.
Is 2599 (the grinding stones) related, in some way, to 2603 (the large
5' kettle)? Both appear to be at the same museum, ie. the signs on
the tree with the number 26, other grinding stones, and the fence
construction in some areas.
Whatever is ground, by the stones, is placed into the kettle for
cooking/processing? Other guesses: For grinding some wood/fibrous
product, to make a resinous paste product or for making a texture
product for better chinking of logs of a log cabin, for enhancing
mortar for chimney making or for making a more solid (or waterproof?)
flooring in cabins?
That museum looks like a nice interesting place to visit.
As for as that large kettle, I still believe its original purpose was
for making syrup. It may have had a secondary use for scalding hogs,
just as today the kettles, in my area, have a secondary use as lawn
decor. You don't need 60 or 120 gallons of hot water to scald a hog,
unless it was used at a slaughter house for scalding lots of hogs,
hence the quantity of water needed was great, for the many hogs.
Additionally, read the sign here:
http://www.myspace.com/harleyseduce/photos/4717286#%7B%22ImageId%22%3...
> As for as that large kettle, I still believe its original purpose was
> for making syrup. It may have had a secondary use for scalding hogs,
> just as today the kettles, in my area, have a secondary use as lawn
> decor. You don't need 60 or 120 gallons of hot water to scald a hog,
> unless it was used at a slaughter house for scalding lots of hogs,
> hence the quantity of water needed was great, for the many hogs.
> Additionally, read the sign here:
> http://www.myspace.com/harleyseduce/photos/4717286#%7B%22ImageId%22%3...
You might be right, and I do not have a lot of experience with making syrup, though I have made many gallons of the stuff. Generally, syrup is cooked down in shallow pans, not in deep kettles. You usually want a broad surface area that is not at all deep.
>> As for as that large kettle, I still believe its original purpose was
>> for making syrup. It may have had a secondary use for scalding hogs,
>> just as today the kettles, in my area, have a secondary use as lawn
>> decor. You don't need 60 or 120 gallons of hot water to scald a hog,
>> unless it was used at a slaughter house for scalding lots of hogs,
>> hence the quantity of water needed was great, for the many hogs.
>> Additionally, read the sign here:
>> http://www.myspace.com/harleyseduce/photos/4717286#%7B%22ImageId%22%3...
> You might be right, and I do not have a lot of experience with making syrup,
> though I have made many gallons of the stuff. Generally, syrup is cooked
> down in shallow pans, not in deep kettles. You usually want a broad surface
> area that is not at all deep.
From that area, the most likely was for a molasses kettle...
I wasn't back for a while; I see the posting from the shots from somebody else from the Applachian Museum identified the crusher.
I wasn't absolutely positive it was the same one--when I was last there it hadn't gotten in such bad shape yet as indicated by the picture on the other link when it was still intact...the current state is sad to see... :(
It's been 15 yr now since we moved back to the farm from the time spent in TN and I suppose probably had been 10 since had done anything except go to the festival weekends and not wandered the grounds much while still there. We were located about 15 mi southwest...
On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:51:16 -0400
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Dennis wrote:
>> I'm with WB on that one, its for installing cable locks/strain reliefs.
> I've always used a medium sized pair of channel locks on Heycos.
Interesting comment Michael, that was my tool of choice for them too.
And I fiddled with them pretty regular. Motorola used them to secure
the microphone cords on their Maxar/Moxy model line and I replaced a
lot of them... Used to be the smallest version (don't know if that is
still true) made by Channel Lock. Worked quite well too :)
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> On Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:51:16 -0400
> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >Dennis wrote:
> >> I'm with WB on that one, its for installing cable locks/strain reliefs.
> > I've always used a medium sized pair of channel locks on Heycos.
> Interesting comment Michael, that was my tool of choice for them too.
> And I fiddled with them pretty regular. Motorola used them to secure
> the microphone cords on their Maxar/Moxy model line and I replaced a
> lot of them... Used to be the smallest version (don't know if that is
> still true) made by Channel Lock. Worked quite well too :)
These were about 8" long, and I would set them to one groove longer
than parallel so that the Heyco would compress with little or no
damage. I've done that on ones that ranged from 1/4" mounting hole, to
ones that were over an inch in diameter.
> As for as that large kettle, I still believe its original purpose was
> for making syrup. It may have had a secondary use for scalding hogs,
> just as today the kettles, in my area, have a secondary use as lawn
> decor. You don't need 60 or 120 gallons of hot water to scald a hog,
> unless it was used at a slaughter house for scalding lots of hogs,
> hence the quantity of water needed was great, for the many hogs.
> Additionally, read the sign here:
> http://www.myspace.com/harleyseduce/photos/4717286#%7B%22ImageId%22%3...
This museum had a couple of smaller kettles that were marked as being for scalding hogs, but this larger one was not for making syrup. Still no luck on the clamp but the rest of the answers have been posted:
