What is it? Set 412

[Rob H.]

The latest set has been posted:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/


Rob

[Walter Kraft]

2383 Attendance clock, time recorder clock
2384 Condom dryer for reusable condoms?
2385 Meat tenderizer
2388 Linen-thrower gun?

[Ted Schuerzinger]

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:52:13 +0200, Walter Kraft wrote:

> 2384 Condom dryer for reusable condoms?

Dammit, somebody beat me to the punch. :-)

> 2388 Linen-thrower gun?

Do you mean line-thrower? I'm trying to imagine a gun shooting bed
sheets. :-p I would have guessed this was some sort of odd wrench set,
possibly for all those bolts whose edges have been rounded off.

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[Alexander Thesoso]

>> The latest set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob

Again, I apologize for posting at the wrong place in the thread... I
still don't see RH's initial post.


2386 I'll make a wild guess... The brackets are to keep the cart on a
guide rail. I guess this is an assembly-line cart. I imagine something
about the size of a washing machine being assembled on a line, one unit
to a cart, pushed from assembly station to station.

2383 I like WK's answer, an employee time clock. The employee number,
one to one-hundred, around the periphery. The wheel at 3:00 would be
the day of the week.

[Rob H.]

> 2383 Attendance clock, time recorder clock

Correct, it's from a factory in Wisconsin

> 2384 Condom dryer for reusable condoms?

Haha, I hope that's not the answer. The owner of it had this description of
where he got it:

"I have about twenty of them. They were in a pile of junk at a house I'm
cleaning out. I'm wondering if they're some sort of construction component.
Something that gets used when building a house or fabricating something.
Because there's so many of them and they're all the same, I'm thinking they
are used repeatedly for some application."

> 2385 Meat tenderizer

Yes

[Rob H.]

>> 2388 Linen-thrower gun?
>
> Do you mean line-thrower? I'm trying to imagine a gun shooting bed
> sheets. :-p I would have guessed this was some sort of odd wrench set,
> possibly for all those bolts whose edges have been rounded off.

Line thrower is correct

[Rob H.]

>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

>
> Again, I apologize for posting at the wrong place in the thread... I still
> don't see RH's initial post.
>
>
> 2386 I'll make a wild guess... The brackets are to keep the cart on a
> guide rail. I guess this is an assembly-line cart. I imagine something
> about the size of a washing machine being assembled on a line, one unit to
> a cart, pushed from assembly station to station.

I hadn't thought of the assembly line possibilty, the owner thought it
looked like a mechanic's creeper with a bracket that might be for train
rails but I don't know if the train mechanics used creepers or not.

[Stormin Mormon]

I also didn't see Rob's post.

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[Stormin Mormon]

2383 some kind of gambling device.
2384 some kind of display for retail store. Purses, maybe?
2385 chef's adjustable pasta slicer
2386 starting gate for greyhound races
2387 I'd say hair straightener, but the tips are at right
angles.
2388 first thought is a rope shooter, for naval vessels.

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[Dave Baker]

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They have a vague resemblance to joist hangers but those are usually made
out of galvanised steel strip.
--
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[Scott Lurndal]

They generally drive the engine over a big pit to work underneath. An example
is at the California Railroad museum in Sacto (worth a visit, just to see the
SP cab-forward).

scott

[Northe]

2385: I believe its a scarificator, used to make a series of cuts for
bloodletting. The second photo shows the device for adjusting how far
the blades stick out and thus the depth of the cuts.

Northe

[Tara Sorensen]

2384. 10" tall, this was sent in by a visitor who would like to find
out its purpose:

is this a hanger holder? like retail we had something similar that
held hangers in a neat pile.

kiki.sorensen @ gmail dot com

[Bill]

To me, it looks like a desktop item--like a folder or a big paper clip,
except it might occupy less desk space.

Bill

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

>>> Rob
>>
>> 2384. 10" tall, this was sent in by a visitor who would like to find
>> out its purpose:
>

I believe they're glove driers. (Fire station, only 20, et. al.)

LLoyd

[beecrofter]

A bolo gun for throwing a line , most of the ones I have encountered
used a 45/70 blank cartridge.

[Rob H.]

>A bolo gun for throwing a line , most of the ones I have encountered
> used a 45/70 blank cartridge.

Yes, inside of the large box there is a smaller closed box on the right that
holds a box of .45 cal. / 70 grs. powder cartridges.

[DoN. Nichols]

On 2011-10-27, Rob H. <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> wrote:
> The latest set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2383) Looks like a target in some kind of carnival game. You hit
the arm, either in the center, or near the outer end, and it
pokes into a numbered hole -- presumably recording the hit in
some way. There are 100 numbered holes, and two spaces where
there *could* be holes but there are non, increasing the odds
for the game master.o

Looking at the clock and the arm, it suggests that they move in
parallel, but I would actually expect it to be a bit faster so
someone would not have to wait up to an hour for a shot at a
particular number.

2384) Well ... *I* would use it as a bookend when a shelf was not
totally full and the end books were likely to topple over on
their sides. Not a very decorative version, but it looks quite
functional for the purpose. At 10" -- maybe for LP records
instead of for books.

2385) I would like to see a photo which showed the blades fully
extended. It looks a bit dull for cutting leather to strips,
but it might work for cutting meat to thin strips, perhaps in
the process of making jerky.

2386) The brackets appear to be to guide it on a a central rail, and
perhaps to keep it from leaving that rail, while the rollers
allow it to move along the rail with relatively little friction.

I don't see any provisions for seats or straps, so it is not
likely to be an amusement ride.

So it is likely for transporting some product or other. Perhaps
carcasses in a slaughterhouse?

2387) Interesting that the wire bails on the two sides are at 90
degrees to each other.

I could imagine it being applied to something like a mildly soft
cheese to allow some dip or something to fill in the slots.

2388) A strange combination of pieces.

What looks like the stock and action of a rifle with a shortened
barrel.

The ends of the rods are also interesting.

And a holder for a can (and two spare cans) under the barrel.

At a guess, this is intended to launch one of the rods, with a
string tied to it, between two ships, or to cross some other gap
which cannot be easily walked over -- like a canyon.

One end of the string is tied to the eye in a rod, which is
placed into the barrel, and a blank cartridge from the
compartment at upper right in the box is chambered.

In the can is string wound in a pattern so it can pay out
quickly without having to spin something up to speed, so sort of
a zigzag wind.

Hmm -- perhaps the wood piece is placed into the end of the
barrel, and the rod with the eye is fitted into the brass
ferrule in the end of the wood piece, and the combination is
launched to carry the string across to the other side.

Once across, the string is normally used to pull over a stronger
and heavier line, perhaps to allow a person to ride a suspended
chair between the ships.

I would like to see the capped end of one of the cans to see
whether it has an opening appropriate to pulling string out at
speed.

Now to post this, and then see what suggestions have been made
by others.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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[KentWalker]

2386 The heavy construction, hand holds on the sides, and cross ribs
to brace ones heels on make this appear to be a small one or two
person "man skip" for transporting miners down an angled shaft. The
brackets would be for attaching a pair of lift cables.

[J Burns]

On 10/27/11 6:52 AM, Walter Kraft wrote:

>
>
> Am 27.10.2011 10:49, schrieb Rob H.:
>> The latest set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>

2386: The brackets appear to be bolted through metal straps on the top,
as if to be sure they weren't torn loose.

The planks on top and bottom suggest it was made for rigidity.

The length is about the same as from a man's butt to the top of his
head. The wheels would support his hips and shoulders.

What if a cable, rope, or chain ran under the cart, and a mechanism
clamped it securely to each pair of clamps? If somebody was being
pulled on it and the cable broke, he could still be pulled out the other
way. The clamps seem well positioned to steer without putting much
stress on the cart.

It might be used for access where there wasn't much height. I wonder of
low passages in mines could have smooth floors.

[Kevin(Bluey)]

2384 is a chicken roaster stand the vertical part of the frame is
inserted in the cleaned chicken and stood in a baking tray and placed in
the oven ,all the fat collects in the oven tray instead of around your
waist.
Othe types have a holder for an open can of beer that goes inside the
chicken while cooking

--
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"I'm not young enough to know everything."

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[Gunther Mannigel]

Am 28.10.2011 10:19, schrieb Kevin(Bluey):
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

> 2384 is a chicken roaster stand the vertical part of the frame is
> inserted in the cleaned chicken and stood in a baking tray and placed in
> the oven ,all the fat collects in the oven tray instead of around your
> waist.
> Othe types have a holder for an open can of beer that goes inside the
> chicken while cooking
>

I'd say it is a paper towel holder.

Gunther

[Rob H.]

> 2384 is a chicken roaster stand the vertical part of the frame is inserted
> in the cleaned chicken and stood in a baking tray and placed in the oven
> ,all the fat collects in the oven tray instead of around your waist.
> Othe types have a holder for an open can of beer that goes inside the
> chicken while cooking

Lots of good guesses on the two unidentified items but I haven't been able
to find proof for any of them. The answers for the rest of the set along
with some new photos can be seen here:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/10/set-412.html#answers

I've got a couple more tough ones that were sent in to me lined up for next
week, hopefully we'll have better luck then.


Rob

[Kevin(Bluey)]

On 10/29/2011 5:00 AM, Gunther Mannigel wrote:
> Am 28.10.2011 10:19, schrieb Kevin(Bluey):
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>> 2384 is a chicken roaster stand the vertical part of the frame is
>> inserted in the cleaned chicken and stood in a baking tray and placed in
>> the oven ,all the fat collects in the oven tray instead of around your
>> waist.
>> Othe types have a holder for an open can of beer that goes inside the

>> chicken while cooking.

>>
>
> I'd say it is a paper towel holder.
>
> Gunther
>

Missus has a paper towel holder similar to that pic but it has a
circular base , and is 13" tall , is also plastic coated .
The chicken cookers are popular here ,some have grease catch trays under
them some dont.

[Kevin(Bluey)]

Heres a link to the beer can chicken roaster not the same as the one in
the pics , but I have seen the pain ones like in the pics.
http://www.latestbuy.com.au/beer_chicken_gadget.html

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

"Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> fired this volley in
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> Lots of good guesses on the two unidentified items but I haven't been
> able to find proof for any of them. The answers for the rest of the
> set along with some new photos can be seen here:

Here's a multi-pronged variety of the glove dryer.

http://www.currentcatalog.com/605064.html

LLoyd

[Robert Bonomi]

In article <j8bl...@news1.newsguy.com>,

First thought, they -might- be a boot dryer, A cousin of, e.g.
<http://www.patsnap.com/patents/view/US3730354.html>

They might be book-ends. similar to these;
<http://www.stacksandstacks.com/images/product/35117.jpg>

Libraries use ones that are symmetric -- in the middle of a shelf of books,
so that he whole shelf doesn't tilt sideways when you take out a few in
one place. see: <http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandahope/1778772704/>

I've seen things that look somewhat like 2384, but several times bigger,
with 'stuff' on the base -- sandbags, concrete blocks, etc. -- to hold
them in place. sometimes standing alone, sometimes with 'safety tape',
or something similar, strung between them, but these aren't big enough
for that.

[Rob H.]

>> Lots of good guesses on the two unidentified items but I haven't been
>> able to find proof for any of them. The answers for the rest of the
>> set along with some new photos can be seen here:
>
> Here's a multi-pronged variety of the glove dryer.
>
> http://www.currentcatalog.com/605064.html
>
> LLoyd

I like both the chicken roaster and glove dryer ideas but I still haven't
found any others just like them and I'm not sure why someone would have
twenty of them in their house.

[Steve W.]

What does/did the homeowner do for a living or as a hobby??

--
Steve W.

[DanG]

+

It looks like they could be used to stand wet boots or shoes upside down
near the fire or heater.

[Rob H.]

>> I like both the chicken roaster and glove dryer ideas but I still haven't
>> found any others just like them and I'm not sure why someone would have
>> twenty of them in their house.
>
> What does/did the homeowner do for a living or as a hobby??
>
> --
> Steve W.

I'll ask the person who sent the photos but I'm not sure he'll have an
answer since he had said "They were in a pile of junk at a house I'm
cleaning out." I'll also ask what else was in the pile of stuff he found
them in.

[Steve W.]

Must be one of those days. Just had a friend wander in while I was
looking at that item. He asked me who had the library divider.
"HUH" he says it's a divider used with a track that mounts under the
shelf and slides to hold books in place. He thinks it's an old Brodart
or Estey item

--
Steve W.

[Rob H.]

>> I'll ask the person who sent the photos but I'm not sure he'll have an
>> answer since he had said "They were in a pile of junk at a house I'm
>> cleaning out." I'll also ask what else was in the pile of stuff he found
>> them in.
>
>
> Must be one of those days. Just had a friend wander in while I was looking
> at that item. He asked me who had the library divider.
> "HUH" he says it's a divider used with a track that mounts under the shelf
> and slides to hold books in place. He thinks it's an old Brodart or Estey
> item

This answer is sounding better to me but I still haven't been able to find
any others like it. Still waiting to hear back from the owner of it.

Thanks,
Rob

[Rob H.]

I got a reply from the person who sent the photo, he said, "...there were 20
boxes of books that I donated to a local library and there were some books
that went out of the house before I got involved. The guess of a book
divider appeals to me most...seems most likely to me. The previous owners,
now deceased, were University professors."

I wouldn't say this one is one hundred percent solved but I think this
answer is probably correct, thanks to everyone who helped identify this
item.

Rob

[Stormin Mormon]

I'll admit to being disappointed. Much less interesting than
condom driers. Though, the book divider idea is more
probable.

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[Esra Sdrawkcab]

On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:27:19 -0000, Stormin Mormon
<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'll admit to being disappointed. Much less interesting than
condom driers. Though, the book divider idea is more
probable.

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More plausible than a resuscitated messiah anyhow!

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[DoN. Nichols]

On 2011-11-02, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:27:19 -0000, Stormin Mormon
><cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'll admit to being disappointed. Much less interesting than
> condom driers. Though, the book divider idea is more
> probable.

Especially given a house full of professors. Now, if it were a
different form of "house", especially a popular one, they might need
that many dryers. :-)

[Rich Grise]

DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2011-11-02, Esra Sdrawkcab <ad...@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:27:19 -0000, Stormin Mormon
>><cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> I'll admit to being disappointed. Much less interesting than
>> condom driers. Though, the book divider idea is more
>> probable.
>
> Especially given a house full of professors. Now, if it were a
> different form of "house", especially a popular one, they might need
> that many dryers. :-)
>

Yes, there must be big money in the used condom trade.
</sarcasm>