What is it? Set 332
Rob H.
Rob
Alexander Thesoso
prevent guessing.
1903 Obviously an angle brace. Looks like it might be useful for sparkplugs
in V-8 engines.
1904 Gas burner, such as might be used in a gas range.
1905 Closet organizer, for belts?
1906 Measuring shovel, to put a specific quantity of hops into a beer mash?
1907 Tobacco drying sheds?
1908 Clip to hang something (paintbrush) on a wall for drip drying.
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Jesse
1903: Brace for drilling angled holes in handrails for stairs?
1906: Coal shovel
1907: Corn cribs
Ted Schuerzinger
Unfortunately, I'm generally not very good at these....
1903. Looks like one part of it should be turned the way you'd turn an
old-fashioned manual drill, but of course there's no visible drill bit
here.
1905. The original wire hanger that resulted in Christina Crawford
getting the shit beat out of her by Joan.
1906. For shovelling horses' hooves.
1908. Sex toy for all your kinky paddling needs. (Because we *all*
have kinky paddling needs.)
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1903 - corner brace or, specifically, a gear frame brace.
1904 - gas burner head
1905 - necktie rack
1907 - corn crib
1908 - some sort of one-handed clamp or holder
Bill
1908 is a "giant clothes-pin"!
Sonny
second one, a hog's shed. Seems to me, they would each house some
sort of animal, not a product.
Sonny
Bill
1904 -- Predecessor of our modern electrical poles which help distribute
electricity?
Bill
Bill
> Rob H. wrote:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>> Rob
1905 -- Hanging (animal) hides to dry?
Waltraud Kraft
Hi,
Number 1903 might be a plumbers tool to turn a helix for cleanig stuffed
pipes?
Nahmie
Someone else already got them, but I agree that;
1904 some type of gas burner,
1907 corn cribs
Norm
J Burns
1906: It could be used to scoop muck and water out of a trough.
It also looks like an improvement over the common tin fire shovel. If
you use a little shovel to remove ashes, it's hard to put the ashes into
a bucket without raising dust. With 1906, you could carry the ashes
outside before dumping them into a bucket. It will hold a generous
amount and keep them from spilling or blowing. It looks pretty stable
in case you need to put it down.
A little fire shovel is inadequate to carry coals to start a fire. With
1906, you could reach into a stove with a hot fire and carry a generous
amount of embers securely.
Rob H.
> 1904 Gas burner, such as might be used in a gas range.
Yes, it's from an old stove.
Rob
Rob H.
Could be, I'm still looking for a reference for this tool.
>1907: Corn cribs
This is correct.
Rob
Rob H.
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Correct, for use in confined space when there would be interference with a
regular brace.
Rob
Robert
1903 Hand Drill
1904 Burner
1905 Bacon Hanger
http://www.sausagemaker.com/49340andnbsp8prongbaconhanger.aspx
1906 Use for salt or gravel
1907 Used to dry tobacco
1908 Coat hook that folds up
Robert
Phil Kangas
Perhaps 1906 is a coal shovel used on a steam locomotive?
phil
Lew Hodgett
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>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1904: Gas Burner
1906: Ash Removal Shovel
1906: Corn Crib
Everything Else: Clueless
Lew
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DoN. Nichols
> Need some help with the unusual shovel this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1903) I believe that I've seen something like this used to crank
awnings out and in at stores. Built around an old brace for a
"brace and bit" style drill set. I don't think that the gearbox
as shown is large enough to handle the torque needed to drive
the usual drill bit which would be used.
I would be interested in seeing more detail for the "chuck" end,
which I suspect slides onto and off of the awning crank fitting.
1904) This is a burner for a gas stove. Made of cast iron, and the
flames float just far enough above so the paint is not scorched
off.
1905) Hmm ... if stainless steel, it could be for hanging beef jerkey
to dry/cure.
If not stainless steel, then it could be for stretching fabric
as it dries.
1906) My guess here is that it is for either shoveling coal into
a running fire (perhaps for a locomotive steam engine), or for
shoveling out hot embers and ash for shutting down such a fire.
1907) For smoke curing meat?
1908) Looks like a one-way clutch for some kind of flat belt.
The belt pulled in the direction of the handle will move fairly
freely, but pulled in the opposite direction, it will grip. Not
very strongly, based on the size of the spring, but it will grip
at least.
Of course, if that is not a spring, perhaps it depends on hand
power to clamp -- perhaps by bending it into the sharp step on
the opposite end from the handle and taper.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
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Steve R.
1903 Angle brace for drilling holes in awkward places.
1904 A gas burner.
1907 corn cribs.
Steve R.
Scott Lurndal
1904 - Gas Burner
1905 - Tenterhooks?
1907 - Larger one looks like a corn crib.
Rob H.
>1906: Coal shovel
That's right! I had done some patent searching a couple days ago and didn't
find anything but just a few minutes ago I had some luck. The patent says
it's for loading coal into a furnace and not making a mess, see line 45:
http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=1dUBAAAAEBAJ&dq=2141007
Rob
Mark & Juanita
1903 Window awning tool
1904 Gas stove burner
1905 Tie hanger
1906 Looks like a pooper scooper
1907 Chicken houses
1908 Looks like some kind of message holder
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Michael Kenefick
1904 - part of an automated bell gong?
1905 - Tie Rack, (except for those sharp points?)
1906 - Flower / Tree planting shovel?
Or used to dig holes for feet to walk in the side of a hill?
1907 - grain / corn storage / driers
1908 - some type of paint brush?
Rob H.
> phil
One thing that I forgot to mention about the shovel, there is a metal sleeve
on the handle that supposedly makes it easier to rotate and release the
coal.
Only the last one was unsolved this week, the answers for this set can be
seen here:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/04/set-332.html#answers
Rob
Bill
Thank you for running the "game"!
Bill
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holder for in a closet. Of course, it would be dangerous to
get near it. Ouch.
Glad that I got one or two this week.
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DoN. Nichols
O.K. The view of the chuck in item (1903) confirms that it is a
specialized drill brace, not the awning tool which I thought -- mostly
because the chuck end did not look much like the standard chucks on the
braces of the period. I guess that this one was smaller in diameter to
make it easier to cut in corners or close to walls.
As for (1908) -- could it not have also been used for shoveling
coal in a steam engine (locomotive)? Pretty much the same constraints
there as for a furnace.
Rob H.
> coal in a steam engine (locomotive)? Pretty much the same constraints
> there as for a furnace.
I'm sure it could have been used on a steam engine, someone told me they saw
one in a fire museum where it was used with an old steam pumper, but with a
patent date of 1938 it was invented after steam pumpers were no longer in
use.
Rob
Jesse
We had one that we used for an old Sunbeam coal furnace in our house
in the 60's to early 70's. I wonder if it is still in my moms
basement? I'll have to take a look when I get a chance.
J Burns
Are coal ashes powdery like wood ashes? Did you use the special shovel
to remove ashes as well as fetch coal?
Alexander Thesoso
While there may be variations, depending on the coal variety and size, in
general, coal ash is very unpleasant glassy, gritty, dirty, heavy clinker.
The impurities in the coal melt to a glassy slag, that fizzes, bubbles and
breaks into small sharp-edged pieces.
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We had a stoker furnace. It had augers that took the ashes out of the
furnace. The ashes would go up and into garbage cans that we would
take out and dump on the ash pile. So there was no need to shovel out
the furnace manually.