What is it? Set 464

[Rob H.]

I need some help with the second item this week:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/


Rob

[F Murtz]

2699 Bearing scraper.

[Dennis]

"Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> wrote in message
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>I need some help with the second item this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob

2696. Some sort of calorimeter? For coal samples perhaps.

[JoseP]

On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:14:51 -0400, Rob H. wrote:

> I need some help with the second item this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

2700. In Aussie parlance, a "Binder". Tractor towed machine for making
sheaves of hay. Mower fitting (forks and cutter blade/s) low and at
front. Hay is cut by blades and swept onto canvas carrier by the rotating
windmill (acts like harvester; not a header). Hay is combined into
sheaves, tied (bound with string) and dropped out the back of machine.

2699. Given 2700 has a farming emphasis, could this be a bag needle for
sewing wheat or more likely chaff, bags? (assuming flattened right hand
end has slot cut in it for string)

[enl_p...@yahoo.com]

'95: no clue
'96: maybe it is for testing coal for quality. Or maybe for making monoxide to poison pests?
'97: no clue
'98: no clue
'99: scraper. This style is often used for scraping bearings to fit, among other things
2700: some kind of harvesting machine

[Stormin Mormon]

2695 no clue
2696 ash collector for cigar smokers? Helps keep them from inhaling ash.
Yeah, yeah, that's wrong. But, might seem funny to some.
2697 no clue
2698 early carpet stretcher. "Knee kicker".
2699, can't see very well.
2700, Orville and Wilbur Wright's first air plane. That, or some kind of
farm harvester.

Christopher A. Young
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"Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> wrote in message
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[Scott Lurndal]

"Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> writes:
>I need some help with the second item this week:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>

2700 A binder.

Pulled by horse or tractor would cut and bundle grain. Some poor slob
(me) would walk behind and gather 6 bundles, lean pairs together like an
a-frame (a shock) (capping with a seventh bundle if rain is expected). A few days
later, another poor slob (me, again) goes around and forks the dried bundles onto
a wagon which carried them to the center of the field where the threshing
machine had been set up.

Hot, dusty, dirty, hard work.

This binder currently has the transport wheelset. On the end of the cutting
head, in the second picture, you can just see the wheel used when the binder
is cutting grain.

<http://www.lurndal.org/images/thresh1-300.jpg>
<http://www.lurndal.org/images/thresh2-300.jpg>

scott

[Ralph]

2700 Is a John Deere Grain bender. It cuts the grain and ties it in
bundles and carries the bundles until the operator dumps them. It was
pulled by horses.

[G. Ross]

2595 A Nut Cracker

--
G.W. Ross

I go to bed early; my favorite dream
comes on at nine. --George Carlin

[mbuck]

On Thursday, October 25, 2012 4:15:15 PM UTC+8, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with the second item this week:
>

I wonder if 2696 is for making briquettes?

[phorbin]

In article <k6asd...@news1.newsguy.com>, rhv...@gmailnospam.com
says...

> I need some help with the second item this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>

2697. Approximately 3"-5" long:

Native Fishing lures... Rotate image 180 degrees for best viewing.

[J Burns]

2695 — I'd use it to squeeze lemons.

[Rob H.]

>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2699 Bearing scraper.

Correct, it's missing the wood handle. I had posted one of these a few
years ago.

[Rob H.]

>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> 2700. In Aussie parlance, a "Binder". Tractor towed machine for making
> sheaves of hay. Mower fitting (forks and cutter blade/s) low and at
> front. Hay is cut by blades and swept onto canvas carrier by the rotating
> windmill (acts like harvester; not a header). Hay is combined into
> sheaves, tied (bound with string) and dropped out the back of machine.

Yes, though I don't know if it's specifically for hay or if it is also for
grain.

> 2699. Given 2700 has a farming emphasis, could this be a bag needle for
> sewing wheat or more likely chaff, bags? (assuming flattened right hand
> end has slot cut in it for string)

Nope, that's not it.

[Rob H.]

"phorbin" <phor...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I don't think they are fishing lures, they were on display at an auction in
a glass case with some American Indian and Inuit items.

[Rob H.]

"Dennis" <1...@abc.com> wrote in message
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I'm still not sure about this one but that sounds possible, someone found "a
bunch" of these at their local scrap yard.

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

J Burns <bur...@nowhere.com> fired this volley in news:k6c6cq$tmp$1@dont-
email.me:

> 2695 - I'd use it to squeeze lemons.

2695

I've seen these somewhere before. I think it's a sort of cord lock,
perhaps for window blinds or curtains.

Lloyd

[J Burns]

It appears they were made to scrape cups about an inch deep and .75 -
1.5 inches in diameter, with center holes in the bottom.

<http://inuit.com/?p2=/modules/xgalleries/showgallery.jsp&curAlbId=73&curPicsPage=2>

I think perhaps traditional Inuit lamps used candles of animal fat,
which is probably softer than our wax. These tools may have been to
clean a lamp so a new candle would fit.

[J Burns]

On 10/25/12 4:14 AM, Rob H. wrote:

2698: If you had to install molding where a plaster wall met a plaster
ceiling, this tool could make scratches to show the high points.

[Bill]

#2699 looks like a "riffler", no?

[Bill]

#2698 -- Helping to hold/stretch animal hides?

[Bill]

J Burns wrote:
> On 10/25/12 4:14 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with the second item this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob

> 2695 � I'd use it to squeeze lemons.

How about making meatballs (I couldn't locate any confirmation)?

[Rob H.]

>>
>> I don't think they are fishing lures, they were on display at an auction
>> in a glass case with some American Indian and Inuit items.
>
> It appears they were made to scrape cups about an inch deep and .75 - 1.5
> inches in diameter, with center holes in the bottom.
>
> <http://inuit.com/?p2=/modules/xgalleries/showgallery.jsp&curAlbId=73&curPicsPage=2>
>
> I think perhaps traditional Inuit lamps used candles of animal fat, which
> is probably softer than our wax. These tools may have been to clean a
> lamp so a new candle would fit.

These were not used as scrapers.

[Rob H.]

"Bill" <Bi...@nospam.net> wrote in message
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No correct guesses yet for this one, I posted a similar item a few years ago
but the current one is missing an important part. Someone had sent this in
to find out what it was for.

[Rob H.]

> 2595 A Nut Cracker


Correct, it is indeed a nutcracker.

No luck yet in figuring out the metal box but the rest of the answers have
been posted here:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2012/10/set-464.html#answers


Rob

[DoN. Nichols]

O.K. I'm coming in late (and not sure how long I'll be able to
read responses, with Sandy headed just a little North of us based on the
latest predictions -- and they're talking about long power outages.

And posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

However, I now have a guess for # 2696

Given the wire grid in the bottom, and the vent pipes on the
sides, I find myself thinking of it as being for lost-wax casting. A
master of the workpiece is made in wax. It is sometimes then coated
with a refractory material which hardens and holds the surface texture,
then perhaps packed in prepared sand for support -- or perhaps the wax
is just packed in prepared sand if surface finish is not important, then
it is baked to melt out the wax and harden the coating if present, and
once that is done, the molten metal is poured in. Once it hardens, it
is removed from the box and the sand (and possible coating) are broken
off.

The baking out of the wax is a possible explanation for the
black stains on the top.

It does not look like the usual two-part flask for straight sand
casting, but it may work for lost-wax casting.

Oh yes -- also some approaches make the master of styrofoam
instead of wax, and burn that out.

The pipes to the side both carry out the smoke, and possibly
also can serve for lifting it while it is hot.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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[dpb]

On 10/26/2012 3:22 PM, Rob H. wrote:
...

> No luck yet in figuring out the metal box but the rest of the answers
> have been posted here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2012/10/set-464.html#answers

...

Hadn't seen this week's entries...

The old twine binders are a real memory walk--those guys had it pretty
easy w/ oats! :) You ain't thrown a bundle until shocking feed (sudan
or other sorghum) bundled green at 6-ft or taller! Then, during the
winter to go and pick 'em up out of the shocks to bring to house to the
stationary chopper when full of dirt and perhaps snow is a second treat...

Any chance of telling what the type of ash in the metal box is? I
wonder if being in coal country it's possible they're a quick'n dirty
method to burn a coal sample for ash content????

--

[Rob H.]

> O.K. I'm coming in late (and not sure how long I'll be able to
> read responses, with Sandy headed just a little North of us based on the
> latest predictions -- and they're talking about long power outages.
>
> And posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>
> However, I now have a guess for # 2696
>
> Given the wire grid in the bottom, and the vent pipes on the
> sides, I find myself thinking of it as being for lost-wax casting. A
> master of the workpiece is made in wax. It is sometimes then coated
> with a refractory material which hardens and holds the surface texture,
> then perhaps packed in prepared sand for support -- or perhaps the wax
> is just packed in prepared sand if surface finish is not important, then
> it is baked to melt out the wax and harden the coating if present, and
> once that is done, the molten metal is poured in. Once it hardens, it
> is removed from the box and the sand (and possible coating) are broken
> off.
>
> The baking out of the wax is a possible explanation for the
> black stains on the top.
>
> It does not look like the usual two-part flask for straight sand
> casting, but it may work for lost-wax casting.
>
> Oh yes -- also some approaches make the master of styrofoam
> instead of wax, and burn that out.
>
> The pipes to the side both carry out the smoke, and possibly
> also can serve for lifting it while it is hot.

I don't know if it's the correct answer or not but it certainly sounds
plausible, I'll send it on to the owner of the device along with some of the
other suggestions. Good luck with the storm, hope it's not as bad as they
say it could be.

[G. Ross]

Can't imagine why anyone would want a refractory or asbestos liner in
a container for wax casting. The containers I use are simply
stainless steel containers. A liner would slow down the burnout
process needlessly.

--
G.W. Ross

Happiness is a warm puppy, said the
anaconda.