What is it? Set 476

[Rob H.]

I need some help with the fourth one this week:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/


Rob

[Alexander Thesoso]

2768 Is a small millstone, but I have no idea if it was used to grind
grain or something else.

[Robert]

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> Rob

2767 Used to chip stone or tile

2768 stone flywheel off the flintstone car

2769 Mtm Shooting Rest

2770 Looks like a trigger and site practice tool

2771 lamp Shade

2772 Mini Keg


Robert

[Greg Guarino]

The sight notch, mirror and "plumb bob" of the "pistol" seem to be
designed to allow the user to be sure he is holding it level front to
back and side to side. What the trigger does is anyone's guess,
although it looks like it is a release of some sort for some removable
part that is not shown.

[Leon]

2770. What our guns will look like if the ridiculous gun laws out law
having guns. The gun laws of course will have no effect on criminals
because gun laws don't protect the innocent.

[G.W.Ross]

Amen! Brother.

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2768 Millstone

2772 Keg for black powder

[willshak]

2770
Brevet makes watches. I suspect it may be a Ruby setting device.

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2767: special fencing plier? farrier plier?
68: millstone. looks like the ones i have seen locally attributed for makinf cornmeal
69: don't know. has a vaguely familiar look, but that may just be due to the screw jack end
70: benchmark finder? sight through hollow plumb weight via the mirror to get directly over a benchmark point (mark on plate, dimple on stone, etc)
71: tip over proof inkwell or oil lamp
72: whiskey barrel for a garden gnome?

[walkerk]

2767: battery terminal pliers

[Rob H.]

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> 2768 Is a small millstone, but I have no idea if it was used to grind
> grain or something else.

The museum didn't specify exactly what it was for but millstone is certainly
correct.

[Rob H.]

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


> 2769 Mtm Shooting Rest


Correct

> 2770 Looks like a trigger and site practice tool

Sounds like a good idea but I sure can't find another one like it on the
web.

[Steve W.]

willshak wrote:
> Greg Guarino wrote the following on 1/17/2013 6:43 AM (ET):
>> On Jan 17, 4:11 am, "Rob H." <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> wrote:
>>> I need some help with the fourth one this week:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> Rob
>> The sight notch, mirror and "plumb bob" of the "pistol" seem to be
>> designed to allow the user to be sure he is holding it level front to
>> back and side to side. What the trigger does is anyone's guess,
>> although it looks like it is a release of some sort for some removable
>> part that is not shown.
>
>
> 2770
> Brevet makes watches. I suspect it may be a Ruby setting device.
>

Brevet is also the Swiss word for Patent.

--
Steve W.

[Rob H.]

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

>>>
>
> 2770
> Brevet makes watches. I suspect it may be a Ruby setting device.

Brevet is also the French word for patent, so I don't know if the word on
this tool is a company name or if it's just saying that the tool is
patented.

[Rob H.]

> 2767: battery terminal pliers


Good answer, you nailed it.

[Steve W.]

34" would be about right for a small water powered mill. That one looks
in very good shape as well.

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Steve W.

[Paul Drahn]

It's looks really light, or almost worn out from use and resharpening. I
suspect it was animal powered.

Paul

[Stormin Mormon]

2767 molar extractor for elephant vets.
2768 millstone, for grinding African wheat.
2769 elevating baby scale for pediatricians.
2770 not sure what it is, but I hope the
owner has a permit for that.
2771 base for an oil lamp. That, or a lamp
globe.
2772 head for old wooden mallet.

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[Rob H.]

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

>>
>
> Brevet is also the Swiss word for Patent.

Good timing on our posts. :-) I think the logo might be the key to solving
this one but I haven't had any luck yet in connecting it to a company. The
two knobs under the mirror look like they could be for resting this device
on a flat surface but for what purpose I don't know.

[Paul Drahn]

The combination of the two knobs and the knob on the plunger could have
held a cylinder in position and then the trigger pull would allow it to
drop. The mirror would allow the operator to get all things aligned and
then pull the trigger.

What was being done, I have no clue!

Paul

[Rob H.]

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

> The combination of the two knobs and the knob on the plunger could have
> held a cylinder in position and then the trigger pull would allow it to
> drop. The mirror would allow the operator to get all things aligned and
> then pull the trigger.
>
> What was being done, I have no clue!
>
> Paul

I like the idea of it holding a cylinder, but I also can't think of a reason
for it.

[DoN. Nichols]

On 2013-01-17, Rob H. <rhv...@gmailnospam.com> wrote:
> I need some help with the fourth one this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2767) Hmmm ... I wonder whether this is some form of sliding
joint pliers, or a fixed pivot?

If the latter, it is for gripping and removing something of
a specific size.

If the former it can be adjusted down to quite small things, and
the fixed blade could cut something quite close to the surface,
so it might be for cutting off projecting nail heads. (That
groove in the moving jaw has to be to clear something, but I
don't know what.

2768) This is a millstone. I believe that it is the fixed lower
stone with the channels designed to guide the ground grain
through the center hole.

The driven upper stone should have a square or otherwise keyed
hole to allow it to be driven by the mechanism -- usually a
water wheel.

2769) This looks like a support for benchrest firing of a rifle to
allow aiming and firing the rifle without muscular vibrations
influencing the aim point. The forestock rests on the 'Y' with
the adjustable height screw, and the handgrip on the padded
platform behind it. It is adjusted to put the height of the aim
point where you want it, and then the rifle is slid around until
the lateral point of aim is also where you want it, and then the
trigger is very gently squeezed until it fires.

2770) This is an interesting object. It bends the point of aim
downward (with the mirror). I'm not sure whether that is a
half-silvered mirror, and thus allows you to see something in
line with the frame or not.

At a guess -- it is captive on some kind of video shooting game,
or perhaps a psychologist's test apparatus.

However -- I don't see that the trigger actually does anything,
unless there is something missing -- perhaps part of the frame
to which it is attached by the vertical wand.

2771) Looks sort of like the fuel reservoir for an oil lamp, missing
whatever should hold the wick.

2772) Hammer head for a carnival "ring the bell and win a prize"
game? I don't know whether the other face is better for
striking than the visible one. But it looks too lightweight to
do anything serious with.

Or could it be a dispenser for something like Bingo balls or
some other form of game token.

Now to post and then see what others have suggested.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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[Steve W.]

The small "family" mills around here ran stones about that size. They
didn't run huge wheels so the smaller stones worked better.


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[anorton]

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

My best guess is that 2770 is a device for training to use a crossbow
pistol. The Swiss are big into crossbows. By keeping the image of the
pendulum round, you know the device is level left/right, and is aimed up at
a slight angle determined by the mirror. The trigger does not do anything
except get you used pulling on the long hard trigger of a crossbow with out
moving the aim point or changing the left/right roll angle.

[Rob H.]

No luck yet on the 2770 (the pistol shaped tool), some progress was made on
the company logo but the device is still unidentified. More information and
the rest of the answers can be seen at the link below:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/01/set-476.html#answers

Hopefully we'll get an answer for 2770 in the coming weeks.


Rob

[j Burns]

2770: Hammerle designs and installs machinery for automated
manufacturing. If they used a lot of tubing of the same diameter, this
tool could clamp to the top of a tube so that one worker could hold it
vertical while another welded it in place. If you had light coming from
below the tube, you could keep the pendulum centered, like aiming a
rifle with a peep sight.

Somebody suggested that it was to align and drop a cylinder. My idea
comes from that suggestion, but I think you'd pull the trigger to
release the tool and move to the next tube.

[phorbin]

In article <kd8f7...@news6.newsguy.com>, rhv...@gmailnospam.com
says...

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

2770 looks like a quality control device to eyeball a hollow
manufactured item for centeredness, roundness and smoothness.

The light will be outside the gun with the shield as a diffuser and to
remove other reflections. The mirror centers the image of the pin in the
sight. The pin swings which would give one a shifting reflection to show
up irregularities. The top of the trigger sits proud of the platform and
serves as a quick clamp and bolt/carefully shaped washer holding the the
spring/piston assembly below would also serve as a key to hold the item
being examined in precise alignment.

My wildest guess would have something to do with laser mirrors... but it
seems more likely it has something to do with a machine part.

[Rob H.]

>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/01/set-476.html#answers
>>
>> Hopefully we'll get an answer for 2770 in the coming weeks.
>>
>>
>> Rob
> 2770: Hammerle designs and installs machinery for automated manufacturing.
> If they used a lot of tubing of the same diameter, this tool could clamp
> to the top of a tube so that one worker could hold it vertical while
> another welded it in place. If you had light coming from below the tube,
> you could keep the pendulum centered, like aiming a rifle with a peep
> sight.
>
> Somebody suggested that it was to align and drop a cylinder. My idea
> comes from that suggestion, but I think you'd pull the trigger to release
> the tool and move to the next tube.

I just added your theory to my list of possible answers, I'm still 50/50 on
whether it is for holding a cylinder for some reason or if it's for pistol
practice. Today I sent two more emails to companies in Europe, one named
Hammerli, and the other Hammerle. The first is an arms company and the
second makes roll leveling machines. Seems like there should be a similar
tool on the web but so far I haven't found any.

[j Burns]

I see drawbacks to my theory. I envisioned tubes at least a couple of
feet long. In that case, a longer pendulum would work better. Would
somebody need to set 4" tubes vertical? Also, without damping, it would
be slow to use.