On Friday, August 2, 2013 3:28:41 PM UTC-5, Rob H. wrote:
> No luck yet on the two unidentified tools, the second one looks hand forg=
ed and might be difficult to solve but hopefully we'll eventually get an an=
swer for 2937. Rob
2939 - The basic design and size looks like it would be use similarly as th=
e seedling planter tool (#2912) in Set 500 - http://55tools.blogspot.com/20=
13/07/set-500.html - possibly using one's foot to drive the blade into some=
thing (the ground)?
Its handle is missing, so we don't know the length of the complete tool, bu=
t the handle's insert is 4" long, so the handle must/would be fairly long, =
maybe. I searched for a custom made planting tool, but several/various keyw=
ord searches came up empty, other than similar planting tools as #2912, in =
Set 500.
Sonny
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2940
Soil core auger?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
2937
From the wear, I'd guess a crack weeder.
Rob H. <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
2936 appears to be a wall-mount tool holder, and from the elongate holes,
I'd say a chisel holder.
2937 I believe is a combination ice chopper and saw, either for ice
fishing or for collecting ice.
Lloyd
phorbin <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> From the wear, I'd guess a crack weeder.
I'll bet that's it!
Lloyd
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
2939
My best guess at this is a poleaxe (pole axe or pollax).
A barbaric but efficient tool used in the slaughter of livestock.
I have a couple which are not too dissimilar in design.
AFAIK, the use of them in UK was banned in the 1930's.
Nick.
Rob H. <[email protected]> writes:
>In article <[email protected]>, Gonadicus says...
>>
>>On 1/08/2013 4:04 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>2938 Radiation Dosimeter
>
>
>It's for testing something more common than radiation.
>
Brix tester?
Rob H. <[email protected]> writes:
>>2938 Display rack for hanging some [I dunno what.] merchandise in a
>>hardware store?
>
>
>You have the right general idea.
>
>
>>2937 Tropical fruit [no idea which] harvesting tool??
>
>
>Not sure about this one, I'm guessing edger.
It looks a bit like the tool they use to strip agave leaves.
scott
2938 Display rack for hanging some [I dunno what.] merchandise in a
hardware store?
2937 Tropical fruit [no idea which] harvesting tool??
2939 Thermometer (temperature sensor) hung over the edge of a vat
cooking something??
2949 Sampling tool for something soft. Grain, soap, latex, butter,
lard, cheese? Shove in, twist, pull out, and inspect for quality and
density.
On 8/1/2013 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>2938 Display rack for hanging some [I dunno what.] merchandise in a
>hardware store?
You have the right general idea.
>2937 Tropical fruit [no idea which] harvesting tool??
Not sure about this one, I'm guessing edger.
>2939 Thermometer (temperature sensor) hung over the edge of a vat
>cooking something??
Nope, one of the words written on it is "tester".
>2949 Sampling tool for something soft. Grain, soap, latex, butter,
>lard, cheese? Shove in, twist, pull out, and inspect for quality and
>density.
You're on the right track, but you don't list the specific substance that it's
used with.
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>2936 appears to be a wall-mount tool holder, and from the elongate holes,
>I'd say a chisel holder.
Yes, it's for a tool, but the word tool doesn't come to my mind when I see what
it
holds.
>2937 I believe is a combination ice chopper and saw, either for ice
>fishing or for collecting ice.
Could be, I've heard five or ten possible uses for it but can't prove any of
them.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
>2935: looks like a wire of sheet metal gauge, but I have no idea what the h=
>ook and screw are for
This one isn't a gauge
>36: tool hanger rack. looks a lot like the one I keep screwdrivers in, but =
>suitable for pliers, cutters, etc. Doesn't look to be for a specific tool o=
>r set, as all loops are the same size, and most of the ones I have seen for=
> specific tools have loops sized/shaped for the tools
On this one it's not the inside of the loops that hold the tools.
>37: Bark slicer? Ice tool? Home defense kit?
>38: sample ampoule? Maybe for blood?
Nope, there is something in it, but it's not really a container for anything.
>39: I've seen this before, somewhere... Maybe on oldtools? Can't remember w=
>hat it is, so I'll go with maybe a sod tool?
I was thinking maybe it was for clay, it's probably missing its wooden handle.
>40: revised thought after another look: For measuring specific gravity?
>
>
>40: My first thought: looks like it might be a sample corer. Similar to, bu=
>t not the same as, the one that was used pulling soil samples for hydrocarb=
>on test at my house. Hard soil got the auger, the soft, sandy got something=
> like this. He drove it in, then turned it to get the sample.=20
Sample corer is right but it's not for soil.
In article <[email protected]>, Walter Kraft
says...
>
>2940
> for taking samples / measuring temperatur / humidity in a Hay Barn ?
Nope, it's not for hay.
In article <[email protected]>, Gonadicus says...
>
>On 1/08/2013 4:04 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>2938 Radiation Dosimeter
It's for testing something more common than radiation.
In article <[email protected]>, phorbin says...
>
>In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
>> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>2937
>
>From the wear, I'd guess a crack weeder.
Sounds like a good use for it but once again I couldn't confirm it on the web.
>> 2949 Sampling tool for something soft. Grain, soap, latex, butter,
>> lard, cheese? Shove in, twist, pull out, and inspect for quality and
>> density.
>
>
> You're on the right track, but you don't list the specific substance that it's
> used with.
>
Ok. Not trying to be offensive...
Fertilizer, natural, bovine, male.
>>You're on the right track, but you don't list the specific substance that it's
>> used with.
>>
>Ok. Not trying to be offensive...
>Fertilizer, natural, bovine, male.
Nope, not for fertilizer, the answer for it has been posted on the site:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/08/set-504.html#answers
No luck yet on the two unidentified tools, the second one looks hand forged and
might be difficult to solve but hopefully we'll eventually get an answer for
2937.
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>>>You're on the right track, but you don't list
>>>the specific substance that it's
>>> used with.
>>>
>>Ok. Not trying to be offensive...
>>Fertilizer, natural, bovine, male.
>
>
> Nope, not for fertilizer, the answer for it has
> been posted on the site:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/08/set-504.html#answers
>
> No luck yet on the two unidentified tools, the
> second one looks hand forged and
> might be difficult to solve but hopefully we'll
> eventually get an answer for
> 2937.
>
>
> Rob
>
Perhaps 2937 was used to cut hay in the hayloft.
Back
before haybales came out. I imagine the hay would
become quite tightly packed after a while.
phil k.
>
>Perhaps 2937 was used to cut hay in the hayloft.
>Back
>before haybales came out. I imagine the hay would
>become quite tightly packed after a while.
>phil k.
Someone posted the link below on my site, this lawn edger is the only tool that
I've seen that resembles 2937, so for now I'm going with this as the answer:
http://www.amazon.com/Lawn-Edger-and-Trenching-Tool/dp/B0002ZQGZQ/ref=sr_1_1?
s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1375522388&sr=1-1&keywords=Lawn+Edger+and+Trenching+Tool
Rob H. wrote:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/08/set-504.html#answers
> Rob
>
I see that someone has identified the blue and red device you posted for
me a few years ago.
The answer is fully consistent with the person who owned it; my wife's
late uncle. He was a chemical engineer and successful businessman;
mayor of his home city and a wonderful person. In his later years his
interests drifted toward metaphysics and such a device would sure fit
for him. One of his projects was attempting to use pyramid power to
preserve food. He hoped for new breakthroughs to feed the world.
Rich
>I see that someone has identified the blue and red device you posted for
>me a few years ago.
>
>The answer is fully consistent with the person who owned it; my wife's
>late uncle. He was a chemical engineer and successful businessman;
>mayor of his home city and a wonderful person. In his later years his
>interests drifted toward metaphysics and such a device would sure fit
>for him. One of his projects was attempting to use pyramid power to
>preserve food. He hoped for new breakthroughs to feed the world.
>
>Rich
Good to hear that you saw the answer, I had sent you an email a few days ago and
didn't hear back and I wasn't sure if you were a regular visitor to the site or
not.
>2939
>My best guess at this is a poleaxe (pole axe or pollax).
>A barbaric but efficient tool used in the slaughter of livestock.
>I have a couple which are not too dissimilar in design.
>AFAIK, the use of them in UK was banned in the 1930's.
>Nick.
Sounds possible, I'll add this to the list of suggestions for this tool and then
send them on to the owner of it.
Rob H. wrote:
>> I see that someone has identified the blue and red device you posted for
>> me a few years ago.
>>
>> The answer is fully consistent with the person who owned it; my wife's
>> late uncle. He was a chemical engineer and successful businessman;
>> mayor of his home city and a wonderful person. In his later years his
>> interests drifted toward metaphysics and such a device would sure fit
>> for him. One of his projects was attempting to use pyramid power to
>> preserve food. He hoped for new breakthroughs to feed the world.
>>
>> Rich
>
>
> Good to hear that you saw the answer, I had sent you an email a few days ago and
> didn't hear back and I wasn't sure if you were a regular visitor to the site or
> not.
>
Rob,
I must be among your most faithful followers. Almost never miss a week,
and enjoy guessing immensely. If someone else posts an answer ahead of
me, I just let it go.
Changed ISP's a year or so ago and have a new email address.
Don't have the case; I opened it after your posting, but I do have the
carbon and the glass plates.
It's nice when you pursue a puzzle and eventually come up with an answer.
Rich
On 2013-08-01, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the third and fifth ones this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting this cross-posted followup from rec.crafts.metalworking
as always.
2935) Intersting. without the swining arms and stop screw, it looks
like something designed to scribe and break glass panes. A bit
older than the ones with hardened rollers for scribing the
glass. The notches *are* of varying thickness, are they not?
The arms might be for following a guide to produce a straight
scribe (better/easier breaks than a curved line).
It could benefit from a wooden handle on the far end.
2936) A wall mounted rack for hanging something like screwdrivers or
perhaps drill bits for wood.
2937) Length?
I think that it is a tool for cutting back grass at the edge of
a concrete sidewalk. A foot steps on the straight edge to drive
it into the soil/grass.
2938) Perhaps a tool for dispensing a single drop of oil onto some
tool?
Not really enough detail for any better guess.
2939) No real guess -- except perhaps for something for chopping up
vegetable matter? Cyclic motion applied to the projection to
the side, and a chain going up from the eye to hold it vertical?
2940) Sorry -- no guess.
Now to post and then see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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