2551 A foundry shovel. A wooden handle can be inserted behind the
shovel into the loop and pick up the hot molten material or hot coals.
2555 A small hand cranked drill press, or press. The wheel at the top
pushes the shaft down, which is rotated by the crank.
2556 A bat house.. for attracting bats to keep the bug population in check.
On 5/10/2012 4:13 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll
> get at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
On May 10, 4:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll ge=
t
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2556: Ground transponder for the unmarked black helicopters that
disperse radio waves to prevent citizens from realizing they are pawns
of the government.
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On May 10, 11:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll ge=
t
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2553 a spike used by land surveyors to place their sighting equipment
on. they never take it out after use and I have them many times sunk
into pavements and roads.
2555 a screwdriver for production line, incredibly quick compared to
any other type of hand held driver. the height is pre-set using the
handwheel on top to fit the product + screw/bolt. A short move down of
the main handle generates enough revolutions of the chuck and bit
(missing from photo). The one I have seen in use also had a sort of
depth stop to avoid over-tightening.
On May 10, 4:10=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >2553 - Is a spike or finger of a cotton picking machine. =A0It's the
> >mechanical finger, of the machine/tractor, that picks the cotton off the
> >cotton plant. =A0There are lots of them inside the cotton picking machin=
e.
>
> Based on the number of people who say this spike is part of a cotton pick=
er,
> I would say it's likely to be correct though I couldn't find one on the w=
eb
> to prove it.
I'll take a pic of the fingers next time I'm out on the farm.
On May 10, 7:28=A0am, dan pines <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 10, 11:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll =
get
> > at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > Rob
>
> 2553 =A0a spike used by land surveyors to place their sighting equipment
> on. they never take it out after use and I have them many times sunk
> into pavements and roads.
And, apparently, they are also used as survey markers:
http://cottonspikes.wordpress.com/
On May 14, 7:38=A0pm, "DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2012-05-10, TimShoppa<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On May 10, 4:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll=
get
> >> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> >>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> >> Rob
>
> > I know #2555 because my father collected them: it's most of an apple
> > peeler. I can't figure out where the rest (the auto-swiveling knife
> > doodad) bolts on though.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 You can't figure out where it bolts on because this is *n=
ot* an
> apple peeler. =A0Those tended to have a horizontal shaft, not the vertica=
l
> shown here (based on the clamp which mounts it to the table). =A0I (and
> others) identified it as a hand cranked drill press, with a force feed
> from the knob at the top. =A0The drill chuck screws onto the bottom end o=
f
> the shank shown, which you can see is threaded. =A0There were accessories
> for this which would replace the flat plate with a V-block (for cross
> drilling round steel rods) and a vise for holding smaller workpieces.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I found (and posted) the catalog from the maker which sho=
ws the
> device in its entirity.
Strangely enough, the apple peelers my dad has were in fact made by
the same company that made the drill press you identified, Goodell-
Pratt.
Perhaps should go in "rec.crafts.fruitworking" instead of
metalworking :-)
I remember when Harbor Freight just a few years ago was selling a
variant of their jigsaw, for butcher shop use, and I made some crack
about rec.crafts.meatworking :-)
Tim.
2555: drill press/boring machine from Goodell:
http://oldtoolheaven.com/related/goodell-pratt-history.htm
these show up fairly often on the assorted sales/auction sites and
there is a fine variety of discussions over the years on the OldTools
list re: the care and feeding
On May 10, 4:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll ge=
t
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
On May 10, 4:10=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >2553 - Is a spike or finger of a cotton picking machine. =A0It's the
> >mechanical finger, of the machine/tractor, that picks the cotton off the
> >cotton plant. =A0There are lots of them inside the cotton picking machin=
e.
>
> Based on the number of people who say this spike is part of a cotton pick=
er,
> I would say it's likely to be correct though I couldn't find one on the w=
eb
> to prove it.
Google "cotton spindle".
https://www.google.com/search?q=3Dcotton+spindle&hl=3Den&rlz=3D1T4GGIE_enUS=
397US398&prmd=3Dimvns&source=3Dlnms&tbm=3Disch&ei=3DST6sT966B8mPsQL9mbifAg&=
sa=3DX&oi=3Dmode_link&ct=3Dmode&cd=3D2&ved=3D0CCYQ_AUoAQ&biw=3D1280&bih=3D7=
57
On 5/10/12 2:10 PM, in article [email protected], "Rob H."
<[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2553 - Is a spike or finger of a cotton picking machine. It's the
>> mechanical finger, of the machine/tractor, that picks the cotton off the
>> cotton plant. There are lots of them inside the cotton picking machine.
>
> Based on the number of people who say this spike is part of a cotton picker,
> I would say it's likely to be correct though I couldn't find one on the web
> to prove it.
>
Rob, Google Cotton Gin Spike and you'll have all the conformation you'll
ever need ;-)
Crazy Ed
2551: homemade dust pan?
2552:
2553: upholstery tacks?
2554: fish hook remover?
2555: hole maker of some sort?
2556:
On 5/10/2012 4:13 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll
> get at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
> On Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:09 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
> <cayoung61***[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I thought HF had a crank apple peeler.
>
> http://images.harborfreight.com/manuals/98000-98999/98412.pdf
> http://images.harborfreight.com/manuals/96000-96999/96153.pdf
>
> But I think they're both gone.
>
> >Their web site delivered zero items for
> >apple, or for peeler.
>
> Not even brass poles?
For meatalworking, Polish strippers? ;-)
--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
2551, looks like the tray to put under the down spout / gutters. Reduces
erosion.
2552. I went through a couple ideas, but none of them made much sense.
2553, my guess is it's some kind of spike, or nail. Used for what, I'm not
sure.
2554, maybe part of the brakes of a big truck.
2555, some kind of table top device. Maybe egg beater, for bowls of eggs.
2556, no clue.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll get
at least a couple of them figured out:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> 2552 I assume lots of people will recognize the spark-coil (Model T
>
Actually, that's a "Fordson" coil. The original model T had a magneto
for normal running, but used the Fordson continuous spark coil for
starting up or slow idling.
But that aside, I think this is a ceremonial torch that can be lit
remotely and on cue. The small vessel on top is just about the right
size for some flammable oil and a wick. The spark coil would be used to
generate the ignition spark. There's even a ceramic spark gap visible on
top.
The fact that it was all soldered up from copper makes one think it might
have been part of a trade union fraternal group's induction ceremonies --
like "Plumbers and fitters Union #305 social club."
In fact, I remember that the Lion's Club of America has an induction
ceremony where several "lights" are illuminated in succession as a
liturgy is read.
LLoyd
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Y'know, things happen in syncronicity.
Just yesterday, I was in the local privately-owned auto parts store.
There, loose on the counter with other "things to touch" was a virgin
Fordson coil with "$3.95" penciled on the bottom of the case.
I asked the owner Joe about it, and he said, "I bought that when it was
new". Well... that's not as exotic a statement as it might sound; they
made Fordson coils or replacements for them into at least the early 1960s.
I think I remember seeing them in some mail-order catalogs up through the
late 1970s.
Lloyd
Not enough a peel?
Golly, you're about as good with the word play as
anyone I've had the chance to meet. Well done!
Christopher A. Young
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"Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Stormin Mormon wrote:
>
> I thought HF had a crank apple peeler.
>
> Their web site delivered zero items for
> apple, or for peeler.
Not enough cranks bought them.
--
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On Wed, 16 May 2012 08:10:09 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61***[email protected]> wrote:
>I thought HF had a crank apple peeler.
http://images.harborfreight.com/manuals/98000-98999/98412.pdf
http://images.harborfreight.com/manuals/96000-96999/96153.pdf
But I think they're both gone.
>Their web site delivered zero items for
>apple, or for peeler.
Not even brass poles?
On May 10, 4:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll ge=
t
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
I know #2555 because my father collected them: it's most of an apple
peeler. I can't figure out where the rest (the auto-swiveling knife
doodad) bolts on though.
Tim.
On May 10, 4:13=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll ge=
t
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2556- contains some type of documentation or information for the
equipment up on the pole?
On 5/10/2012 3:13 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll
> get at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2553 Is a spindle from a cotton picking machine. There are rows of them
that spin and pull the cotton off the plant.
2552 I assume lots of people will recognize the spark-coil (Model T
vintage) in the base in the second picture. It produces a high voltage.
This leads me to fantasies about this being some form of decorative
light fixture, missing a gas-discharge globe/lamp on top.
On 5/10/2012 4:13 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll
> get at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
On 5/10/12 4:13 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll
> get at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2551 could be a sled to drag the foot of a heavy item on a wooden floor
or outdoors. I could use 4 to drag a wood stove across my lawn. I'd
lever it up to put one under each foot, then adjust four chains to
attach them to a tow bar.
2556 might hold repellent and a wick, to keep insects or woodpeckers
away, for example.
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 2552 I assume lots of people will recognize the spark-coil (Model T
> vintage) in the base in the second picture. It produces a high voltage.
> This leads me to fantasies about this being some form of decorative light
> fixture, missing a gas-discharge globe/lamp on top.
I would bet that this is correct, thanks.
>> 2552 I assume lots of people will recognize the spark-coil (Model T
>>
>
> Actually, that's a "Fordson" coil. The original model T had a magneto
> for normal running, but used the Fordson continuous spark coil for
> starting up or slow idling.
>
> But that aside, I think this is a ceremonial torch that can be lit
> remotely and on cue. The small vessel on top is just about the right
> size for some flammable oil and a wick. The spark coil would be used to
> generate the ignition spark. There's even a ceramic spark gap visible on
> top.
>
> The fact that it was all soldered up from copper makes one think it might
> have been part of a trade union fraternal group's induction ceremonies --
> like "Plumbers and fitters Union #305 social club."
>
> In fact, I remember that the Lion's Club of America has an induction
> ceremony where several "lights" are illuminated in succession as a
> liturgy is read.
>
> LLoyd
Sounds like a good use for it, I'll pass this on to the owner. Another good
diatribe Lloyd, you're on a roll!
My newsreader is only showing seven replies to my post today, but Google
groups has 14 replies to it. Usually they are pretty much in sync so I'm
not sure if it's just my news server or if it's wider spread.
Rob
>2553 - Is a spike or finger of a cotton picking machine. It's the
>mechanical finger, of the machine/tractor, that picks the cotton off the
>cotton plant. There are lots of them inside the cotton picking machine.
Based on the number of people who say this spike is part of a cotton picker,
I would say it's likely to be correct though I couldn't find one on the web
to prove it.
"Edward Erbeck" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:CBD1BD3F.1C3722%[email protected]...
> On 5/10/12 2:10 PM, in article [email protected], "Rob H."
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> 2553 - Is a spike or finger of a cotton picking machine. It's the
>>> mechanical finger, of the machine/tractor, that picks the cotton off the
>>> cotton plant. There are lots of them inside the cotton picking machine.
>>
>> Based on the number of people who say this spike is part of a cotton
>> picker,
>> I would say it's likely to be correct though I couldn't find one on the
>> web
>> to prove it.
>>
>
> Rob, Google Cotton Gin Spike and you'll have all the conformation
> you'll
> ever need ;-)
>
> Crazy Ed
Thanks, I found some good information, also thanks to Sonny who posted some
good links but the posts didn't make it to my news reader though I did see
them in Google groups.
In article <[email protected]>,
DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>2553) Perhaps designed to be driven into a wooden object to allow it
> to be rotated (perhaps for advertising purposes).
I am with you. It's a piece of metal designed to bind a piece of wood
to a different piece of metal. Best guess is 'lathe'.
I thought HF had a crank apple peeler.
Their web site delivered zero items for
apple, or for peeler.
Christopher A. Young
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"Tim Shoppa" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:39952783-4c0b-4606-a72d-ae9054eaaeb5@t35g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
Strangely enough, the apple peelers my dad has were in fact made by
the same company that made the drill press you identified, Goodell-
Pratt.
Perhaps should go in "rec.crafts.fruitworking" instead of
metalworking :-)
I remember when Harbor Freight just a few years ago was selling a
variant of their jigsaw, for butcher shop use, and I made some crack
about rec.crafts.meatworking :-)
Tim.
On 2012-05-10, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll get
> at least a couple of them figured out:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
2551) At a guess -- a scoop for coal which can be attached to or
detached from a handle (which is swapped among scoops). Likely
for either a railroad engine, or perhaps for a home furnace.
2552) Hmm ... what is in the base (I think) looks like an old Fordson
tractor ignition coil. At a guess, I would say that there
should be mounting at the top for neon tubes -- perhaps for
outdoor advertising lighting -- powered by an automotive
batttery. I can't really see much about those fittings or
terminals at about 10:00 O'Clock as shown in the third and forth
views.
2553) Perhaps designed to be driven into a wooden object to allow it
to be rotated (perhaps for advertising purposes).
Or perhaps it was a left-over bevel gear (looks rather beat up,
but the image is rather unsharp so it is difficult to tell)
which someone ground to a point as a spike to drive into wood
without actually needing the bevel gear teeth.
2554) Perhaps part of the mechanism of a reclining chair or other
furniture?
2555) Looks like another variant of a Cole brothers drill. Clamps
on a workbench top. Drill chuck threads on the bottom of the
central shaft. The handwheel at the top applies downward force
to the drill bit, while the long crank turns the chuck and bit.
Good for drilling through tough steel without power tools.
<http://www.roseantiquetools.com/id70.html>
It looks like a No. 8 or a No 9 Bench drill, found on catalog
pages 204 and 205 (both show up as page 96 in the PDF of the
catalog.
O.K. Probably the No. 9, based on the overall length vs the
height above the bench specified in the catalog (18" for the No.
9 and 13" for the No 8.
2556) Hmm ... on a power pole, but no wiring going to it. All I see
is what looks like a captive chain to keep from losing the lid.
At a guess -- it is used to store documentation about what the
wiring at that pole feeds.
Or -- perhaps a recorder to detect and record corona from the
high voltage nearby.
Well ... those are my guesses. Now to post and see what others
have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2012-05-10, Tim Shoppa <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 10, 4:13 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I know the answer for just one of the items this week, hopefully we'll get
>> at least a couple of them figured out:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Rob
>
> I know #2555 because my father collected them: it's most of an apple
> peeler. I can't figure out where the rest (the auto-swiveling knife
> doodad) bolts on though.
You can't figure out where it bolts on because this is *not* an
apple peeler. Those tended to have a horizontal shaft, not the vertical
shown here (based on the clamp which mounts it to the table). I (and
others) identified it as a hand cranked drill press, with a force feed
from the knob at the top. The drill chuck screws onto the bottom end of
the shank shown, which you can see is threaded. There were accessories
for this which would replace the flat plate with a V-block (for cross
drilling round steel rods) and a vise for holding smaller workpieces.
I found (and posted) the catalog from the maker which shows the
device in its entirity.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2012-05-10, Northe <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2555 -- old "drill press," I believe it is actually what would have
> been called a _boring machine_.
Based on the catalog (Goodell-Pratt No. 16) calls this one a
"No. 9 Bench Drill"
It can be found on catalog page 204, which is shown as page 96 in the
PDF download of the catalog, because it is scanned two pages per pdf
page. The catalog appears to date from 1926. The choice between the
No. 8 on the facing page and the No. 9 is based on the size listed above
the puzzle photo relative to the height above the workbench shown in the
catalog.
FWIW -- when new, it sold for $12.70 with the round table, and
for $16.00 with the vise added.
Enjoy,
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