On Aug 2, 4:26 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted set 191:
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> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
1054 is a slater's hook. It was a portable cutting edge. The barb
sticks into a rafter or strapping, the slate to be cut or punched is
held on top of the beveled cutting edge, and the beveled edge of the
slater's hammer is used to trim the slate. Pointy end of the hammer
pokes the holes for the nails.
R
On Aug 2, 1:34 pm, dav1936531 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:48:27 GMT, Erik <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Hmmm... 1049 may indeed be a shell fuse, but it seems strange to me they
> >would bother plating something like that.
>
> >Also it kind of looks to me like it's had a good bit of use, and I'm not
> >talking 'explosive like' looking use.
>
> >Erik
>
> The Navy may plate components such as this to prevent salt water
> corrosion.
> Dave
And, I'm guessing, there were probably quite a few of them used in
training classes. Those would have a much better chance to end up in
somebody's collection than the pieces that actually went to war.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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1053 looks like a fiber-optic image reducer/flattener for a night vision
scope.
LLoyd
On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:48:27 GMT, Erik <[email protected]> wrote:
>Hmmm... 1049 may indeed be a shell fuse, but it seems strange to me they
>would bother plating something like that.
>
>Also it kind of looks to me like it's had a good bit of use, and I'm not
>talking 'explosive like' looking use.
>
>Erik
The Navy may plate components such as this to prevent salt water
corrosion.
Dave
"Smaug Ichorfang" <sm@ug,the.orc> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (DoN. Nichols) wrote in
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>> What night vision system was it used in?
>
> It's used on the exit (output) side of a microchannel device. It's an
> easy
> way to enlarge the image w/o lenses. I used to have one of these, donated
> by a mfgr. to demonstrate fiber optic principals (it had slight defects
> making it unsuitable for use in night vision system).
The one I've got has some small chips around the edges, so it might also be
a reject from a night scope manufacturer.
Answers for the rest of them can be seen at the link below:
http://pzphotosan191-x10.blogspot.com/
Rob
1049 looks like it might be the nose of a time fused artillery shell.
Perhaps an AA shell.
Steve R.
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"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just posted set 191:
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> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
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> Rob
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in news:46b19549$0$4930
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1049. A nose fuze from an atrillery shell or mortar rocket
1050. Wiring or grounding block
1051a/b. I was going to say a was a tamp of some sort, but b is a flail for
seperating grain from husks, so I assume a is also.
1052. Assembly wedge used to keep parts together during manufacture
1053. Fiber optic "magnifying glass" used in night vision gear
1054.??
[email protected] (DoN. Nichols) wrote in
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> What night vision system was it used in?
It's used on the exit (output) side of a microchannel device. It's an easy
way to enlarge the image w/o lenses. I used to have one of these, donated
by a mfgr. to demonstrate fiber optic principals (it had slight defects
making it unsuitable for use in night vision system).
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> Just posted set 191:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1049) A fuze for some form of munitions. I think that it is probably
for a mortar, based on the size.
The bronze ring sets it for a specific time after firing before
it blows up -- or perhaps (if an artillery shell) a specific
altitude above ground.
1050) A splicing block for heavy gauge wires inside power
distribution blocks. At a guess, it is sized for a maximum
of 3-0 or 4-0 wire. I say a splicing block instead of a
termination because the only through hole is too small for a
heavy enough bolt to carry the current that the wires could
bring in, so it must be just for attaching it to an insulator
block.
1051) My guess that that both are for processing grain (breaking the
husk and keeping the kernel). The second one is fastened to the
end of short a chain, with a handle on the other end, and it is
swung around the head of the user, so I suspect that it would be
used for standing grain, while the first would be used on grain
loose on a floor.
1052) Looks like a removable handle for some kind of mechanical
(not electrical) switch. It pivots around the cross-pin, and
the end slides some mechanism in something.
1053) A fiber optics magnifier (as oriented) or image reducer.
The giveaway is the greater brightness at the bottom as it sits.
1054) An interesting design of a harvesting tool -- at a guess for
something like sugar cane.
Now to see what others have guessed.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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According to Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <[email protected]>:
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Just posted set 191:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 1053 looks like a fiber-optic image reducer/flattener for a night vision
> scope.
Interesting that so many have identified it as night vision
related.
I used to work for the Army Night Vision Labs, and while I have
seen fiber optics blocks used to couple multiple stages of the old image
intensifiers, and used to twist an image 180 degrees (when replacing a
first generation intensifier which inverted the image with a
second-generation one which did not, I have not seen one like the one
here.
What night vision system was it used in?
I guess that it could be used on the input side, to allow
imaging with a larger lens, or perhaps to shrink the output side to a
smaller (but brighter) area as an extra stage of gain for free.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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According to Smaug Ichorfang <sm@ug,the.orc>:
> [email protected] (DoN. Nichols) wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> >
> > What night vision system was it used in?
>
> It's used on the exit (output) side of a microchannel device.
O.K. The second generation ones.
> It's an easy
> way to enlarge the image w/o lenses. I used to have one of these, donated
> by a mfgr. to demonstrate fiber optic principals (it had slight defects
> making it unsuitable for use in night vision system).
O.K. Thanks,
DoN.
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According to Brent Beal <[email protected]>:
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> "Erik" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > In article <[email protected]>,
> > "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Just posted set 191:
[ ... ]
> > Hmmm... 1049 may indeed be a shell fuse, but it seems strange to me they
> > would bother plating something like that.
[ ... ]
> Now you know how they come up with cost "overruns".
I think that the plating would increase the chances that it
would work after being battered in the field -- especially likely with a
mortar round, which is likely to be set up and used in the rain. Also,
Anti-Aircraft rounds might be kept exposed to the weather for a while
until some enemy aircraft come around to be shot at, so having something
which won't rust or otherwise corrode in the field is worth a bit of
extra money for the plating.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 04:26:54 -0400, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted set 191:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
1049: fuze for anti aircraft shell---adjustable altitude of explosion
1050: cable connector---incoming circuit box
1051a-b: serial killer gadgets?
1052: no idea....but I'd open paint cans with it
1053: photographer's negative magnifier?
1054: Bruce Lee chop-socky movie weapon?
Dave
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted set 191:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Hmmm... 1049 may indeed be a shell fuse, but it seems strange to me they
would bother plating something like that.
Also it kind of looks to me like it's had a good bit of use, and I'm not
talking 'explosive like' looking use.
Erik
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:48:40 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> According to Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <[email protected]>:
>>
>> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Just posted set 191:
>> >
>> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>> 1053 looks like a fiber-optic image reducer/flattener for a night vision
>> scope.
>
> Interesting that so many have identified it as night vision
> related.
>
> I used to work for the Army Night Vision Labs, and while I have
> seen fiber optics blocks used to couple multiple stages of the old image
> intensifiers, and used to twist an image 180 degrees (when replacing a
> first generation intensifier which inverted the image with a
> second-generation one which did not, I have not seen one like the one
> here.
>
> What night vision system was it used in?
>
> I guess that it could be used on the input side, to allow
> imaging with a larger lens, or perhaps to shrink the output side to a
> smaller (but brighter) area as an extra stage of gain for free.
>
I was going to say that it's a thing from a chandelier, kind of like
a little translucent lampshade. But it's not clear from the photo if it's
solid or a bell-shaped sort of thing.
Thanks!
Rich
"Erik" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Just posted set 191:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> Hmmm... 1049 may indeed be a shell fuse, but it seems strange to me they
> would bother plating something like that.
>
> Erik
Now you know how they come up with cost "overruns".