On Thu, 6 May 2010 20:44:33 -0500, Snag wrote:
> Rob H. wrote:
>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>> 1922- stick it over a small fire built around something you want to
>> heat...
>>
>> You're in the right ballpark, though the inventor had a specific use
>> in mind
>>> 1924- bung puller
>>
>> Nope
>>
>>
>>> 1925 first pic- fuel door on the left. 2nd pic often means fuel door
>> on the rt.
>>
>> Yes, that's what I was looking for on these symbols.
>>
>>> 1926- collapsible monopod
>>
>> No correct answers yet for this one, though I like the dynamite
>> holder idea and also the 10' pole holder.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> If you look closely there are L slots in the ends of the tubes that are
> visible . Looking at the other items in the photo makes me think it might be
> a surveyor's rod for use with a transit .
I Think that you will find that it is not a slot in the end but it is a
split all the way down the tube
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1922 going put on a limb here, a tyere for melting metal.
Steve R.
On 5/8/2010 11:40 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>
>> Doesn't the button unlock the thing and allow a flick of the
>> wrist (while the button is pressed) to extend it to working length?
>
Nah, you're thinking of the collapsible batons. They are strictly a
friction device. Hollow tube held in the "ready position" by an
internal spring thingy in the end cap. A flick of the wrist deploys it
to full length where it's locked in place by means of the mechanical
tapered fit.
The only way to collapse it after that is a hard tap downward on a hard
(concrete or marble) surface.
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1921 could be a handle from an old time shocking machine.
Steve R.
Rob H. wrote:
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>> 1922- stick it over a small fire built around something you want to
> heat...
>
> You're in the right ballpark, though the inventor had a specific use
> in mind
>> 1924- bung puller
>
> Nope
>
>
>> 1925 first pic- fuel door on the left. 2nd pic often means fuel door
> on the rt.
>
> Yes, that's what I was looking for on these symbols.
>
>> 1926- collapsible monopod
>
> No correct answers yet for this one, though I like the dynamite
> holder idea and also the 10' pole holder.
>
>
> Rob
If you look closely there are L slots in the ends of the tubes that are
visible . Looking at the other items in the photo makes me think it might be
a surveyor's rod for use with a transit .
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On May 6, 4:54=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Rob
1921- Hey! This is a family site!
1922- stick it over a small fire built around something you want to
heat...
1924- bung puller
1925 first pic- fuel door on the left. 2nd pic often means fuel door
on the rt.
1926- collapsible monopod
Dave
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1921. I think the button on the side releases the mechanism, allowing a
telescopic stick to be extended from the end. I have no idea what
purpose the stick has.
1925. The first symbol says "there's a petrol pump over there". The
second one says "petrol pump". Or "gas pump" for Americans, I guess.
Nick
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1926. I'm guessing map tubes. Maybe for surveyors.
Karl
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> > Rob
>
> 1923 Well house gate to keep kids out. Hide made into a water container.
> 1924 Corkscrew
> 1925 Road sign noting gas station ahead. both diesel and unleaded.
> 1926 case for road flares or dynamite.
>
> Robert
That's not how you carry dynamite. This is:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/119447/tumblr_kvpaf=
uDfzG1qz6f9yo1_1280-700x534.png
Karl
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1922 What they are going to use to cap the oil leak. (G)
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> On 5/8/2010 11:40 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>>> Doesn't the button unlock the thing and allow a flick of the
>>> wrist (while the button is pressed) to extend it to working length?
>>
>
> Nah, you're thinking of the collapsible batons. They are strictly a
> friction device. Hollow tube held in the "ready position" by an internal
> spring thingy in the end cap. A flick of the wrist deploys it to full
> length where it's locked in place by means of the mechanical tapered fit.
>
> The only way to collapse it after that is a hard tap downward on a hard
> (concrete or marble) surface.
>
>
(or a skull?)
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> Rob
Its old news, but I think I found a good pictire of #1893 from a few
weeks back.
http://advancedcsi.com/main/images/gallery/580%20loader%20backhoe%20(boom%2=
0hydraulics).jpg
Its the front hinge from a Case backhoe boom. Its not the same as the
model in the picture, but the design is characteristically Case...with
the ribbing exposed.
--riverman
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1923 Well house gate to keep kids out. Hide made into a water container.
1924 Corkscrew
1925 Road sign noting gas station ahead. both diesel and unleaded.
1926 case for road flares or dynamite.
Robert
On 5/6/2010 4:54 AM, Rob H. wrote:
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> Rob
1926. Back in the day.... Interesting that this is item 1926, because
that is the year that Alfred Dunhill made this item. Country folk had no
problem carrying 10'poles around with them for determining the
touchability of things, but as they started moving to the cities this
became impractical. This is a carrying case for a screw-together 10'pole.
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> Rob
1921 - Powered jump rope?
1922 - Resembles my smelting furnace.
1923 - Looks like an above ground root cellar. Although it could also be
a well house. Some were used for both.
Picket fence would be to keep animals, kids, other critters out of the
building while it is open and on display. Cannot make out the device on
the door very well. Could be a water skin but hard to say.
1924 - Some type of bung or cap puller?
1925 - Both are fuel symbols, the top one also has an arrow telling the
operator which side the fuel fill is on. Usually found on the fuel level
gauge in a vehicle. I have also seen them painted on roads and signs
telling you that there is a fuel station nearby.
1926 - Looks like an old surveyors tool case. Once held the proverbial
"ten foot pole"
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>1922- stick it over a small fire built around something you want to
heat...
You're in the right ballpark, though the inventor had a specific use in mind
>1924- bung puller
Nope
>1925 first pic- fuel door on the left. 2nd pic often means fuel door
on the rt.
Yes, that's what I was looking for on these symbols.
>1926- collapsible monopod
No correct answers yet for this one, though I like the dynamite holder idea
and also the 10' pole holder.
Rob
1921 vibratory lock picking device.
1922 Replica space capsule.
1923 no clue. Guessing a shallow well house. The picket
fence keeps kids out, and thing on the door is a scoop so a
person can get a quick drink of water.
1924 ceiling hook for something. Screws into the ceiling,
and provides three holes for hooks. Or it's a hold down for
something on wood, and the butterfly design makes it easy to
push in and screw down the item to be held.
1925. I'm fairly sure I've seen these along the highway. It
is not a space alien saluting. Signifies gasoline pump.
1926. The riding gear gives it away. This is a horse treat
bag. It's designed that a rider can easily extract a carrot
with a bit of powdered sugar, to treat the horse. And I'm
making that one up. Smile!
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1923: Sheep-shearing room/house?
Bill
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1922: An incinerator for sensitive papers?
1924: Thumbscrew for James G. Rossman's Foot Iron for Stage Scenery
Braces. Patent 648 531, May 1, 1900. The flange kept the thumbscrew
from coming out of the iron and being lost.
1926: Could be a case for a form of bangalore torpedo: several threaded
pipe bombs to be screwed together and shoved where a soldier couldn't reach.
On 5/7/2010 1:49 AM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2010-05-06, Rob H.<[email protected]> wrote:
>> A new set of photos has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>
> 1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
> essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
> something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if not
> actually break bones.
>
> The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
> you flick it, I think.
>
> 1922) Something for working with metal and extreme heat. I think that
> it is a shield to go over a setup for rendering ore into molten
> metal, and the metal runs out the notch at the bottom.
>
> 1923) Hmm ... a stable for a horse, whose head can poke out over
> the "fence" and hobnob with the humans on the outside.
>
> What is hanging on the door looks to me like a pair of shoes,
> perhaps for riding, or perhaps to protect your good shoes while
> "mucking out" the horse's output. :-)
>
> 1924) A primitive corkscrew?
>
> 1925) Icons to indicate a gas pump -- perhaps connected with a front
> panel display to open the gas cap remotely? Looks like they are
> on a liquid crystal display of some sort.
>
> 1926) This appears to be related with military and horses based on
> some other things in the photo. I see a horse's bit, at least
> two pistol holsters -- both apparently left handed.
>
> Could it be to hold signal flares?
>
> Or perhaps sticks of dynamite?
>
> Now to see what others have suggested.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>
1921==a collapsible cane for a blind person?
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>
> 1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
> essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
> something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if not
> actually break bones.
>
> The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
> you flick it, I think.
This is partially correct, it is a weapon, for use by the police, and it
does have a wrist strap but pushing the button doesn't cause anything to
extend.
Rob
Rob H. wrote:
>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>>
>> 1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
>> essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
>> something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if not
>> actually break bones.
>>
>> The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
>> you flick it, I think.
>
>
> This is partially correct, it is a weapon, for use by the police, and it
> does have a wrist strap but pushing the button doesn't cause anything to
> extend.
>
>
> Rob
It lulls the criminal by appearing to be a harmless truncheon. Imagine
her surprise when she is maced!
> 1924: Thumbscrew for James G. Rossman's Foot Iron for Stage Scenery
> Braces. Patent 648 531, May 1, 1900. The flange kept the thumbscrew from
> coming out of the iron and being lost.
Great, thanks for the patent, I had found one for a similar item but yours
looks more like the one in the photo on the web site.
There were a couple of tough ones in this set but they've all been answered
correctly this week:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/05/set-335.html#answers
Rob
> Doesn't the button unlock the thing and allow a flick of the
> wrist (while the button is pressed) to extend it to working length?
I'm not sure since I didn't push the button (though I was tempted to push
it), I just figured the button was for discharging the tear gas, so maybe it
does extend. I've seen two of these and both looked like the one in my
photos (not extended).
Also, I changed my answer for the second gas pump symbol, the first one,
with the arrow, I'm sure indicates the tank location. The second one,
without the arrow, the pump hose location does not always correspond with
the location of the tank, only on some vehicles.
Rob
>Its old news, but I think I found a good pictire of #1893 from a few
>weeks back.
http://advancedcsi.com/main/images/gallery/580%20loader%20backhoe%20(boom%20hydraulics).jpg
>Its the front hinge from a Case backhoe boom. Its not the same as the
>model in the picture, but the design is characteristically Case...with
>the ribbing exposed.
--riverman
Thanks! I'll pass this on to the owner of it.
Rob
1922 looks a lot like the Acetylene generator I'd stoke each
morning the summer I worked in a blacksmith's shop. You'd open
the door and add a cup of carbide to a pan of water. Being
acetylene, it had to be low pressure and the gas was drawn off at
the top via a manifold. The one I kept stoked was about 5' tall
and made of heavy steel.
Nonny
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>> Rob
>
> 1922 going put on a limb here, a tyere for melting metal.
>
>
>
> Steve R.
>
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its just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..
On 2010-05-06, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if not
actually break bones.
The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
you flick it, I think.
1922) Something for working with metal and extreme heat. I think that
it is a shield to go over a setup for rendering ore into molten
metal, and the metal runs out the notch at the bottom.
1923) Hmm ... a stable for a horse, whose head can poke out over
the "fence" and hobnob with the humans on the outside.
What is hanging on the door looks to me like a pair of shoes,
perhaps for riding, or perhaps to protect your good shoes while
"mucking out" the horse's output. :-)
1924) A primitive corkscrew?
1925) Icons to indicate a gas pump -- perhaps connected with a front
panel display to open the gas cap remotely? Looks like they are
on a liquid crystal display of some sort.
1926) This appears to be related with military and horses based on
some other things in the photo. I see a horse's bit, at least
two pistol holsters -- both apparently left handed.
Could it be to hold signal flares?
Or perhaps sticks of dynamite?
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2010-05-07, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>>
>> 1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
>> essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
>> something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if not
>> actually break bones.
>>
>> The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
>> you flick it, I think.
>
>
> This is partially correct, it is a weapon, for use by the police, and it
> does have a wrist strap but pushing the button doesn't cause anything to
> extend.
Doesn't the button unlock the thing and allow a flick of the
wrist (while the button is pressed) to extend it to working length?
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2010-05-08, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Doesn't the button unlock the thing and allow a flick of the
>> wrist (while the button is pressed) to extend it to working length?
>
>
> I'm not sure since I didn't push the button (though I was tempted to push
> it), I just figured the button was for discharging the tear gas, so maybe it
> does extend. I've seen two of these and both looked like the one in my
> photos (not extended).
My suggestion was before I knew that it was a tear gas
dispenser. Given that, that is just what I would expect it to do, and
there is no need to extend as a collapsable baton.
> Also, I changed my answer for the second gas pump symbol, the first one,
> with the arrow, I'm sure indicates the tank location. The second one,
> without the arrow, the pump hose location does not always correspond with
> the location of the tank, only on some vehicles.
O.K. Given the appearance in the photos, I was thinking that it
was a LCD indicator on the instrument panel, which might indicate where
to push a button to open the gas lid from inside -- and perhaps to tell
you that the gas lid was still open as you drive off. :-)
Enjoy,
DoN.
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
>>
>> 1921) This looks like one of those self-defense weapons which
>> essentially extends with a flick of the wrist and becomes
>> something which can at least severely bruise an attacker, if
>> not
>> actually break bones.
>>
>> The leather loop goes around the wrist to keep it in control as
>> you flick it, I think.
>
>
> This is partially correct, it is a weapon, for use by the
> police, and it does have a wrist strap but pushing the button
> doesn't cause anything to extend.
>
At one time, my cousin was a Sheriff and had a baton that was
somewhat similar. It was an electric baton- the grandfather of a
Taser. What I recall in seeing it was that the button was a dummy
and that the baton was activated by squeezing the sides.
--
Nonny
On most days,
it's just not worth
the effort of chewing
through the restraints..