On May 28, 11:41=A0am, Andrew Erickson <[email protected]>
wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Another fast week, it's Thursday already! =A0The current set can be see=
n here:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Tell me about the fast week...I moved over the weekend, so it's felt
> like a whole lot longer than that.
>
> 1627 -- Perhaps this is a tool used to extract or adjust lumber in a
> pile to dry (with sticks between the boards); slide it in, close the
> handle, and the point can be used to manipulate a board. Of course,
> there's also a stuffed cat, a butter churn, a wicker basket, a can of
> something, what appears to be a set of weights for a balance....
>
> 1628 - A large turnbuckle, but not one of enormous strength (for its
> size), in that a cable or rope about the diameter of the loops at the
> ends would be much stronger than the turnbuckle. =A0Perhaps it is intende=
d
> to stretch and bind tarps over loads on wagons or trucks?
>
> 1629 - Forming tool for pump leathers?
>
> 1630 - Box for holding twenty-five of something--I'd guess microscope
> slides.
>
> 1631 - Possibly this is intended for cleaning and scraping car bodies in
> body work. =A0(Just an off-the-wall guess, really; it doesn't look sturdy
> enough for professional body shop use.)
>
> 1632 - No clue whatsoever. =A0It looks vaguely like a manifold or junctio=
n
> box for conduit or piping or some such, but why on earth would one ever
> have reason to carry one of those around on a lanyard?
>
> --
> Andrew Erickson
>
> "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
> lose." =A0-- Jim Elliot
1627 - Looks like one of a variety of "hay harpoons" used to pull
loose hay from a wagon to the haymow.
1628 - I agree with the bow-saw tightener.
1632 - Yep, an old timing light.
Nahmie
On May 28, 4:35=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another fast week, it's Thursday already! =A0The current set can be seen =
here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1628- bow saw tensioner
1632- older style ignition timing light- usually uses a neon bulb and
no +12V hookup, just the plug wire.
Dave
On May 29, 5:53=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > 1629 A guess... to crimp tops on tin cans???
>
> Good guess, it's for crimping metal lids, the patent for it and the answe=
rs
> for the rest can be seen on the answer page:
>
> http://answers286-8.blogspot.com/
How come you didn't write, "All items were correctly identified this
week." like you usually do?
I feel like we're being punished. ;)
R
On May 29, 8:04=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>http://answers286-8.blogspot.com/
> >How come you didn't write, "All items were correctly identified this
> >week." like you usually do?
> >I feel like we're being punished. =A0;)
>
> Lol, I totally forgot probably because I was running late and was in a hu=
rry
> when I typed the post , but yes, you guys nailed it this week, especially
> since I didn't know the turnbuckle was for a saw, someone from a museum i=
n
> Ontario sent that one in, so thanks to everyone who provided the answer f=
or
> it.
That saw turnbuckle was one of those {smack the forehead} "I shoulda
known that!" items.
> Next week, if Neatorama posts one of the items, it will be our 100th
> collaboration, and a few months ago he had mentioned possibly having a
> better prize for that post, so I'll be interested to see what he came up
> with, if anything.
Sounds good. Keep up the good work.
R
On Fri, 29 May 2009 17:15:16 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On May 29, 8:04 pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>http://answers286-8.blogspot.com/
>> >How come you didn't write, "All items were correctly identified this
>> >week." like you usually do?
>> >I feel like we're being punished. ;)
>>
>> Lol, I totally forgot probably because I was running late and was in a hurry
>> when I typed the post , but yes, you guys nailed it this week, especially
>> since I didn't know the turnbuckle was for a saw, someone from a museum in
>> Ontario sent that one in, so thanks to everyone who provided the answer for
>> it.
>
>That saw turnbuckle was one of those {smack the forehead} "I shoulda
>known that!" items.
>
Never had fancy things like that when I was a kid - we used a "Spanish
Windlass" with a maple slat through rope made from binder twine.
>> Next week, if Neatorama posts one of the items, it will be our 100th
>> collaboration, and a few months ago he had mentioned possibly having a
>> better prize for that post, so I'll be interested to see what he came up
>> with, if anything.
>
>Sounds good. Keep up the good work.
>
>R
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
On May 28, 4:35=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another fast week, it's Thursday already! =A0The current set can be seen =
here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1627: I would have to say a harpoon.
1628: A blade tightner/tensioner for a buck saw.
1630: A portable carpet cleaner for small spots.
On May 28, 8:59=A0am, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 28, 4:35=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Another fast week, it's Thursday already! =A0The current set can be see=
n here:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > Rob
>
> 1627: I would have to say a harpoon.
>
> 1628: A blade tightner/tensioner for a buck saw.
>
> 1630: A portable carpet cleaner for small spots.
Oops that should be 1631 not 1630
"RicodJour" wrote: "Honey what's that on the mantelpiece?"
"That's our new ORNAMENTAL scrubber! Isn't she a beauty?"
"Put it in the garage, now, or that's where you'll be sleeping."
"Yes, dear."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"Honey, what's this thing standing on the mantelpiece?"
"Oh, that's a phallic symbol."
"Well. I'd hate to tell you what I thought it looked like."
In message <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
writes
>Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen here:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1630 is for storing microscope slides?
Nick
--
Nick Wedd [email protected]
On May 28, 10:04=A0am, E Z Peaces <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rob H. wrote:
> > Another fast week, it's Thursday already! =A0The current set can be see=
n
> > here:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > Rob
>
> 1631: Ornamental battery-operated brush and scrubber invented by John S.
> Doyel of 404 W. 20th St., NY 10011.
Ornamental?
"Honey what's that on the mantelpiece?"
"That's our new ORNAMENTAL scrubber! Isn't she a beauty?"
"Put it in the garage, now, or that's where you'll be sleeping."
"Yes, dear."
R
1627. For hoisting hay bales.
1628. Limited range of adjustment, turned by hand, loops slip over the
ends of whatever, so it's for repeated cinching with fairly uniform
pieces. The loops look like they'd fit a 2x4. No idea of the
specific application.
1629. Capping bottles, probably milk.
1630. Memories of HS - slide tray.
1631. Spot cleaner. The wire brushes are unusual, so it must be the
"universal model".
1632, Not sure, WAG, battery operated electromagnet made by Wen.
R
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Tell me about the fast week...I moved over the weekend, so it's felt
like a whole lot longer than that.
1627 -- Perhaps this is a tool used to extract or adjust lumber in a
pile to dry (with sticks between the boards); slide it in, close the
handle, and the point can be used to manipulate a board. Of course,
there's also a stuffed cat, a butter churn, a wicker basket, a can of
something, what appears to be a set of weights for a balance....
1628 - A large turnbuckle, but not one of enormous strength (for its
size), in that a cable or rope about the diameter of the loops at the
ends would be much stronger than the turnbuckle. Perhaps it is intended
to stretch and bind tarps over loads on wagons or trucks?
1629 - Forming tool for pump leathers?
1630 - Box for holding twenty-five of something--I'd guess microscope
slides.
1631 - Possibly this is intended for cleaning and scraping car bodies in
body work. (Just an off-the-wall guess, really; it doesn't look sturdy
enough for professional body shop use.)
1632 - No clue whatsoever. It looks vaguely like a manifold or junction
box for conduit or piping or some such, but why on earth would one ever
have reason to carry one of those around on a lanyard?
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
I was going to say 1630 was a box (the bottom part of a box) for 3 1/4 inch
glass lantern slides.
Without a better measurement of the size, I guess Mr. Wedd is probably
correct. Do the slots fit 3" microscope slides or 3.25" lantern slides?
"Nick Wedd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> writes
>>Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen
>>here:
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1630 is for storing microscope slides?
>
> Nick
> --
> Nick Wedd [email protected]
1629 A guess... to crimp tops on tin cans???
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen
> here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
[email protected] wrote:
> 1632 an old Sun car timing light missing the cables - it has as I
> remember cables going to the battery and one that clamps around the
> number 1 plug wire..
Like eBay item 330333411823
--Winston
--
Don't *faff*, dear.
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I was going to say 1630 was a box (the bottom part of a box) for 3 1/4 inch
>glass lantern slides.
> Without a better measurement of the size, I guess Mr. Wedd is probably
> correct. Do the slots fit 3" microscope slides or 3.25" lantern slides?
Everyone who said it was for microscope slides is correct, the slots hold a
3" slide.
Rob
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1629 A guess... to crimp tops on tin cans???
Good guess, it's for crimping metal lids, the patent for it and the answers
for the rest can be seen on the answer page:
http://answers286-8.blogspot.com/
Rob
>> http://answers286-8.blogspot.com/
>How come you didn't write, "All items were correctly identified this
>week." like you usually do?
>I feel like we're being punished. ;)
Lol, I totally forgot probably because I was running late and was in a hurry
when I typed the post , but yes, you guys nailed it this week, especially
since I didn't know the turnbuckle was for a saw, someone from a museum in
Ontario sent that one in, so thanks to everyone who provided the answer for
it.
Next week, if Neatorama posts one of the items, it will be our 100th
collaboration, and a few months ago he had mentioned possibly having a
better prize for that post, so I'll be interested to see what he came up
with, if anything.
Rob
On 2009-05-28, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1627) Looks like a harpoon for picking up something like a bale of
hay. The eye on the back end is certainly for hooking to
lifting gear.
1628) An early (and fairly ornate) example of a turnbuckle for
adjusting the tension in something like a guy wire.
1629) Interesting -- at first look it seemed that the three angled
legs were on Acme threads, but a closer look at the saved
images shows that those are springs, not threads.
It is obvious that the center projection and the three "feet"
all rotate, with the center part pressing against either the top
or the bottom flange of the three feet, based on the wear
polish.
Perhaps it is intended to make a ridge (either internal or
external) at the end of metal tubing?
1630) Looks very much like a storage box for microscope slides, and
given the numbering -- probably slides with mounted specimens.
It is missing the cover, which would keep dust from the slides.
1631) Obviously designed to clean and polish something. The cylinder
probably contains a cleaning solution.
I did see one followup which showed up before your actual
posting of the puzzle (for whatever reason), and it guessed this
as being a rug/carpet cleaner -- but I doubt that with the wire
brush.
Perhaps for cleaning and polishing something like stainless
steel sinks?
1632) At a guess, for applying a high pressure spray -- thus the
double handle to fight the recoil from that spray.
Otherwise, I would have suggested some sort of probe for
applying high voltage to test insulation -- given the Bakelite
housing.
Now to see what the rest of the suggestions are -- those which
appeared properly *after* the posting of the puzzle itself. (I *don't*
like to read a guess before seeing and answering the puzzles.)
Enjoy,
DoN.
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In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Another fast week, it's Thursday already! The current set can be seen here:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1630 - tray for holding microscope slides
1631 - battery-powered pot scrubber