This week's set has been posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Larger images:
http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
Below are three more items that were sent in but didn't make it to the web site
for one reason or another, anyone know what they are?
1.
http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and what
the figures represent:
http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
On 22/05/2014 5:34 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
>
>
> Below are three more items that were sent in but didn't make it to the web site
> for one reason or another, anyone know what they are?
>
>
> 1.
> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>
>
> 2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
> cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
> d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
> http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
>
>
> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and what
> the figures represent:
> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>
> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
>
3191 is a tool makers radius gauge
3192 is a telescopic bore gauge for measuring holes in metalwork pieces
Rob H. <[email protected]> writes:
>>>> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and
>what
>>> the figures represent:
>>> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>>>
>>> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
>>SM: You got me, I don't know. My first thought
>>is these are ashtrays.
>
>
>It does look like an ashtray but I couldn't find any others with metal rods
>across the top of them. Someone else suggested it was for holding water for use
>on stamps.
>
It's possible this is english or french. The fellow wearing the phrygian cap
(representing a french revolutionist circa 1800) is being choked by a brit
wearing a tri-corner cap. As for its purpose? possibly for holding ink.
On 5/22/2014 7:02 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Stormin Mormon says...
>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>>>> SM: This is, or very close to a cylinder removal tool. It's used to snap
>>>> the key cylinder out of Kwikset brand knob locks. I've seen these tools
> I reread the email that the owner sent and found this:
>
> "I bought this tool a few years ago at a garage sale, and the seller didn't have
> any idea what it was. (She was selling things that had belonged to her
> grandfather, as I recall, and there were a number of locksmithing tools, among
> other things.)"
>
>
> So it looks like you nailed it.
>
> Thanks
>
My pleasure, to help out. So many specialized tools
out there, and it's nice to recognize one, now and
again.
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On 5/22/2014 5:06 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> 1.
>>> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>> SM: This is, or very close to a cylinder removal tool. It's used to snap
>> the key cylinder out of Kwikset brand knob locks. I've seen these tools
>> advertised, but I've never owned one. I use the cheapie Kwikset version
>> which is stamped out of flat metal. And costs well under a dollar, last
>> I looked.
>> http://www.lockpicks.com/professional-kwikset-cylinder-removal-tool.html
>> Pro version, $29.95, and only 8 left!
>
>
>
> Not sure if this is correct or not but I'll your suggestion on to the owner of
> it. Thanks
>
I'm about 99.5% sure about my identification.
In the next day or two, I might find one such
in a locksmith catalog.
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On 5/22/2014 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
>
>
> Below are three more items that were sent in but didn't make it to the web site
> for one reason or another, anyone know what they are?
>
>
> 1.
> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>
>
> 2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
> cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
> d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
> http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
>
>
> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and what
> the figures represent:
> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>
> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
>
3181 Hand Harvester for small gardens
3182 Elevator floor chooser.
3190 Phone system wire cleave for stripping heavy cable
3191 Go No Go tool for dowels or steel rod.
3192 Inside feeler gauge. Used to get the size of a cylinder. Then you
take a micrometer and mic it.
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3181 looks like a cranberry basket to me.
3188 seems to be a telegraph/annunciator of some sort, to show in a
different room (below or above the sender's) the position of the pointer
at the sender's end. COULD be for an elevator, but it doesn't feel right
for that.
3189 Classic home-bodged Fencing Tool
3190 Lineman's cable-cutter (They LOVED using this tool, because after
using it, they got three days under an umbrella splicing all the pairs
they cut!
3191 pipe sizing gauge
3192 telescoping hole gauge (like we wouldn't know what THAT was, here!)
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get the messages from RCM, so I read and post
from rec puzzles.
On 5/22/2014 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> Below are three more items that were sent in but didn't make it to the web site
> for one reason or another, anyone know what they are?
> 1.
> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
SM: This is, or very close to a cylinder removal tool. It's used to snap
the key cylinder out of Kwikset brand knob locks. I've seen these tools
advertised, but I've never owned one. I use the cheapie Kwikset version
which is stamped out of flat metal. And costs well under a dollar, last
I looked.
http://www.lockpicks.com/professional-kwikset-cylinder-removal-tool.html
Pro version, $29.95, and only 8 left!
>
>
> 2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
> cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
> d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
> http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
SM: I totally don't recognize this.
>
>
> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and what
> the figures represent:
> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>
> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
SM: You got me, I don't know. My first thought
is these are ashtrays.
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On 5/22/2014 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
>
3181, farmers back scratcher. Or, maybe wooden match holder, or maybe a
weeding tool. Was this supposed to be number 3187?
3188, not sure.
3189, specialized hammer. Which speciality, I do not know.
3190, Workplace violence tool for phone workers
who go bell.
3191, rod gages, for some thing. Maybe refrigeration,
to tell tubing sizes?
3192, no clue.
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"Rob H." wrote in message news:[email protected]...
This week's set has been posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Larger images:
http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
3188 elevator lift controller
3189 Fence Hammer
3190 Lineman's cable knife or cleaver
http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-761252/unusual-antique-bell-system-linemans-cable-knife-or-cleaver-utica-original.html
3191 Filler Gauge
Robert
Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
3191 is a machinists radius gauge set similar to
this one:
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTEzNlg3NDQ=/z/MGIAAOxyOalTaoAH/$_57.JPG
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Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
3188 looks like elevator lift controller
3191 gauge for measuring outside diameter or checking for roundness.
3192 Bore gauge - telescoping feeler gauge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bore_gauge
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>3191 These are engineer's radius gauges. They can be used to check the size
>of both concave radii such as grooves in a workpiece using the ends of the
>plates and also metal bar or drill bit size using the cutouts in the sides
>of the plates.
This answer is correct though this particular set of gauges was meant for
measuring a specific item.
>3192 These are engineer's telescopic bore gauges used to measure internal
>diameters. Usually purchased in sets of 6 or so covering a range from 1/2"
>to 6". The anvils at the end are sprung loaded and when free they spring out
>to full size. The knurled knob at the other end is the locking adjustment
>which clamps the anvils at a given position. Method of use is as follows.
>Lightly lock the anvils at just over the bore size to be measured. Slide the
>anvils into the bore at an angle to the vertical and then rock them over
>centre so they push down to the actual diameter as they go past the
>perpendicular position. Then measure across the anvils with a micrometer.
>
>Not as accurate as a dial gauge bore micrometer but with experience good
>quality ones can measure to half a thou or less.
Good description of it!
>> 1.
>> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>SM: This is, or very close to a cylinder removal tool. It's used to snap
>the key cylinder out of Kwikset brand knob locks. I've seen these tools
>advertised, but I've never owned one. I use the cheapie Kwikset version
>which is stamped out of flat metal. And costs well under a dollar, last
>I looked.
> http://www.lockpicks.com/professional-kwikset-cylinder-removal-tool.html
>Pro version, $29.95, and only 8 left!
Not sure if this is correct or not but I'll your suggestion on to the owner of
it. Thanks
>>> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and
what
>> the figures represent:
>> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>>
>> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
>SM: You got me, I don't know. My first thought
>is these are ashtrays.
It does look like an ashtray but I couldn't find any others with metal rods
across the top of them. Someone else suggested it was for holding water for use
on stamps.
Rob H. :
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
3188 - flow regulator dial. For opening/closing something like a chimney
damper, or controlling the flow of water, etc.
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>2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
>cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
>d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
>http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
Someone suggested that this is a hand warmer, I think this is probably correct.
In article <[email protected]>, Stormin Mormon says...
>
>On 5/22/2014 5:06 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>>> 1.
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
>>> SM: This is, or very close to a cylinder removal tool. It's used to snap
>>> the key cylinder out of Kwikset brand knob locks. I've seen these tools
>>> advertised, but I've never owned one. I use the cheapie Kwikset version
>>> which is stamped out of flat metal. And costs well under a dollar, last
>>> I looked.
>>> http://www.lockpicks.com/professional-kwikset-cylinder-removal-tool.html
>>> Pro version, $29.95, and only 8 left!
>>
>>
>>
>> Not sure if this is correct or not but I'll your suggestion on to the owner
of
>> it. Thanks
>>
>
>I'm about 99.5% sure about my identification.
>In the next day or two, I might find one such
>in a locksmith catalog.
I reread the email that the owner sent and found this:
"I bought this tool a few years ago at a garage sale, and the seller didn't have
any idea what it was. (She was selling things that had belonged to her
grandfather, as I recall, and there were a number of locksmithing tools, among
other things.)"
So it looks like you nailed it.
Thanks
> 3188 - flow regulator dial. For opening/closing something like a chimney
I'll speculate that this is a control to adjust room heat for old
convection hot-air heating systems. I note the control wire/string
(10,11 in the patent drawing) that would go down to set a damper in the
duct providing hot air to the room(s). All the open space in the
structure suggests that this is a cover for (one of) the hot air input
duct(s) in the room(s) being regulated.
"Alexander Thesoso" <
> wrote in message
>> 3188 - flow regulator dial. For
>> opening/closing something like a chimney
>
> I'll speculate that this is a control to adjust
> room heat for old convection hot-air heating
> systems. I note the control wire/string (10,11
> in the patent drawing) that would go down to set
> a damper in the duct providing hot air to the
> room(s). All the open space in the structure
> suggests that this is a cover for (one of) the
> hot air input duct(s) in the room(s) being
> regulated.
Perhaps for controlling the coal burning furnace
air intake?
Close it a bit to cool the fire or open up the
intake for
more heat. There is no restriction in the flue
above the fire
in a coal burner.
Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
>> 3188 - flow regulator dial. For opening/closing something like a
>> chimney
>
> I'll speculate that this is a control to adjust room heat for old
> convection hot-air heating systems. I note the control wire/string
> (10,11 in the patent drawing) that would go down to set a damper in
> the duct providing hot air to the room(s). All the open space in the
> structure suggests that this is a cover for (one of) the hot air input
> duct(s) in the room(s) being regulated.
>
Actually, one side says "draft open" and the other side says "crack open"
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"Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in news:llnkt7$hs1$1@dont-
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> "Alexander Thesoso" <
>> wrote in message
>>> 3188 - flow regulator dial. For
>>> opening/closing something like a chimney
>>
>> I'll speculate that this is a control to adjust
>> room heat for old convection hot-air heating
>> systems. I note the control wire/string (10,11
>> in the patent drawing) that would go down to set
>> a damper in the duct providing hot air to the
>> room(s). All the open space in the structure
>> suggests that this is a cover for (one of) the
>> hot air input duct(s) in the room(s) being
>> regulated.
>
> Perhaps for controlling the coal burning furnace
> air intake?
> Close it a bit to cool the fire or open up the
> intake for
> more heat. There is no restriction in the flue
> above the fire
> in a coal burner.
>
Makes sense when you consider the labels "draft open" and "crack open" on
the dial.
Also: http://tinyurl.com/p2jg6cz
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>Perhaps for controlling the coal burning furnace
>air intake?
>Close it a bit to cool the fire or open up the
>intake for
>more heat. There is no restriction in the flue
>above the fire
>in a coal burner.
Yes, it's a draft regulator for a furnace, more information on it can be found
by
following the patent link that I posted with the answers for this set:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/05/set-546.html#answers
Thanks everyone!
Rob
>>Perhaps for controlling the coal burning furnace
>>air intake?
>>Close it a bit to cool the fire or open up the
>>intake for
>>more heat. There is no restriction in the flue
>>above the fire
>>in a coal burner.
>
>
> Yes, it's a draft regulator for a furnace, more
> information on it can be found
> by
> following the patent link that I posted with the
> answers for this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/05/set-546.html#answers
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Rob
>
HAH! Got one! Makes my day, ay?
On 5/22/2014 5:00 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> 3181, farmers back scratcher. Or, maybe wooden match holder, or maybe a
>> weeding tool. Was this supposed to be number 3187?
>
>
> Thanks, I just changed the number to 3187.
>
Hey, I got it right! but still don't know the
item use. Sigh. And I was all excited.
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On Fri, 23 May 2014 15:49:19 +0100, Baxter <[email protected]>
wrote:
> "Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in news:llnkt7$hs1$1@dont-
> email.me:
>
>>
>> "Alexander Thesoso" <
>>> wrote in message
>>>> 3188 - flow regulator dial. For
>>>> opening/closing something like a chimney
>>>
>>> I'll speculate that this is a control to adjust
>>> room heat for old convection hot-air heating
>>> systems. I note the control wire/string (10,11
>>> in the patent drawing) that would go down to set
>>> a damper in the duct providing hot air to the
>>> room(s). All the open space in the structure
>>> suggests that this is a cover for (one of) the
>>> hot air input duct(s) in the room(s) being
>>> regulated.
>>
>> Perhaps for controlling the coal burning furnace
>> air intake?
>> Close it a bit to cool the fire or open up the
>> intake for
>> more heat. There is no restriction in the flue
>> above the fire
>> in a coal burner.
>>
> Makes sense when you consider the labels "draft open" and "crack open" on
> the dial.
>
> Also: http://tinyurl.com/p2jg6cz
>
>
It's *obviously* a reproduction antikythera device. See? no kytheras
around here!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism
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On 2014-05-22, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/5f32A/new
Posting from the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
3187) I think that this is for digging shellfish in the zone between
high tide and low tide.
3188) Looks sort of like an engine-room telegraph for commanding
speed from the bridge down to where the men are operating the
engine.
But it *could* be another elevator control leer.
3189) Does not look like it was made that way from the manufacturer.
Rather a square to drive wrench sockets has been added to a
hammer -- so someone (perhaps an elevator repairman) will have
to carry fewer tools.
3190) For chopping a multi-conductor cable to approximate length
prior to striping the jacket and connecting the wires to their
proper termination.
Might even be for the lead jacketed cable which came before the
plastic jacketed cables.
3191) A radius gauge -- both concave and convex radia. (The rounded end
or the scooped side.)
I see that this one is in fractional inch sizes, but rather
larger than my sets.
3192) A machinist's telescoping hole gauge. Press the two ends of
the 'T' together, and gently tighten the knob on the end, then
stick it into a bore to be gauged, loosen the knob to let the
ends snap out into contact with the walls, very slightly tighten
the knob to provide a slip fit and rock the gauge in the hole
until the ends just barely pass through the hole, and then
tighten it more. Withdraw it, and measure the length across the
ends with a micrometer and you know the bore fairly accurately.
(It take developing some feel to get good readings with this
tool.
Starrett, Brown & Sharpe, and others have made these -- in sets
to cover a range of from perhaps 1/2" up to perhaps 4" or so.
Now to post my suggestions and see what others have suggested.
More comments below, but ... :-)
Enjoy,
DoN.
>
> Below are three more items that were sent in but didn't make it to the web site
> for one reason or another, anyone know what they are?
> 1.
> http://i.imgur.com/lVdZIjq.jpg
Only a guess -- in part from the machinst's scale below it, and
the nicely knurled knob at the right. I think that it is a tool
intended to deburr the far side of a hole. You squeeze the tips together
to fit through the hole, push it through, and when the tips spring open
on the far side, pull it back slightly and rotate to clean off the burrs
from the original drilling.
> 2. The owners description: "Inside the tube is some stuff to make a fire,
> cordeless or horsehair, it smells like gas lighter, text on it says 'QUICK
> d.r.o.m.', It is the same thing as what is in a Zippo lighter."
> http://i.imgur.com/znK0Yas.jpg
Presumably a survivalist's fire starter.
> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and what
> the figures represent:
> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>
> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
No clue -- other than that it looks perhaps Asian in style.
Maybe for burning incense?
I actually prefer the supplemental questions to be separate
from the puzzle ones.
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On 2014-05-22, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
> Rob H. <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
[ ... ]
> 3192 telescoping hole gauge (like we wouldn't know what THAT was, here!)
"Here" is somewhat variable. Remember, these are cross-posted
to:
rec.puzzles
rec.crafts.metalworking
rec.woodworking
and only in the second of those does the "here" fit with a group who
would recognize that tool.
*This* is why I always specify which newgroup I am posting from,
to sort of get an idea how the answers match with the newsgroups. :-)
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On 2014-05-22, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 1.
[ ... ]
>>>> 3. The person who sent it would like to find out if this has a purpose and
> what
>>> the figures represent:
>>> http://i.imgur.com/yr5dQ54.jpg
>>>
>>> http://i.imgur.com/KqzcHDt.jpg
>>SM: You got me, I don't know. My first thought
>>is these are ashtrays.
>
>
> It does look like an ashtray but I couldn't find any others with metal rods
> across the top of them. Someone else suggested it was for holding water for use
> on stamps.
The rods could be for propping up long sticks of incense.
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On 5/23/2014 7:39 PM, Phil Kangas wrote:
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/05/set-546.html#answers
>>
>
> HAH! Got one! Makes my day, ay?
>
>
>
Well, I'm zero for the week. Thanks for posting
the answers. Glad I was able to help with the
cylinder popper.
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