803. a stock knife or block knife for rough shaping wood for
traditional woodworking.The hook goes under a staple nailed into the
end of a section of log set on end. Page 207 in Eric Sloane's Sketches
of America Past.
Karl
R.H. wrote:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Leo Lichtman wrote:
> 802 is a wrench which you can roll up for compactness. I am sure the cotter
> pins holding the ends on are not original.
I think it's actually sort of a flexible crow's-foot wrench, to reach
difficult-to-reach
bolts. Note the square on the end, where a handle could be attached.
Also, though I agree the cotter pin is not original, I wouldn't be
surprised if it had
interchangeable heads, for different size bolts.
Actually, I want one. I can think of a couple of locations on my truck
where that would
be useful.
Was it a cane knife for sugar cane. I live in Hawaii and the only ones
I've seen look like this.
http://www.orchardsedge.com/order1.jsp?code=MA-61040&referer=%2Ftools.jsp%3Ftype%3Dchoppingtools
Karl
R.H. wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > 803. a stock knife or block knife for rough shaping wood for
> > traditional woodworking.The hook goes under a staple nailed into the
> > end of a section of log set on end. Page 207 in Eric Sloane's Sketches
> > of America Past.
>
>
> According to the seller these are not block knives, but were created to be
> used on a particular plant.
>
>
> Rob
R.H. wrote:
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
***
799 Plane for grooving in preparation for edge-stripe inlays
(earlier answer called it a stringing plane, which I presume is the
same thing)
800 Candle lamp (sit on table, hang from hook, or stab into
the log cabin wall)
801: These look a lot like my bicycle chain breaker (for pressing
rivets into/out of a chain); probably it's not that, though- the
concave shape indicates it operates near a curved surface,
and one is right-handed and the other left-handed
In article <[email protected]>, Bob Kolker
<[email protected]> wrote:
> They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
I never expected that!
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote:
>A funny note. (I am always getting in trouble with people because i tend to
>read and hear things literally.) When I first read the above answer I went,
>" Snake wrench?? I did not know that snakes needed wrenches." I quickly
>surmised that this referred to the shape and did not have anything to do
>with long, slithering reptiles.
Don't be silly. It's obviously a euphemism for shaking hands with the one-eyed
trouser python.
"R.H." wrote:
>
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
799: COACHMAKER'S PLOW PLANE
http://www.mjdtools.com/auction/graphics/a197967.htm
Wolfgang
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Bruce Bowler wrote:
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:47:15 -0500, Kevin Craig wrote:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, Bob Kolker
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
> >
> > I never expected that!
>
> That's because "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Well, it WAS on back order for so long that everyone forgot about it!
;-)
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Central Florida
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:47:15 -0500, Kevin Craig wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Bob Kolker
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
>
> I never expected that!
That's because "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
How about a date knife. Used in palm tree's for dates and other palm =
fruits.
Puff
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message =
news:[email protected]...
>=20
>=20
> > > They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that =
they're
> > for
> > > a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the =
tool is
> > used
> > > on different plants that have similar qualities.
> >
> > It wouldn't be a turnip knife by any chance? Used for various root
> > vegetables the hook pulls the vegetable out of the ground and the =
root and
> > foliage is topped and tailed with the blade.
>=20
>=20
> Nope, it isn't a turnip knife.
>=20
>=20
> Rob
>=20
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 803. a stock knife or block knife for rough shaping wood for
> traditional woodworking.The hook goes under a staple nailed into the
> end of a section of log set on end. Page 207 in Eric Sloane's Sketches
> of America Past.
According to the seller these are not block knives, but were created to be
used on a particular plant.
Rob
"R.H." wrote in message
> Difficult set this week, the answers are listed below:
>
>
> 802. Snake wrench
>
Any more information on this wrench? i think most of us figured out what it
did. We just did not name it right. Is it something that is currently
available to purchase?
A funny note. (I am always getting in trouble with people because i tend to
read and hear things literally.) When I first read the above answer I went,
" Snake wrench?? I did not know that snakes needed wrenches." I quickly
surmised that this referred to the shape and did not have anything to do
with long, slithering reptiles.
"Dave Baker" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > The latest set has just been posted:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 801 looks exactly like a brass version of a car mechanic's ball-joint
> splitter. It's designed for pressing something out of something else or
into
> something else anyway. You wouldn't get much force on that handle though
so
> it isn't for anything heavy duty.
There are no correct guesses yet for 801, according to the patent they were
invented to be used by a woodworker.
Rob
> > They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that they're
> for
> > a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool is
> used
> > on different plants that have similar qualities.
>
> It wouldn't be a turnip knife by any chance? Used for various root
> vegetables the hook pulls the vegetable out of the ground and the root and
> foliage is topped and tailed with the blade.
Nope, it isn't a turnip knife.
Rob
"Gerald Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:06:03 -0500, "Puff Griffis" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >How about a date knife. Used in palm tree's for dates and other palm
fruits.
> >Puff
> >
> >"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >>
> >>
> >> > > They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that
they're
> >> > for
> >> > > a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool
is
> >> > used
> >> > > on different plants that have similar qualities.
> >> >
> >> > It wouldn't be a turnip knife by any chance? Used for various root
> >> > vegetables the hook pulls the vegetable out of the ground and the
root and
> >> > foliage is topped and tailed with the blade.
> >>
> >>
> >> Nope, it isn't a turnip knife.
> >>
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> Didn't we go through this the last time you had a tobacco knife on?
Yep, I think so; but I'm sure this one is a grafting froe, there's one that
looks just like it in the Dictionary of American Hand Tools. I think the
hook is for hanging it on your belt or on a tree limb.
Rob
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "R.H." wrote in message
> > Difficult set this week, the answers are listed below:
> >
> >
> > 802. Snake wrench
> >
>
> Any more information on this wrench?
I think that it's old, I might see the owner of it next weekend, if so I'll
ask more about it. I couldn't find anything on the web.
>i think most of us figured out what it did. We just did not name it right.
Yes, I didn't necessarily expect anyone to get the name, but included it
because I hadn't seen one before and thought it looked interesting.
>Is it something that is currently available to purchase?
I'm guessing that it's not available, I'll ask the owner where he got it if
I have a chance.
> A funny note. (I am always getting in trouble with people because i tend
to
> read and hear things literally.) When I first read the above answer I
went,
> " Snake wrench?? I did not know that snakes needed wrenches." I quickly
> surmised that this referred to the shape and did not have anything to do
> with long, slithering reptiles.
lol, reminds me of years ago when one of my brothers saw a sign next to a
driveway that said Electric Plant, and he asked "There are plants that are
electric?"
Rob
Christian Stüben <[email protected]> wrote in news:eh9in5$7dg$1
@news01.versatel.de:
>
> "Bob Kolker" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:[email protected]...
>> I know! They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
>
> not spain and middle ages, guantanamo bay today!
>
> greetings from germany, chris
>
Could it have been used in Auschwitz, Sobibor, or Treblinka? Perhaps even
in Belzec, Majdanek, or Chelmnos in the thirties and forties?
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
801 looks exactly like a brass version of a car mechanic's ball-joint
splitter. It's designed for pressing something out of something else or into
something else anyway. You wouldn't get much force on that handle though so
it isn't for anything heavy duty.
802. The right hand end is clearly the jaw of a spanner so I guess it's
designed for getting at hard to reach nuts.
804. The teeth have the form of saw teeth. Gripping teeth would normally be
symmetrical. Looks like you clamp it to something moving and then it saws
through something else.
--
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Puma Race Engines
www.pumaracing.co.uk
Camp American engineer minces about for high performance specialist (4,4,7)
"Bob Kolker" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> I know! They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
not spain and middle ages, guantanamo bay today!
greetings from germany, chris
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as usual.
799) This is a strange one. At least part of it appears to be
a plane designed for grooving the edge of a board, with a guide
on one side to keep it on track -- but I'm not at all sure what
the semi-circular bronze guide is for. But it appears to have a
precision adjustment, and maybe a scale for measuring its position.
800) At a first guess, I would say that it is intended to stab into
a wall and hold a candle (in the spring clip), and perhaps to
hold a torch or a kerosene lantern in the ring as well.
I *think* that it is shown upside down so the loop beside the
candle holder could be a hook for holding some accessory.
801) At first, I thought that these were to clamp onto a yardstick
to transfer measurements -- but this would require a 2" wide
yardstick -- a bit too wide for those commonly available.
But they still could clamp to a flat board, and serve as a form
of trammel. Just a guess, however.
802) A wrench for accessing things rather difficult to reach
otherwise. And it looks to me as though the other end could
drive sockets (1/2" drive, I think) in similarly awkward
locations.
803) Rather specialized forms of cleavers. Perhaps the hooks are
helpful in butchering an animal?
804) A non-skid clamp to fit a 2x4 perhaps? It looks as though
the non-skid teeth were made from a saw blade -- but it does not
look long enough to be actually *usable* as a saw.
Congratulations -- I had to guess at *all* of these, with no
feel of certainty. This is a new level of difficulty. Only (802) seems
fairly clear to me.
Now to see what others have guessed
Enjoy,
DoN.
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Hi Henry,
"Henry St.Pierre" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> Christian Stüben <[email protected]> wrote in news:eh9in5$7dg$1
> @news01.versatel.de:
>> "Bob Kolker" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> I know! They are torture instruments used by the Spanish Inquisition.
>> not spain and middle ages, guantanamo bay today!
>> greetings from germany, chris
> Could it have been used in Auschwitz, Sobibor, or Treblinka? Perhaps even
> in Belzec, Majdanek, or Chelmnos in the thirties and forties?
Yep, maybee. There are much more concentration camps (
http://www.kleinurl.de/?p7hgqi6l ) all around the world, not only the most
recent one ( http://www.kleinurl.de/?2wtjjhzk ).
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Was it a cane knife for sugar cane. I live in Hawaii and the only ones
> > I've seen look like this.
> >
>
http://www.orchardsedge.com/order1.jsp?code=MA-61040&referer=%2Ftools.jsp%3F
type%3Dchoppingtools
> > Karl
> >
>
>
> They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that they're
for
> a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool is
used
> on different plants that have similar qualities.
It wouldn't be a turnip knife by any chance? Used for various root
vegetables the hook pulls the vegetable out of the ground and the root and
foliage is topped and tailed with the blade.
--
Dave Baker
Puma Race Engines
www.pumaracing.co.uk
Camp American engineer minces about for high performance specialist (4,4,7)
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>
>
> > 804) A non-skid clamp to fit a 2x4 perhaps? It looks as though
> > the non-skid teeth were made from a saw blade --
>
>
> Very close, it was made for use by firemen.
Hmm ... to go on the foot of a ladder, perhaps?
Enjoy,
DoN.
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According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Was it a cane knife for sugar cane. I live in Hawaii and the only ones
> > I've seen look like this.
> >
> http://www.orchardsedge.com/order1.jsp?code=MA-61040&referer=%2Ftools.jsp%3Ftype%3Dchoppingtools
> > Karl
> >
>
>
> They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that they're for
> a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool is used
> on different plants that have similar qualities.
Tobacco?
Enjoy,
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<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Was it a cane knife for sugar cane. I live in Hawaii and the only ones
> I've seen look like this.
>
http://www.orchardsedge.com/order1.jsp?code=MA-61040&referer=%2Ftools.jsp%3Ftype%3Dchoppingtools
> Karl
>
They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that they're for
a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool is used
on different plants that have similar qualities.
Rob
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:35:08 +0100, "Dave Baker" <[email protected]>
opined:
>
>"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> The latest set has just been posted:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>801 looks exactly like a brass version of a car mechanic's ball-joint
>splitter. It's designed for pressing something out of something else or into
>something else anyway. You wouldn't get much force on that handle though so
>it isn't for anything heavy duty.
>
>802. The right hand end is clearly the jaw of a spanner so I guess it's
>designed for getting at hard to reach nuts.
>
>804. The teeth have the form of saw teeth. Gripping teeth would normally be
>symmetrical. Looks like you clamp it to something moving and then it saws
>through something else.
I don't think the toothed section is a saw blade. I think it's a
ratchet of some sort, like you might see on an extending ladder.
I think it's intended to be clamped to a wooden workpiece, then hooked
onto something else.
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799. An abused circle cuter or groover, maybe specialized?
804. A boot scraper designed to clamp on the edge of a step.
R.H. wrote:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
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Drop TROU to email.
On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:06:03 -0500, "Puff Griffis" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>How about a date knife. Used in palm tree's for dates and other palm fruits.
>Puff
>
>"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> > > They aren't for sugar cane, but what I should have said was that they're
>> > for
>> > > a particular type of plant, not a "particular plant" since the tool is
>> > used
>> > > on different plants that have similar qualities.
>> >
>> > It wouldn't be a turnip knife by any chance? Used for various root
>> > vegetables the hook pulls the vegetable out of the ground and the root and
>> > foliage is topped and tailed with the blade.
>>
>>
>> Nope, it isn't a turnip knife.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
Didn't we go through this the last time you had a tobacco knife on?
Gerry @ RCM
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:09:43 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> "R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
>>The latest set has just been posted:
>>
>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
> #799 Stringing slot cutter.
Got Instructions? :-)
Thanks!
Rich
"R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
>The latest set has just been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
>
#799 Stringing slot cutter.
#801 Trammel points
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> >
> >
> > > 804) A non-skid clamp to fit a 2x4 perhaps? It looks as though
> > > the non-skid teeth were made from a saw blade --
> >
> >
> > Very close, it was made for use by firemen.
>
> Hmm ... to go on the foot of a ladder, perhaps?
According to the owner it's for the top of the ladder where it meets the
building, but I guess it could have been used on the bottom depending on the
ladder and the terrain. I've email it to a couple of fire museums but none
of them had seen one before, so it was probably not mass produced, at least
not country wide.
Rob