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"R.H."

25/10/2006 8:28 AM

What is it? CXLI

A new set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob


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Rex B

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

25/10/2006 2:43 PM

R.H. wrote:
> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

808 - Spark plug gapper

hM

[email protected] (Michael Houghton)

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

25/10/2006 12:55 PM

Howdy!

807: light switch
809: hand brake (apparently for both sheet and rod)

yours,
Michael


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CBFalconer

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

27/10/2006 6:24 PM

Rich Grise wrote:
> Michael Houghton wrote:
>
>> 807: light switch
>
> With wall plate, and in the "on" position. :-)

On which side of the pond? :-)

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[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

25/10/2006 11:24 PM

"R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
>A new set has just been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob

#805 A rather unique monkey wrench
#808 Sparkplug gap setting tool?

scott

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in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

25/10/2006 1:32 PM

805 hand-hold vise for fixing small workpieces

806 can´t see clearly, what is that at the end, a claw/grip or a cone?

the others ... no idea

greetings from germany
Chris

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[email protected] (DoN. Nichols)

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

26/10/2006 3:37 AM

According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Hmm ... rather early, aren't you? I'm used to seeing them on
Thursday, but this set claims to have been posted on Monday. (Although
I did not see the usenet posting until Wednesday.)

Now I see a partial explanation at the bottom of the list of
objects to be guessed.

Anyway -- posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as usual.

805) An "any size -- Imperial or metric (or even Whitworth)" ratchet
wrench.

The collar around the handle selects which direction the ratchet
works.

You can work with the handle at strange angles to the bolt or
nut, but I'll bet that it would be prone to slip off the faces
of whatever you were trying to turn if you put much force on it.

806) Looks like a boring tool for fairly soft materials -- or
perhaps for ice.

The top T-handle should be pivoted so the shaft can turn in it,
and the middle T-handle, when pressed down, would rotate the
cutting bit in the proper direction to make the cut.

Hmm -- maybe not, blowing up the "arrowhead" shape at the end
seems to show that the head pivots on the shaft. In that case
perhaps it is to control a valve of some form, and the two side
"ears" on the middle 'T' pivot in some form of clamp, while you
turn the top T-handle. Maybe something like opening and closing
locks in a canal or something similar?

807) Perhaps part of a door and mounting frame for a tape drive or
perhaps a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive? The angle of the door is
strange, however.

808) I've never seen one of these before, but it looks to me to be a
tool for "gapping" a spark plug. The collection of feeler gauges
for setting the gap, the threads in the jaw to which the feelers
are pivoted hold the plug in place, and the "pecker" jaw presses
down on the movable/bendable point to bend it to the gap set by
the selected feeler gauge.

809) This one looks to be for clamping on the edge of sheet metal,
and guiding a drill bit vertically thorough the sheet metal.
The jaws of the pliers surrounding the hole will minimize
burring of the metal when the drill cuts through.

The notches are probably for starting a bend in the sheet metal.


810) I *think* that this is a valve spring compressor for some style
of automotive engine. It would hold the valve compressed, while
you remove or insert keepers to lock it in place.

Now to see what others have guessed.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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RG

Rich Grise

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

26/10/2006 9:40 PM

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:28:35 +0000, R.H. wrote:

> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>

At 2:39 PM PDT Thursday, I'm getting internal server error 500.

Good Luck!
Rich

RG

Rich Grise

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

27/10/2006 7:10 PM

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:55:09 +0000, Michael Houghton wrote:

> Howdy!
>
> 807: light switch

With wall plate, and in the "on" position. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

RG

Rich Grise

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

01/11/2006 10:58 PM

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:24:30 -0400, CBFalconer wrote:

> Rich Grise wrote:
>> Michael Houghton wrote:
>>
>>> 807: light switch
>>
>> With wall plate, and in the "on" position. :-)
>
> On which side of the pond? :-)

This side, of course. ;-D

Cheers!
Rich

Rr

"R.H."

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

28/10/2006 10:59 AM


> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Hmm ... rather early, aren't you? I'm used to seeing them on
> Thursday, but this set claims to have been posted on Monday. (Although
> I did not see the usenet posting until Wednesday.)


It was dated Monday because that's when I started my first draft, and I
forgot to change the date when I posted the set on Wednesday.


Answers for this week's photos:


805. Pivoting ratchet wrench

806. Shoe stretcher

807. Light switch

808. Spark gap tool

809. Watchmaker's tool

810. Fire sprinkler stop



Several new pictures and links have been posted on the answer page:

http://pzphotosan141-z.blogspot.com/


I found some interesting pieces on my trip, please stop back next week to
see a few of them.


Rob









rM

[email protected] (Matthew Russotto)

in reply to "R.H." on 25/10/2006 8:28 AM

25/10/2006 3:09 PM

In article <TeF%[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>A new set has just been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

805: Ye Olde Adjustable Ratchet Wrench

806: Some sort of sampling tool?

807: Looks like an ordinary square pushbutton

808: Another typewriter repeair tool?

809: The holes and slots are possibly wire gauge scales. The press
part, maybe for crimping a seal over the wires...

810: Worlds worst pizza cutter
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