"Stormin Mormon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 4/10/2014 4:47 AM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> "Rob H." wrote:
>>
>>> This week's set has been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> Larger images:
>>>
>>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>>
>> --------------------------------------
>> 3154:
>> A wine bottle cork puller.
>>
>> Lew
>>
>>
> I concur, doctor. These took a bit of
> training and practice to get em to work.
>
We had one of these for years. I was the only one who could get it to work.
After I was out of the house a few times, my wife went back to a corkscrew.
It was a lot of trouble and work to get the thing to function. I gave up on
it. I suspect that many other people had a similar experience. We went out
and bought the biggest, nicest corkscrew we could fine. And have not looked
back.
Lew Hodgett
> >3154:
>>A wine bottle cork puller.
----------------------------------
"Rob H." wrote:
> Correct, though I've never actually used one of these myself.
------------------------------------
They are a total PITA until you are shown the correct way to
use it, then it is straight forward.
I was taught how on a trip thru NAPA a few years ago.
Lew
On 4/10/2014 4:03 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>
>
> Rob
>
I'm curious to read the answers, when they are
posted. I've been looking for the word answers
in the subejct line, they're not yet posted.
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On 4/10/2014 8:08 AM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> 3154, I know with certainty what this is. Years
>> before I joined the Mormons, I'd just bought a
>> device with similar functionality. Mine had a spiral
>> applicator and gear operated lateral action. But,
>> it did damage. This one leaves the affected part
>> intact. I'll not say more, so as not to spoil it
>> for others who would certainly wine and cry.
>
> BAD, Stormy... BAD!
> Yes, I would 'wine' and cry, too, if my cork-puller damaged a cork,
> except that the bottle would be empty, so it wouldn't matter!
>
> Cork puller #3154.
>
>
> Lloyd
>
Sigh. You're not going to tell the Bishop are you?
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On 4/10/2014 3:49 PM, Leon Fisk wrote:
> On 10 Apr 2014 01:03:20 -0700
> Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 3156 Is a wire fence stretcher. It's missing a small link chain that
> would fit over the mostly hidden cogs for same. Just like mine :)
>
> Probably related/based on patent number 541240 (shrug).
>
I was kidding. Did I really get it right?
I'm astounded.
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On 4/10/2014 4:03 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>
>
> Rob
>
3151 Tool for braiding rope.
3153 Shock absorber for a lid on a trunk or something similar (far reach).
3154 Cork remover
3155 Drill press for a watch maker or model builder.
3156 Fence tool :-) Fence tensioning tool.
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On 4/12/2014 8:56 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
> On 4/10/2014 4:03 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Larger images:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
> I'm curious to read the answers, when they are
> posted. I've been looking for the word answers
> in the subejct line, they're not yet posted.
>
Oh stop it, just look for Rob's post and get over it.
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On 4/12/2014 4:28 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
> says...
>>
>> On 2014-04-11, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> No answer yet for the drill press but the rest of them for this week have
> been
>>> posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/04/set-540.html#answers
>>
>> O.K. The use by a watchmaker makes sense given the fitting for
>> a round leather belt akin to that used by Jeweler's lathes -- both can
>> be powered by a little desk-top motor with multiple steps on the pulley
>> for different speeds.
>>
>> A question occurs to me. The holes drilled in the table top are
>> (with one exception) not where a careless operator could leave a drill
>> mark. The column does not swivel -- it just relocates lateraly on a
>> T-slot in the table. A round column allows the table to be swiveled,
>> and a careless operator, over time, leaves an arc of partially drilled
>> (or sometimes through-drilled) holes.
>>
>> So -- are the majority of those holed tapped (threaded)? If so,
>> they would be for mounting fixtures to hold a part (likely a plate from
>> a watch or clock) in just the right place for the hole to be drilled
>> properly.
>>
>> And while others have suggested fitting the lever to a foot
>> pedal for convenience, I feel that it is designed to be operated by
>> fingertip pressure from the operator's index finger. This would make it
>> easy to control the force, and thus avoid breaking the tiny drill bits
>> likely to be used in the task. (And, in the process, spoiling the
>> workpiece.
>>
>> So -- I say that it is for factory use in production runs --
>> making watches or small clocks -- set up to drill one particular hole,
>> with other fixture plates on other similar presses for drilling the
>> other needed holes. (Or perhaps all of one hole drilled in the day's
>> production or week's production or whatever, and then a different
>> fixture is swapped in -- or even the same fixture attached to other of
>> the multiple holes.
>>
>> In particular, if there are a mix of tapped holes and smooth
>> holes, the smooth ones would be for dowel pins to locate the fixture,
>> and the threaded ones for the screws to secure the fixture to the table.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> DoN.
>>
>
>
>
> Here is some further information from the owner of the drill press:
>
>
> "Maybe your readers can identify this little gem I got at a Ham Radio show for
> $5. It is obviously a drill press, has a Jacobs "O" chuck. There are no
> markings except for that inventory tag. I am curious as to what the original
> purpose was.
>
> When purchased there was a rusty steel plate bolted to the bed with a small pin
> just under the bit and the bit was v shaped. Sort of like a tiny pin router.
> The throat is only a little more than an inch. It may have been part of a watch
> or clock makers kit however the dozen or so tapped holes in the bed may mean it
> had other purposes. The drill casting does not move in the T track it is bolted
> fast. There is a single large tapped blind hole underneath where it was
> probably bolted to some larger machine. It came with a 1/4 inch round leather
> drive belt and I have since mounted it on a plywood stand with a small Bodine
> motor, it works well for drilling printed circuit boards. There is a very
> precise depth stop but I don't know the purpose of the moveable square block at
> the rear."
>
> Some photos of it with a motor mounted:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155b.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155a.jpg
>
I like what they did to mount it. makes perfect sense.
After seeing the plate with the pin, I still believe it to be a
watchmakers press.
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Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> 3154, I know with certainty what this is. Years
> before I joined the Mormons, I'd just bought a
> device with similar functionality. Mine had a spiral
> applicator and gear operated lateral action. But,
> it did damage. This one leaves the affected part
> intact. I'll not say more, so as not to spoil it
> for others who would certainly wine and cry.
BAD, Stormy... BAD!
Yes, I would 'wine' and cry, too, if my cork-puller damaged a cork,
except that the bottle would be empty, so it wouldn't matter!
Cork puller #3154.
3152 actually looks like a commercial waffle iron or sandwich press.
3151 may be a hot hair curler.
3153... a tire pump for a fancy bicycle?
Lloyd
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> fired this volley in
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> 3152 actually looks like a commercial waffle iron or sandwich press.
Never mind... I completely missed the brackets fastening the top to the
bottom! (Waffles go in, but they never come out! <G>)
LS
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> Sigh. You're not going to tell the Bishop are you?
I might, after he sobers up.
Lloyd
On 4/10/2014 12:08 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Sigh. You're not going to tell the Bishop are you?
>
> I might, after he sobers up.
>
> Lloyd
>
OK, I'm safe, now.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>
>
> Rob
3154 is indeed a cork puller BUT it is specifically for removing a cork that
has been previously damaged. It will remove the remnants of a cork cleanly
or a cork that has been partially pushed down the neck of the bottle. I have
used one of these and they are good.
I've an idea on 3152 but for the rest I'm stumped.
Nick.
On 4/10/2014 4:22 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> 3154:
>> A wine bottle cork puller.
>>
>> Lew
>
>
>
> Correct, though I've never actually used one of these myself.
>
If we ever meet up, I'll show you how. I don't
drink alcohol, so you'll have to help with that
aspect of things.
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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/NjYW6/new
>
3151 meat tenderizer
3152 Transformer
3153 fire place lighter
3154 Wine cork puller
Robert
On 10 Apr 2014 01:03:20 -0700
Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>This week's set has been posted:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
3156 Is a wire fence stretcher. It's missing a small link chain that
would fit over the mostly hidden cogs for same. Just like mine :)
Probably related/based on patent number 541240 (shrug).
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In article <[email protected]>, Terry Coombs says...
>
>Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
>> 3152 actually looks like a commercial waffle iron or sandwich press.
>>
>>
>> Lloyd
>
> Actually , that one looks a lot like the engine annunciator sender for a
>large boat or ship . You'll notice he only showed us one side ...
This device wasn't for use on a ship
In article <[email protected]>, Leon Fisk says...
>
>On 10 Apr 2014 01:03:20 -0700
>Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>This week's set has been posted:
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>3156 Is a wire fence stretcher. It's missing a small link chain that
>would fit over the mostly hidden cogs for same. Just like mine :)
>
>Probably related/based on patent number 541240 (shrug).
Good job, that's the patent I was planning to post with the answer.
On 10 Apr 2014 13:29:00 -0700
Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Leon Fisk says...
>>
>>On 10 Apr 2014 01:03:20 -0700
>>Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>This week's set has been posted:
>>>
>>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>3156 Is a wire fence stretcher. It's missing a small link chain that
>>would fit over the mostly hidden cogs for same. Just like mine :)
>>
>>Probably related/based on patent number 541240 (shrug).
>
>
>Good job, that's the patent I was planning to post with the answer.
I messed around last fall trying to find/figure out what the chain it
originally came with looked like. Mainly if it had any unique ends or
terminations on it. Couldn't find anything... It seems that everyone
else who has posted images don't have the chain either :)
I like how in the patent drawing it shows one end of a chain "tied"
around the fence post. That seems so _wrong_ to me...
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>3151) Do the cylinders with discs roll freely on the three axles?
The metal cylinder and discs are all one solid piece, nothing moves on it at
all.
No answer yet for the drill press but the rest of them for this week have been
posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/04/set-540.html#answers
-----
The other day someone sent me this item that they were trying to identify:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/_1aDSC001.jpg
It's a little hard to read, there is a letter R on the left, O at the top, and A
at the right, and numbers 1-26 around the outer edge. I don't plan to post it on
my site, I found the answer and thought I might as post it and see if anyone
else can name it. It's from the 1930's.
Rob
In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
says...
>
>On 2014-04-11, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> No answer yet for the drill press but the rest of them for this week have
been
>> posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/04/set-540.html#answers
>
> O.K. The use by a watchmaker makes sense given the fitting for
>a round leather belt akin to that used by Jeweler's lathes -- both can
>be powered by a little desk-top motor with multiple steps on the pulley
>for different speeds.
>
> A question occurs to me. The holes drilled in the table top are
>(with one exception) not where a careless operator could leave a drill
>mark. The column does not swivel -- it just relocates lateraly on a
>T-slot in the table. A round column allows the table to be swiveled,
>and a careless operator, over time, leaves an arc of partially drilled
>(or sometimes through-drilled) holes.
>
> So -- are the majority of those holed tapped (threaded)? If so,
>they would be for mounting fixtures to hold a part (likely a plate from
>a watch or clock) in just the right place for the hole to be drilled
>properly.
>
> And while others have suggested fitting the lever to a foot
>pedal for convenience, I feel that it is designed to be operated by
>fingertip pressure from the operator's index finger. This would make it
>easy to control the force, and thus avoid breaking the tiny drill bits
>likely to be used in the task. (And, in the process, spoiling the
>workpiece.
>
> So -- I say that it is for factory use in production runs --
>making watches or small clocks -- set up to drill one particular hole,
>with other fixture plates on other similar presses for drilling the
>other needed holes. (Or perhaps all of one hole drilled in the day's
>production or week's production or whatever, and then a different
>fixture is swapped in -- or even the same fixture attached to other of
>the multiple holes.
>
> In particular, if there are a mix of tapped holes and smooth
>holes, the smooth ones would be for dowel pins to locate the fixture,
>and the threaded ones for the screws to secure the fixture to the table.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>
Here is some further information from the owner of the drill press:
"Maybe your readers can identify this little gem I got at a Ham Radio show for
$5. It is obviously a drill press, has a Jacobs "O" chuck. There are no
markings except for that inventory tag. I am curious as to what the original
purpose was.
When purchased there was a rusty steel plate bolted to the bed with a small pin
just under the bit and the bit was v shaped. Sort of like a tiny pin router.
The throat is only a little more than an inch. It may have been part of a watch
or clock makers kit however the dozen or so tapped holes in the bed may mean it
had other purposes. The drill casting does not move in the T track it is bolted
fast. There is a single large tapped blind hole underneath where it was
probably bolted to some larger machine. It came with a 1/4 inch round leather
drive belt and I have since mounted it on a plywood stand with a small Bodine
motor, it works well for drilling printed circuit boards. There is a very
precise depth stop but I don't know the purpose of the moveable square block at
the rear."
Some photos of it with a motor mounted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155a.jpg
>Hey Rob,
>
>Respectfully disagree!
>
>3153 isn't a Crescent Lite Lamp Lighter, it's a Crescent Lite
fireplace/stove/cigar lighter.
>
>They made them in different lengths for the intended purpose.
>Here's a link for the fireplace/cigar lighter. (the example shown is missing
the secondary brass tube and has been replaced by a wooden dowel, but you can
get the idea from the length)
>
>http://www.toledo-bend.com/VCL/lighters/index.asp?request=lighters035
Thanks, I just updated my answer. I was glad to see the patent was listed at
your link, I just read it and the inventor stated that it's for lighting
furnaces, and near the end of the patent he says it's for lighting "oil burners
and the like." I'll forward the link and the patent on to the owner of it.
Thanks again!
Rob
>
>Yep, that's what it is. Scroll 3/5 of the way down this page, in the images.
>http://www.csparks.com/watchmaking/TemplateGrinding/index.xhtml
Here is the owner's reply to you after I sent the link to him:
"Good sleuthing, thanks. That's an interesting web page for sure. The press in
the
photo does look identical, the lever, depth adjuster, pulley are the same. The
idea of template machining also agrees with the table plate with a pin that mine
has."
He then sent me this after he contacted the guy at the web site:
"I emailed Hugh Sparks and he doesn't know who made his either but said it was a
typical tool used in the watch/clock industry in the early 20th century."
Thanks again,
Rob
On 4/14/2014 6:21 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> Yep, that's what it is. Scroll 3/5 of the way down this page, in the images.
>> http://www.csparks.com/watchmaking/TemplateGrinding/index.xhtml
>
>
> Here is the owner's reply to you after I sent the link to him:
>
> "Good sleuthing, thanks. That's an interesting web page for sure. The press in
> the
> photo does look identical, the lever, depth adjuster, pulley are the same. The
> idea of template machining also agrees with the table plate with a pin that mine
> has."
>
> He then sent me this after he contacted the guy at the web site:
>
> "I emailed Hugh Sparks and he doesn't know who made his either but said it was a
> typical tool used in the watch/clock industry in the early 20th century."
>
>
>
> Thanks again,
> Rob
>
Waiting for the answers, if you know what any
of the items are.
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On 4/10/2014 4:03 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>
>
> Rob
>
Posting from my desk top PC in the living room,
as always.
3151, part of a waffle making iron, missing most
of the platten.
3152, not much of a clue. It's electrical, from
the wires. Beyond that, no information.
3153, I think we can rule out telescope, musical
insturment, or proctoscope. Beyond that, I'm
not getting any ideas.
3154, I know with certainty what this is. Years
before I joined the Mormons, I'd just bought a
device with similar functionality. Mine had a spiral
applicator and gear operated lateral action. But,
it did damage. This one leaves the affected part
intact. I'll not say more, so as not to spoil it
for others who would certainly wine and cry.
3155, don't know.
3156, fence tool. What else to say?
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
> On 4/10/2014 4:03 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Larger images:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
> I'm curious to read the answers, when they are
> posted. I've been looking for the word answers
> in the subejct line, they're not yet posted.
>
3161 is a bulb puller for removing recessed bulbs in lighted pushbutton
switches.
I used to have one of them.
John
On 2014-04-10, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
Posting from the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking as
always.
3151) Do the cylinders with discs roll freely on the three axles?
If so, I think that it could be yet another pasta maker -- roll
out the pasta dough and then roll this over it to cut into
strips.
If there is an offest in the discs between rows, it could make
narrower pasta by rolling all three over it, or wider by rolling
a single one.
3152) A lever switch in a protective housing -- with the wires coming
out the hole where the conduit would normally fit to protect the
wiring.
At a guess, I would say that it could be for switching a
telephone between two lines -- or perhaps for enabling/disabling
an alarm system.
I don't recognize the logo molded into the cover.
Hmm ... a second view suggests that it maybe is a hand cranked
ringer generator with a folding crank. Bolts to the side of a
desk, at a guess.
3153) Hmmm ... nicely made of brass. If the right-hand end did not
have a cap, I would think that it could be a compressed-air
spitball gun. :-)
However, given various features, I think that perhaps it serves
the function of spraying ionized air onto some surface --
perhaps to discharge oppositely charged surfaces, such as the
things used to remove static from old vinyl record surfaces.
3154) A cork puller for wine bottles.
3155) Well ... it is an early example of a "sensitive drill press",
that is one for using small or very small drill bits, and
providing enough feel so you are less likely to push too hard
and break them. It looks like it has a Jacobs chuck (missing
the key) which will handle a maximum of a 3/16" shank on the
drill bit.
And it looks like it is driven by the same kind of round leather
belt used on jeweler's lathes, and on really old treadle powered
sewing machines.
3156) Hmmm ... the lever rotates the sprocket wheel, but to what end
is not clear. Both photos show the same side of the device,
although it is rotated to give different views of the ratchet.
Presumably there is a small pulley on the other side, to allow
it to pull something up -- or perhaps tension a fence, given the
frequency of fence tools showing up here. :-)
Now to post and then see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
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On 2014-04-11, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
[ ... ]
> No answer yet for the drill press but the rest of them for this week have been
> posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/04/set-540.html#answers
O.K. The use by a watchmaker makes sense given the fitting for
a round leather belt akin to that used by Jeweler's lathes -- both can
be powered by a little desk-top motor with multiple steps on the pulley
for different speeds.
A question occurs to me. The holes drilled in the table top are
(with one exception) not where a careless operator could leave a drill
mark. The column does not swivel -- it just relocates lateraly on a
T-slot in the table. A round column allows the table to be swiveled,
and a careless operator, over time, leaves an arc of partially drilled
(or sometimes through-drilled) holes.
So -- are the majority of those holed tapped (threaded)? If so,
they would be for mounting fixtures to hold a part (likely a plate from
a watch or clock) in just the right place for the hole to be drilled
properly.
And while others have suggested fitting the lever to a foot
pedal for convenience, I feel that it is designed to be operated by
fingertip pressure from the operator's index finger. This would make it
easy to control the force, and thus avoid breaking the tiny drill bits
likely to be used in the task. (And, in the process, spoiling the
workpiece.
So -- I say that it is for factory use in production runs --
making watches or small clocks -- set up to drill one particular hole,
with other fixture plates on other similar presses for drilling the
other needed holes. (Or perhaps all of one hole drilled in the day's
production or week's production or whatever, and then a different
fixture is swapped in -- or even the same fixture attached to other of
the multiple holes.
In particular, if there are a mix of tapped holes and smooth
holes, the smooth ones would be for dowel pins to locate the fixture,
and the threaded ones for the screws to secure the fixture to the table.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2014-04-12, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
> says...
>>
>>On 2014-04-11, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
[ ... ]
>>> No answer yet for the drill press but the rest of them for this week have
> been
>>> posted:
[ ... ]
>> O.K. The use by a watchmaker makes sense given the fitting for
>>a round leather belt akin to that used by Jeweler's lathes -- both can
>>be powered by a little desk-top motor with multiple steps on the pulley
>>for different speeds.
[ ... ]
>> So -- are the majority of those holes tapped (threaded)? If so,
>>they would be for mounting fixtures to hold a part (likely a plate from
>>a watch or clock) in just the right place for the hole to be drilled
>>properly.
[ ... ]
>> So -- I say that it is for factory use in production runs --
>>making watches or small clocks -- set up to drill one particular hole,
>>with other fixture plates on other similar presses for drilling the
>>other needed holes. (Or perhaps all of one hole drilled in the day's
>>production or week's production or whatever, and then a different
>>fixture is swapped in -- or even the same fixture attached to other of
>>the multiple holes.
>>
>> In particular, if there are a mix of tapped holes and smooth
>>holes, the smooth ones would be for dowel pins to locate the fixture,
>>and the threaded ones for the screws to secure the fixture to the table.
[ ... ]
> Here is some further information from the owner of the drill press:
>
>
> "Maybe your readers can identify this little gem I got at a Ham Radio show for
> $5. It is obviously a drill press, has a Jacobs "O" chuck. There are no
> markings except for that inventory tag. I am curious as to what the original
> purpose was.
O.K. A hamfest item. I've gotten a lot of interesting tools
from hamfests. (Or, given your reference to "watchmaker's kit", you are
likely in the UK, so that would be a "radio rally" I believe. (But then
the $5.00 price argues otherwise. :-)
> When purchased there was a rusty steel plate bolted to the bed with a small pin
> just under the bit and the bit was v shaped. Sort of like a tiny pin router.
Is that perhaps the one visible beside it in the 'b' photo?
The bit sounds like it was intended to counterbore around an
already-drilled hole through which the pin fits to center the workpiece
under the cutter.
Or is the bit pointed towards the bottom end? In that case, it
may be an engraving cutter -- and the pin in the plate below could
follow a template for whatever was to be engraved. Perhaps even serial
numbers, built up from blocks of each digit to fit over the pin.
> The throat is only a little more than an inch. It may have been part of a watch
> or clock makers kit however the dozen or so tapped holes in the bed may mean it
> had other purposes. The drill casting does not move in the T track it is bolted
> fast. There is a single large tapped blind hole underneath where it was
> probably bolted to some larger machine.
Or to a workbench, to keep it in the proper position for the
belt to reach to the power source -- which in an *old* factory, could
even have been overhead shafts powered by a single steam engine or later
a single electric motor for the whole factory.
> It came with a 1/4 inch round leather
> drive belt
Just as I suggested. Watchmaker's tool is even more likely
then.
> and I have since mounted it on a plywood stand with a small Bodine
> motor, it works well for drilling printed circuit boards. There is a very
> precise depth stop
Is the shaft on which the depth stop fits threaded? That would
offer quite a bit of precision.
Hmm ... is there a group of letters cast into the frame just
behind where the lower bearing mounts? That might give a clue who made
it.
> but I don't know the purpose of the moveable square block at
> the rear."
The one on the shaft which supports the pivot for the feed
lever?
Is it possible that the shaft is two-part? Telescoping so the
pivot end can be shifted, so the height of the operating lever end can
ge tuned?
> Some photos of it with a motor mounted:
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155b.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album18/pic3155a.jpg
Nice belting you used. And did you make the pulleys, or did you
luck into a source of them?
Anyway -- it looks as though this nice old tool with get to
servo for a number more years.
Good for you!
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 10 Apr 2014 01:03:20 -0700, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
[victory dance]
Ooh, I absolutely, positively know one this week and don't have to
resort to bad sex jokes or fence-tightening guesses.
3154 is used for removing corks from wine bottles. Put each of the two
tines between the cork and the bottle, and then twist and pull until the
cork comes out. Or that's the intention. The alleged advantage is that
it doesn't put a hole in the cork.
It brings up an old family story about how my dad brouht one of these
with him to Germany when he visited the old country, and tried to show
off to our relatives about how much better this was than a traditional
corkscrew. He wound up with pieces of cork in the bottom of the bottle,
and relatives who wouldn't let him live it down. :-)
Now for the bogus guesses:
3152. Primitive waffle iron. Or it'a a canister for 1930s RKO movies
starring Wheeler and Woolsey.
3156. Pizza cutter.
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On 4/10/2014 4:47 AM, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Rob H." wrote:
>
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Larger images:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NjYW6/new
>
> --------------------------------------
> 3154:
> A wine bottle cork puller.
>
> Lew
>
>
I concur, doctor. These took a bit of
training and practice to get em to work.
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