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> Four of the six have been answered correctly this week, the answer page
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>
So 1626 is a barbed wire stretcher, eh?
I have used a number of these wire stretchers. I have never seen anything
like this. There has to be literally hundreds of different models of these
wire stretchers.
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On May 21, 12:10 pm, "Leo Lichtman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "RicodJour" wrote Citroen is lemon, (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Oh, Idon't know--I thought the Citroen was a pretty good car. ;-)
I'd love to have a DS or SM. Classics, both.
===================================
Many years ago, I knew a guy who had a Citreon in Arizona. He used to drive
it all over the desert. He took it places that a four wheel drive would
have difficulty with. His secret? The Citreon air lift system. He would
drive into a gully and lift or lower the car to make it the rest of the way.
I drove with him one day. I was thinking I would have to hike out. But that
car went into some rough country and out again. I was impressed. both by the
car and his driving skill.
E Z Peaces wrote:
>
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > "Ted Schuerzinger" wrote:
> >
> >> The machine looks like it dates back several decades. When did they
> >> start using these things?
> >
> > SFWIW, it has been several decades since I used one and it looked like
> > an antique back then.<grin>
> >
> > Lew
> >
> >
> I think the first geared machine appeared about 1877.
>
> I think it would have been more satisfactory instead to use a drum with
> a 10' circumference (about the size of a truck tire). It would be
> marked in 10 1-foot segments. You would clamp the end of the rope at
> zero, wind the required number of turns, and cut at the required foot
> mark. It would be cheap, quick, and completely obvious to the customer,
> who could even check the foot marks with a ruler.
That would take up more valuable floor space, and require multiple
operations to wind, measure and cut, then remove it from the drum and
coil it back up.
That measuring machine was used with a hand cranked collapsible reel
that both pulled the wire through the machine, and coiled it. Once you
had the right length you cut it, tied the coil, the released the arms to
free the coil. I sold and used a lot of wire with those, back in the
'70s. I used some long lag eyes and screwed them into exposed studs,
then used some old stock ground rods to hold the smaller reels.
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On May 21, 12:10=A0pm, "Leo Lichtman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "RicodJour" wrote =A0Citroen is lemon, (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Oh, Idon't know--I thought the Citroen was a pretty good car. =A0;-)
I'd love to have a DS or SM. Classics, both.
R
1622: log stand (hammer the prongs into a log, then the
stand keeps it from rotating)? Right twist to attach,
left
twist to detach
1623: data cable organizer - the light duty model.
1624: traveling case for a lemon wedge?
1625: wire/rope measurer; every hardware store should have one.
1626: snow anchor (for glacier/snowfield attachment)
Leon wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> The latest set of items has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 1623. Shoe display rack.
>
> 1625. An Improved machine, line measure.
>
> 1626. Saw blade after a SawStop got a hold of it.
>
>
1623 Bottle drying rack
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
1623. Shoe display rack.
1625. An Improved machine, line measure.
1626. Saw blade after a SawStop got a hold of it.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Ted Schuerzinger" wrote:
>
>> The machine looks like it dates back several decades. When did they
>> start using these things?
>
> SFWIW, it has been several decades since I used one and it looked like
> an antique back then.<grin>
>
> Lew
>
>
I think the first geared machine appeared about 1877.
I think it would have been more satisfactory instead to use a drum with
a 10' circumference (about the size of a truck tire). It would be
marked in 10 1-foot segments. You would clamp the end of the rope at
zero, wind the required number of turns, and cut at the required foot
mark. It would be cheap, quick, and completely obvious to the customer,
who could even check the foot marks with a ruler.
On Thu, 21 May 2009 04:46:31 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>The latest set of items has been posted:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
I beleive that 1622 is a tool to hold a flywheel in place while
working on a small engines
Rob H. wrote:
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>
> Rob
1624: Citronelle is lemongrass. In Africa and Latin America it's used
for tea. It is also used to flavor curries, poultry,and seafood. In
Indonesia it's used for aroma therapy. It's a pesticide and antiseptic.
I think it held leaves of lemongrass. Maybe you'd put it in a drawer to
keep out bugs and mildew. Maybe you steep it in what you were cooking.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
1624 citronelle, French (?) for citronella, a mosquito repellent
Steve R.
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1624 Citroen is lemon, IIRC, so it's probably for squeezing lemon
> juice onto the fish.
>
> R
Yes, this is correct, they are made in various shapes.
Rob
"Doug Miller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>The latest set of items has been posted:
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1623 - drying rack for bottles
> 1625 - measures (and cuts?) wire, cord, or something of the like
These are both correct, the rack was for wine bottles and the other was
marked wire measuring machine.
Rob
"jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 21 May 2009 04:46:31 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The latest set of items has been posted:
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>Rob
>
> I beleive that 1622 is a tool to hold a flywheel in place while
> working on a small engines
The owner of this tool had told me that it was a fireman's spanner, but I
now agree that it's a flywheel holder, I also rotated the photos so that
they are now right side up!
Rob
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> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Four of the six have been answered correctly this week, the answer page
>> can be seen at this address:
>>
>> http://answers285r.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
> So 1626 is a barbed wire stretcher, eh?
>
> I have used a number of these wire stretchers. I have never seen anything
> like this. There has to be literally hundreds of different models of these
> wire stretchers.
I just bought a good book for identifying fencing tools, it's called
Collectors Guide For Fencing Tools, it has 880 photos, though there is no
detail given for the tools, just the names. It can be seen here along with
a few other fence books:
http://www.antiquebarbedwiresociety.com/estore1.html
Rob
On Fri, 22 May 2009 23:59:14 GMT, Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Rob H." wrote:
>> Four of the six have been answered correctly this week, the answer
>> page can be seen at this address:
>
> What is so new and improved about the wire measuring machine?
The machine looks like it dates back several decades. When did they
start using these things?
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"Rob H." wrote:
> Four of the six have been answered correctly this week, the answer
> page can be seen at this address:
What is so new and improved about the wire measuring machine?
Same thing is still in use at any chandlery that sells cut lengths of
rope.
I used one when working at a hardware store while in high school.
Lew
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> On Thu, 21 May 2009 04:46:31 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The latest set of items has been posted:
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>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>>
>>Rob
>
> I beleive that 1622 is a tool to hold a flywheel in place while
> working on a small engines
I agree. For loosening retaining nut or bolt.
Don Young
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> "jeff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 21 May 2009 04:46:31 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> The latest set of items has been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>> I beleive that 1622 is a tool to hold a flywheel in place while
>> working on a small engines
>
> The owner of this tool had told me that it was a fireman's spanner, but
> I now agree that it's a flywheel holder, I also rotated the photos so
> that they are now right side up!
>
> Rob
Me too! The diameter looked too big for fire-hose connector, and it
didn't seem to be shaped to pull by hand.
Aha! It's designed to catch the air vanes on the flywheel of the sort
of air-cooled engine used in mowers.
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>The latest set of items has been posted:
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>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1623 - drying rack for bottles
1625 - measures (and cuts?) wire, cord, or something of the like
On 2009-05-21, Leon <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1623. Shoe display rack.
bottle drying rack.
On 2009-05-21, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> The latest set of items has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1621) The main tool is designed for prying up something with a head,
and perhaps the other part is intended to lock it in the pried
up position.
No idea what that particular something is -- though it might be
related to manhole covers of some sort or other.
1622) looks like one of a pair of feet which latch onto something
also of cast iron. If so, it is upside down in the photo.
1623) Display rack for something sold to consumers. At a first guess
it might have been spools of thread, depending on the diameter
of the spikes.
1624) My guess here is that the design of the "fin" causes it to
flutter in and out as it is reeled or towed through the water.
Does the pin stick out of the top when the fin is fully inside
the body?
1625) Designed to measure out lengths of rope, wire, or cord of some
sort. I would guess that the pointers are friction fit on the
pins so you can set it to all zeros before you start reeling the
product through it. I don't see a lever for quick zeroing
otherwise. The visible lever lifts the clamp drum -- and it
*might* also be linked to a zeroing mechanism.
I'll bet that if you measure, you will find the roller drums to
be precisely 3.8197" +/- 0.002" or so. This would give one full
rotation of the drum per foot of product pulled through. (The
figure above is 12" (one foot) divided by Pi.) I wouldn't
expect any units other than feet given its size, the New York on
it, and the apparent age. (Besides -- the size scales well to a
one foot circumference drum. :-)
1626) Hmm ... the pins may serve as something to bend wire (perhaps
spring wire) around and the gullets are perhaps to hold one end
of the wire while the other is being bent.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> marked wire measuring machine.
Not fair. You photoshopped the original pic!