In article <[email protected]>, Rob H.
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>
> Rob
2167: Easy! A lock and key.
2168: A pop-rivet gun?
2172: A sample/specimen tray of some kind? Missing the jars or vials.
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:29:53 -0500, Rob H. wrote:
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As always, I'm no good at these things, but I'll take some guesses.
2167: Key. Or did you want to know what specific sort of lock it's for?
2168: Looks almost like some sort of carabiner.
2170: Rotor that turns something like an antenna on a TV tower?
2171: Primitive and painful nail clippers? Nail gun?
2172: At 16", I'd guess that each individual hole has a diameter in the
1" range. My first guess was for one of those carnival games where each
hole has a number that goes with it for some sort of drawing lots, but
that doesn't look right.
Now to look at everybody else's answers and see just how wrong I am.
:-)
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:17:00 -0500, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>
>No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was for
>use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>
>> 2172 Plant starter?
>
>Yes, they are gemination trays for starting seeds.
>
>
>Rob
So Rob is 2171 an oil can opener and spout?
Rob H. wrote:
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> Rob
Hey , I'm first !!
2167 is a trigger lock
2168 is a zip or cable tie tool
2170is an old antenna rotater readout and
2171 looks like an oil spout for when oil came in cans
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In article <[email protected]>,
DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> To develop the timing, it helps to be near the exchange
>switches, and hear them stepping. I know this because I had built a
>small dial telephone exchange at my parent's home using surplus
>Automatic Electric "Strowger" switches -- which Ma Bell called "10x10s".
Also if you were on a touch-tone enabled exchange which had
step-by-step switches (which were used in various exchanges long,
long, long after they were obselete and the 5ESS was king; The Phone
Company takes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" to extremes), you
could hear the pulse generators dialing for you after you finished.
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someone with less ability and more need.
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> Rob
"
2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked onto a
dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole, not
the last."
Rob,
here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last hole
"0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as we
all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were connected
manually by a telephonist.
In article <[email protected]>,
Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>
>No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was for
>use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>
>> 2172 Plant starter?
>
>Yes, they are gemination trays for starting seeds.
DRAT!!
I figured it was a shipping container for the rough metric equivalent of
a gross of ping-pong balls.
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> Rob
2167 looks like a trigger lock
2168 is a wire wrapping "gun". No, not for pulling cable ties, but for
"wire wrap" circuit assembly. It's missing the bit and sleeve assembly.
This one looks a lot like the Augat version, but AMP made one very much
like it, too.
2170 is definitely (as said) an antenna rotator control.
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> lock was put in the last hole
> "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
> interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and
> as we all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they
> were connected manually by a telephonist.
>
Think about what you just wrote, George. That couldn't work.
ANYwayy... When I was an early teenager, I knew (just as any
electronics-savvy kid of the day did) how to "hook dial". A lock on the
dial meant nothing. I could dial any number just by tapping the receiver
hook at 10 times per second.
You can still do it today, because the pulse dialing support is still in
the systems, by law.
LLoyd
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> "Stephen Quinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Rob
>>
>> 2171 Shelling peas?
>>
>>
>> CYA
>> Steve
>>
>
>
> Nope
The tool was used for opening the large metal orange juice or tomato
juice cans.
It would punch a hole in the top of the can by pulling the trigger.
John
2171 Flower cutter
On 02/17/2011 07:17 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>
> No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
> for use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>
>> 2172 Plant starter?
>
> Yes, they are gemination trays for starting seeds.
>
>
> Rob
>
2170 I recognize this as an antenna rotator control box.
2167 It isn't helpful for me to observe that this is a lock for some
kind of sliding door. I don't know exactly what kind of sliding door it
is made for.
2168 Again, it isn't helpful for me to note that this is a quick-turn
wrench/screwdriver.
On 2/17/2011 6:29 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
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>
> Rob
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>This week's set has been posted:
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>http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html
2167 looks like a lock for a display case with sliding glass panels.
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> Rob H. wrote:
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>>
>> Rob
> 2167 may be to lock a rotating telephone dialer.
Correct
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>> This week's set has been posted:
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>>
> 2168 is a wire wrapping "gun". No, not for pulling cable ties, but for
> "wire wrap" circuit assembly. It's missing the bit and sleeve assembly.
> This one looks a lot like the Augat version, but AMP made one very much
> like it, too.
Yes, it's a wire wrapper, someone had sent me the photo to find out what it
was for.
On 02/17/2011 06:17 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>
> No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
> for use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>
One hand feeds beans (green beans, snap beans, etc.) into the front.
The other hand pulls the trigger to cut said beans, bean segments
flow down the handle and land in bowl.
technomaNge
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> On 02/17/2011 06:17 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>>
>> No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
>> for use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>>
>
> One hand feeds beans (green beans, snap beans, etc.) into the front.
> The other hand pulls the trigger to cut said beans, bean segments
> flow down the handle and land in bowl.
Not correct but your guess is in the right ballpark.
"Stephen Quinn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
>
> 2171 Shelling peas?
>
>
> CYA
> Steve
>
Nope
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> On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:17:00 -0500, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
>>
>>No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
>>for
>>use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>>
>>> 2172 Plant starter?
>>
>>Yes, they are gemination trays for starting seeds.
>>
>>
>>Rob
>
> So Rob is 2171 an oil can opener and spout?
It isn't for use with oil cans, it's more of a kitchen tool.
>> > One hand feeds beans (green beans, snap beans, etc.) into the front.
>> > The other hand pulls the trigger to cut said beans, bean segments
>> > flow down the handle and land in bowl.
>>
>> Not correct but your guess is in the right ballpark.
>
> Is it for making melon balls? Cutting melons into round shapes for fruit
> salads.
>
> -jim
It isn't for use on melons.
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2171. Is this for removing the eyes from potatoes? The slot in the other end
of the tool might be for peeling.
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html
>
> 2171. Is this for removing the eyes from potatoes? The slot in the other
> end of the tool might be for peeling.
> --
> Dave Baker
That's right! The patent says it's for extracting eyes from potatoes or
pineapples, also for removing stems and leaves from apples, etc.
2167, having seen a couple of these in person, I happen to
know. Someone else I'm sure will "dial in" on the answer.
2168 tag tightener, for clothing tags in retail store
2169 totally no clue.
2170 directional read out for a roof antenna (I'm guessing)
2171 totaly no clue
2172 storage drawer, for small medicine vials.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Rob
> No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
> for
> use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
>
>> 2172 Plant starter?
>
> Yes, they are gemination trays for starting seeds.
>
>
> Rob
I just changed my answer for the germination trays to read:
These are vintage germination trays for testing corn kernels. Each farmer
saved some of the best ears at harvest time for next year's seed. Up to 10
kernels were removed from each ear and along with a damp piece of cloth one
kernel was placed into each of the small pockets (notice 10 pockets per
board). These kernels were kept damp and warm until they germinated.
Probably any ear that had less than 90% germination was sent back to the
crib to be livestock food. Those ears that had 90% and above were shelled
and this was the seed he planted. The kernels with sprouts that came out of
the trays were fed to the chickens.
I knew the trays were for starting seeds but didn't realize they were used
just for testing, one of my friends who was a farmer sent me the correct
answer.
Rob
> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked onto
> a
> dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole,
> not the last."
>
> Rob,
> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
> hole "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but
> for interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as we
> all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were
> connected manually by a telephonist.
How does putting it in the 0 hole stop someone from dialing 0? A finger
could not be put into the hole but it seems that you could still grasp the
lock and rotate the dial all the way to the stop.
You know, I can see that. So, the lock would have to go in
the 9 hole.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob,
> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put
> in the last
> hole "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for
> local calls, but
> for interstate calls, the number would be preceded with
> the "0", thus no
> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and
> telephone, and as we
> all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as
> they were
> connected manually by a telephonist.
How does putting it in the 0 hole stop someone from dialing
0? A finger
could not be put into the hole but it seems that you could
still grasp the
lock and rotate the dial all the way to the stop.
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
> "George W Frost" <[email protected]> fired this volley in
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>> lock was put in the last hole
>> "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
>> interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and
>> as we all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they
>> were connected manually by a telephonist.
>
> Think about what you just wrote, George. That couldn't work.
>
> ANYwayy... When I was an early teenager, I knew (just as any
> electronics-savvy kid of the day did) how to "hook dial". A lock on the
> dial meant nothing. I could dial any number just by tapping the receiver
> hook at 10 times per second.
>
> You can still do it today, because the pulse dialing support is still in
> the systems, by law.
>
I did that once back in the days when the telco guy came out to plug your
phone into the wall. I had just moved, and when I went to call out, I got
dialtone, but no touchtone. So I "flashed the switchhook" ten times, and
the operator came on. She said, "Oh, sounds like polarity." They sent
another guy, who swapped the red and green wires. I could have done it
myself, but I think at the time they owned everything and it was illegal
to mess with it.
Cheers!
Rich
George W Frost wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>>> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked
>>> onto a
>>> dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole,
>>> not the last."
>>>
>>> Rob,
>>> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
>>> hole "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but
>>> for interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as
>>> we all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were
>>> connected manually by a telephonist.
>>
>> How does putting it in the 0 hole stop someone from dialing 0? A finger
>> could not be put into the hole but it seems that you could still grasp
>> the lock and rotate the dial all the way to the stop.
>
> Ha, got it in one
> But you do know that we do things different here in OZ
When you flush the toilet, the swirl goes clockwise, right? ;-)
Thanks!
Rich
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2171.
For removing the eyes etc from potatoes or other veg.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Matthew Russotto) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > To develop the timing, it helps to be near the exchange
> >switches, and hear them stepping. I know this because I had built a
> >small dial telephone exchange at my parent's home using surplus
> >Automatic Electric "Strowger" switches -- which Ma Bell called "10x10s".
>
> Also if you were on a touch-tone enabled exchange which had
> step-by-step switches (which were used in various exchanges long,
> long, long after they were obselete and the 5ESS was king; The Phone
> Company takes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" to extremes), you
> could hear the pulse generators dialing for you after you finished.
There is a reason that Ma Bell took that attitude. Bell is and was a
regulated utility, which means that it is allowed a monopoly, but the
price is that its prices are regulated by the Govt, mainly the FCC, for
whom I worked in the 1970s.
Basically, Bell was allowed to charge enough to make 8.75% on rate base
per year, maintenance costs came out of their hide, and the FCC-set
amortization period was 40 years. Now the Bell guys are not stupid, and
do respond to incentives. And the above, translated, tells them:
"Build it strong, build it for the ages, never mind the cost because you
will collect 8.75% per year on it, forever." And so they did.
Joe Gwinn
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>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2167 looks like a trigger lock
>
> 2168 is a wire wrapping "gun". No, not for pulling cable ties, but for
> "wire wrap" circuit assembly. It's missing the bit and sleeve assembly.
> This one looks a lot like the Augat version, but AMP made one very much
> like it, too.
>
Yep, you beat me to it, sadly I remember using those things!
> 2170 is definitely (as said) an antenna rotator control.
>
>
>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:29:53 -0500, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
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2167 is the key and lock from a storage rental unit.
On 2011-02-17, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
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Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
2167) Two likely choices:
1) Lock for an old rotary phone dial to prevent
unauthorized outgoing calls.
2) Trigger lock for a firearm. (Much less likely.)
2168) The handle of a wire-wrap gun -- missing the bit, and the
chuck which should be on the upper-right-hand end to accept
the bit.
The bit is two pieces.
A thin rod with a hole a little off center in the end, and
a long groove the diameter of the wire (30 gauge). There is
usually a wider section of the groove near the tip to accept a
bit of wire insulation, to start the wrap with a strain relief.
And -- an outer sleeve, which holds the wire in the slot, and
acts as a bearing.
Likely brand on the label missing from the area near the
upper-right-hand (with a screw end visible in the triangular
area) would be Gardnier Denver (sp?) -- though others made
similar tools once the patent expired.
2169) This looks like a somewhat modified (e.g. the cross bar in
the second photo air bearing spindle for an end-mill sharpening
fixture. One angle is adjusted by the double hockey puck
assembly where it mounts to the grinder's table. Another angle
and the height by the nut around the air hose fitting.
There is a spindle missing which goes in the bronze sleeve. Air
is fed to the fitting, and this causes the spindle to float away
from contact with the bronze sleeve, allowing it to move with
very little friction.
Also missing is the tool and cutter grinder to which it normally
is mounted.
2170) Set-top control box for an antenna rotator -- back before
everything came via cable. :-) The giveaway is the compass
directions marked on the dial. Note that North is at both ends,
marking the limits of rotation of the antenna. (You don't want
to wind up the antenna cable around the pole. :-)
2171) A really puzzling one. (The only one in this week's set about
which I really don't have a clue.)
I can't tell about the end of the "grip", but it sort of looks
like that was made from a single piece of fairly narrow steel
strap, folded at the end after being half-circle curved.
Maybe it makes a noise when the trigger is pulled. An
alternative, for which I can't see any reall support, would be
as a flint striker for lighting gas torches (oxy-acetylene for
example).
2172) This looks like it is designed to hold a set of collets for some
machine tool. But it could be a bunch of other things as well.
I guess that it could even hold eggs on end. 100 of them. But
I would expect the holes to be beveled to provide a softer
contact surface to the eggs.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2011-02-19, George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
> "
> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked onto a
> dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole, not
> the last."
>
> Rob,
> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last hole
> "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
> interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as we
> all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were connected
> manually by a telephonist.
Hmm ... lots of businesses tend to have phone numbers which end
in "00" -- and it would preclude dialing those as well -- along with any
other number which had a '0' somewhere in it.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2011-02-19, George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> On 2011-02-19, George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
[ ... ]
>>> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked
[ ... ]
>>> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
>>> hole
>>> "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
>>> interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as
[ ... ]
>> Hmm ... lots of businesses tend to have phone numbers which end
>> in "00" -- and it would preclude dialing those as well -- along with any
>> other number which had a '0' somewhere in it.
[ ... ]
> I think it was only meant to stop employees using his phone for private
> calls during working hours.
> I had one on my phone, but that was to keep the kids from calling long
> distance by misteak when playing
I wonder how you would lock out Touch-Tone dialing? I could do
it by modifying the phone -- adding a key operated switch in one of the
wires connecting the dial to the rest -- but that could still be gotten
past using a hand-held touchtone generator which could be held over the
microphone. (And they used to be sold for activating things remotely
when you were stuck with a rotary dial phone, but the remote control
depended on the touch-tone signals instead.
Hmm ... three notch filters in the phone line to cut out the
tones associated with each column of buttons should do it. (You know
that you get two tones per button -- one associated with the column, and
one with the row. On older phones, at least, you can get just the tone
for one column by pressing two keys in the column at once, and the same
for each row. This was for the old AT&T Touch-Tone dials, with
mechanical encoding -- bars which sensed the key at the intersection and
closed contacts for both by selecting taps on an inductor. Pressing two
in the same column connected two taps on the inductor for the other
direction, and thus shorted the signal and silenced it.
With today's phones having less and less mechanical, and more
and more electronic, I suspect that the keypads simply make a single
contact which is decoded to generate the proper tones.
Sorry -- probably more than most of you wanted to know. :-)
Enjoy,
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On 2011-02-19, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked onto
[ ... ]
>> Rob,
>> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
>> hole "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but
>> for interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as we
>> all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were
>> connected manually by a telephonist.
>
> How does putting it in the 0 hole stop someone from dialing 0? A finger
> could not be put into the hole but it seems that you could still grasp the
> lock and rotate the dial all the way to the stop.
Well -- the one shown in the puzzle extends outside the dial,
and the stop has a scooped part which the finger goes into to generate
sufficient rotation to enable that tenth pulse. With the really old
phones, (the 300 series -- very square bases and heavy handsets) you
could actually dial by pressing the hookswitch at something close enough
to the 10 pulses-per-second which the dial produces. The later 500
series phones looked prettier, but their hookswitch motion was not as
crisp, making it more difficult to do.
To develop the timing, it helps to be near the exchange
switches, and hear them stepping. I know this because I had built a
small dial telephone exchange at my parent's home using surplus
Automatic Electric "Strowger" switches -- which Ma Bell called "10x10s".
They were still using them up to about 20 years ago where I
worked (an Army base). I could tell by the faint sounds as I dialed.
Then it was all replaced by a full electronic system -- not near as much
fun. :-)
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2011-02-20, Matthew Russotto <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> To develop the timing, it helps to be near the exchange
>>switches, and hear them stepping. I know this because I had built a
>>small dial telephone exchange at my parent's home using surplus
>>Automatic Electric "Strowger" switches -- which Ma Bell called "10x10s".
>
> Also if you were on a touch-tone enabled exchange which had
> step-by-step switches (which were used in various exchanges long,
> long, long after they were obselete and the 5ESS was king; The Phone
> Company takes "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" to extremes), you
> could hear the pulse generators dialing for you after you finished.
Of course, the Army base where I used to work had step-by-step
switches for the whole base -- and nothing but dial phones installed.
(Hmm ... I wonder how the command level people on AutoVON were supplied
with the extra touchtone codes like "Flash Override" to kick peons off
when they needed a line. :-)
But they pulled that step-by-step exchange perhaps twenty years
ago now -- but *long* after I would expect step-by-step to still be in
use.
Of course, a step-by-step exchange is pretty immune to the
effects of EMP, so they may have kept it for an operational security
factor. :-) But -- everything going off post would go through ESS of
some form or other -- and they would be vulnerable. (Hmm ... I also
wonder how hard Ma Bell worked to harden the electronics to make sure
that they could keep working. A phone exchange seems like a major focus
of EMP damage.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2011-02-19, George W Frost <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> This week's set has been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-376.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>>
>> "
>> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked
>> onto a
>> dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole,
>> not
>> the last."
>>
>> Rob,
>> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
>> hole
>> "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but for
>> interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as
>> we
>> all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were
>> connected
>> manually by a telephonist.
>
> Hmm ... lots of businesses tend to have phone numbers which end
> in "00" -- and it would preclude dialing those as well -- along with any
> other number which had a '0' somewhere in it.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
I think it was only meant to stop employees using his phone for private
calls during working hours.
I had one on my phone, but that was to keep the kids from calling long
distance by misteak when playing
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>> 2167. This is a lock for an old telephone dial, a photo of one locked
>> onto a
>> dial can be seen here, although it should be attached to the first hole,
>> not the last."
>>
>> Rob,
>> here in OZ, we had the telephone dial and the lock was put in the last
>> hole "0", for that way, anyone could use the phone for local calls, but
>> for interstate calls, the number would be preceded with the "0", thus no
>> interstate calls could be made on the boss's time and telephone, and as
>> we all know, the interstate calls cost an arm and a leg as they were
>> connected manually by a telephonist.
>
>
> How does putting it in the 0 hole stop someone from dialing 0? A finger
> could not be put into the hole but it seems that you could still grasp the
> lock and rotate the dial all the way to the stop.
Ha, got it in one
But you do know that we do things different here in OZ
"Rob H." wrote:
>
> "technomaNge" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On 02/17/2011 06:17 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> >>
> >>> 2171 Clothes tag installer?
> >>
> >> No correct guesses yet for this item so I'll give a couple hints: it was
> >> for use in the home, and the edge of the moving part on the end is sharp.
> >>
> >
> > One hand feeds beans (green beans, snap beans, etc.) into the front.
> > The other hand pulls the trigger to cut said beans, bean segments
> > flow down the handle and land in bowl.
>
> Not correct but your guess is in the right ballpark.
Is it for making melon balls? Cutting melons into round shapes for fruit
salads.
-jim