In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1930: Leafcutter bee hives
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On May 13, 12:22=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > 1928
> > I guess that there is a rod connected to the centre of the star, passin=
g
> > through the brickwork behind it, and under tension. =A0The purpose is t=
o
> > help stop the wall from collapsing outwards. =A0But this wall looks to =
be
> > in good condition.
>
> Yes, I don't know the exact name for it but your description is accurate.
>
> Rob
They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
called so I had to look them up.
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquake_of_18=
86
"Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings and
tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
together."
Karl
On May 14, 2:35=A0pm, "DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2010-05-14, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> >> 1930 free-range chicken huts/coops.
>
> > Good answer, that's what they were used for.
>
> > -----
>
> > All but the last one were identified correctly this week, you can check=
out
> > the answers here:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/05/set-336.html#answers
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 I have to disagree (at least in part) with 1928.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 These are also found in old town Alexandria, Virginia, no=
t an
> area with a history of serious earthquakes. =A0I have at least one photo
> from about 1962 or so which shows one, and I remember seeing them in
> many places -- both the star shape and the 'S' shape ones as well.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Yes -- they are probably used for earthquake reinforcemen=
t in
> areas where earthquakes are common -- but they are also used in old
> brick construction buildings (e.g. most of these buildings are pre Civil
> War in construction -- including the house which my folks had in
> Alexandria when I was a kid -- up part way through college.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Enjoy,
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 DoN.
>
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Actually they were in use in Charleston before the earthquake but that
has become their name in Charleston ever since the earthquake. Perhaps
there was a higher survival rate of the buildings with them and that's
what made them so popular and gave them their name. I don't really
know. It's the only severe quake we've had. Most building stress is
wind loading from Tropical Storms and Hurricanes.
Karl
My high school had these. The rods went all the way through the
building, looked to be 1" rod as I recall. Stone building built
in late 1800's.
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> "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in
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>> [email protected] (Doug Miller) fired this volley in
>> news:hsgo28$ms1$3
>> @news.eternal-september.org:
>>
>>> 1928 - secures a reinforcing rod or cable
>>
>> Called a tie bolt escutcheon. Found on a lot of early colonial
>> buildings
>> to take up rafter thrust on outer roof-bearing walls.
>>
>> LLoyd
>
>
> I did a search on "tie bolt escutcheon" but the only hit I got
> on it was back to this thread, maybe you saw it in a book?
>
>
> Rob
On May 13, 5:37=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1930 is huts for raising fighting roosters?
<[email protected]> wrote
1931. Bar shot for a canon. Really good for taking out ships rigging.
Karl
============
I looked up bar shot. Got all kinds of info on alcoholic drinks. So I added
the word cannon. Interesting stuff. Apparently another name for this
projectile was angel. No idea why.
Another interesting projectile was a hot shot. This was a heated cannon ball
shot from shore batteries at wooden ships. It would land on the ship and
start fires.
In article <[email protected]>,
Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1930
> Rolls of hay, wrapped in polythene to protect them?
Not very clear, can't see any detail, just blobs in a field but my guess
is pig shelters
On May 15, 7:37=A0pm, --riverman <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 15, 7:27=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 15, 6:41=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote=
:
>
> > > On May 14, 11:27=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
> > > > earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
> > > > called so I had to look them up.http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_C=
enter/1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
>
> > > >http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquak=
e...
>
> > > > "Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
> > > > rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings =
and
> > > > tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
> > > > together."
> > > > Karl
>
> > > > --------
>
> > > > Thanks! =A0I like the sound of "earthquake bolts".
>
> > > > Rob
>
> > > Those pictures look different than ours. Ours are 1" or so rods
> > > spanning the width of the building with the gib plates and nuts on th=
e
> > > outside of the walls. On the interior it looks like the rod just goes
> > > through the hole in the wall. I've never seen one up close though.
>
> > > Karl
>
> > I'm pretty sure these would be useless in keeping a building together
> > during an earthquake. In fact, the only place I see them referred to
> > when I google 'earthquake rods' is in reference to Charleston. I saw
> > tons of them in Latvia (where it is very seismically stable), and
> > where they were exclusively on stone masonry buildings, usually
> > hundreds of years old. I was told that the purpose there is to provide
> > lateral support as buildings tend to spread as they settle.
>
> > --riverman
>
> Check this out, especially the comment at the end.http://tinyurl.com/28xg=
hne
And here's the best one. About halfway down:
http://www.gobrick.com/BIA/technotes/t44.pdf
>I'm pretty sure these would be useless in keeping a building together
>during an earthquake.
I agree. The failure method of brick-and-mortar is not "falling
outward". Rather, it is "failure in tension" (i.e. the mortar-brick
bond fails as the wall stretches as the surface waves go by). Or the
bricks themselves fail for the same reason. Settling, even big winds,
yes, earthquake resistence, no.
-Zz
On May 12, 11:37=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1931. Bar shot for a canon. Really good for taking out ships rigging.
Karl
On May 14, 11:27=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
> earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
> called so I had to look them up.http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/=
1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
>
> http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquake...
>
> "Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
> rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings and
> tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
> together."
> Karl
>
> --------
>
> Thanks! =A0I like the sound of "earthquake bolts".
>
> Rob
Those pictures look different than ours. Ours are 1" or so rods
spanning the width of the building with the gib plates and nuts on the
outside of the walls. On the interior it looks like the rod just goes
through the hole in the wall. I've never seen one up close though.
Karl
In message <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
writes
>Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1928
I guess that there is a rod connected to the centre of the star, passing
through the brickwork behind it, and under tension. The purpose is to
help stop the wall from collapsing outwards. But this wall looks to be
in good condition.
1930
Rolls of hay, wrapped in polythene to protect them?
Nick
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In article <[email protected]>,
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
>"Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> I did a search on "tie bolt escutcheon" but the only hit I got on it was
>> back to this thread, maybe you saw it in a book?
>
>No, Rob, I "saw" it during an on-site six year historical and
>anthropological study of old Colonial Williamsburg.
>
>Almost every building in that colonial capital over one story had them.
>The escutcheons were artistically fashioned by local smiths to suit the
>builder/owner, and had all variety of shapes from stars to hearts to family
>crests.
You'll find them in Philadelphia in brick buildings older than about
1900 or so. They were mostly retrofits added after people noticed
walls bulging out on some of the buildings.
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In article <[email protected]>, leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net says...
>
> <[email protected]> wrote
>
> 1931. Bar shot for a canon. Really good for taking out ships rigging.
> Karl
> ============
>
> I looked up bar shot. Got all kinds of info on alcoholic drinks. So I added
> the word cannon. Interesting stuff. Apparently another name for this
> projectile was angel. No idea why.
Two wings plus irony is my guess.
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> 1928 - secures a reinforcing rod or cable
Called a tie bolt escutcheon. Found on a lot of early colonial buildings
to take up rafter thrust on outer roof-bearing walls.
LLoyd
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> 1931 Bar shot -- often part of a chain-shot combination, but also fired
> alone for taking out masts and rigging on an enemy vessel.
>
> LLoyd
>
http://www.google.com/imgres?
imgurl=http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/img/media/126
_l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://americanhistory.si.edu/Militaryhistory/collection/o
bject.asp%3FID%3D43&usg=__UEcWRm2AeZflsuys49g_frWSwDQ=&h=216&w=300&sz=7
&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ravTVCngOuRs-M:&tbnh=84&tbnw=116
&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbar%2Bshot%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rls%
3Dcom.microsoft:en-US%26tbs%3Disch:1
"Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> I did a search on "tie bolt escutcheon" but the only hit I got on it was
> back to this thread, maybe you saw it in a book?
No, Rob, I "saw" it during an on-site six year historical and
anthropological study of old Colonial Williamsburg.
Almost every building in that colonial capital over one story had them.
The escutcheons were artistically fashioned by local smiths to suit the
builder/owner, and had all variety of shapes from stars to hearts to family
crests.
LLoyd
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> fired this volley
in news:[email protected]:
> Almost every building in that colonial capital over one story had
> them. The escutcheons were artistically fashioned by local smiths to
> suit the builder/owner, and had all variety of shapes from stars to
> hearts to family
>
I should have said "stone or brick building". Frame buildings used collar
ties.
LLoyd
On May 15, 6:41=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 14, 11:27=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
> > earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
> > called so I had to look them up.http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Cente=
r/1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
>
> >http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquake...
>
> > "Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
> > rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings and
> > tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
> > together."
> > Karl
>
> > --------
>
> > Thanks! =A0I like the sound of "earthquake bolts".
>
> > Rob
>
> Those pictures look different than ours. Ours are 1" or so rods
> spanning the width of the building with the gib plates and nuts on the
> outside of the walls. On the interior it looks like the rod just goes
> through the hole in the wall. I've never seen one up close though.
>
> Karl
I'm pretty sure these would be useless in keeping a building together
during an earthquake. In fact, the only place I see them referred to
when I google 'earthquake rods' is in reference to Charleston. I saw
tons of them in Latvia (where it is very seismically stable), and
where they were exclusively on stone masonry buildings, usually
hundreds of years old. I was told that the purpose there is to provide
lateral support as buildings tend to spread as they settle.
--riverman
On May 15, 7:27=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 15, 6:41=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 14, 11:27=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
> > > earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
> > > called so I had to look them up.http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Cen=
ter/1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
>
> > >http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquake.=
..
>
> > > "Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
> > > rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings an=
d
> > > tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
> > > together."
> > > Karl
>
> > > --------
>
> > > Thanks! =A0I like the sound of "earthquake bolts".
>
> > > Rob
>
> > Those pictures look different than ours. Ours are 1" or so rods
> > spanning the width of the building with the gib plates and nuts on the
> > outside of the walls. On the interior it looks like the rod just goes
> > through the hole in the wall. I've never seen one up close though.
>
> > Karl
>
> I'm pretty sure these would be useless in keeping a building together
> during an earthquake. In fact, the only place I see them referred to
> when I google 'earthquake rods' is in reference to Charleston. I saw
> tons of them in Latvia (where it is very seismically stable), and
> where they were exclusively on stone masonry buildings, usually
> hundreds of years old. I was told that the purpose there is to provide
> lateral support as buildings tend to spread as they settle.
>
> --riverman
Check this out, especially the comment at the end.
http://tinyurl.com/28xghne
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1930 - scare coyotes
and photobucket (enlarge image) has 4 viruses ... :(
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
> 1930 - scare coyotes
>
> and photobucket (enlarge image) has 4 viruses ... :(
Sorry about that, this is the first time that I've heard of a virus problem
with photobucket, just did a search on it and found that some people have
had issues with this starting in January. I've used my account several
times a week all year and haven't had a problem.
Thanks for letting me know about it, I just removed all of the "Larger
image" links on my current post, I'll do some more searching and see what I
can find out about this.
Rob
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1928 - secures a reinforcing rod or cable
Nick Wedd wrote:
...
> 1930
> Rolls of hay, wrapped in polythene to protect them?
Basically. It's called "net wrap" and does serve to shed water as well
as hold a bale together more reliably than does "string wrap". Runs a
little more (we are ~$US 0.50/bale on infield charge differential)
<http://www.balernetwrap.com/index.html>
--
1927 Part of a speed regulator from a Westenheimer church
steeple clock. A couple parts (made of brass) are missing.
1928 Building reinforcer. This "star" was decorative, it
could have been a circle or square. It ataches to a length
of steel rod that goes to the other side of the building, to
another star. Helps keep the building from settling.
Typically the rod goes horizontally through the ceiling /
floor.
1929 Poor man's necktie or bow tie press. The loop was hung
around the door knob of the motel room or flop house the
poor man occupied. The necktie was slipped through the
folding aparatus, and pulled through for a poor man's
version of freshly pressed.
1930. These are imitation sheep. The field is designed to
capture Wyle E. Coyote. Or, might be beehives.
1931 is a cuff link for the giant, in Jack and the
Beanstalk. Or, it could be an exercise dumbell. Could also
be a rivet from the Titanic.
1932 is a "get off" stirrup for horses used in combat. The
poke throughs discourage other riders from climbing up on
the hose, after the original horseman is mounted. Or, it's a
poor man's brass knuckles. Or, it's a meat tenderizer.
I'm pretty sure about the building reinforcer. The rest are
for ammusement purposes only.
--
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Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
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Rob
dpb wrote:
> Nick Wedd wrote:
> ...
>
>> 1930
>> Rolls of hay, wrapped in polythene to protect them?
>
> Basically. It's called "net wrap" and does serve to shed water as well
> as hold a bale together more reliably than does "string wrap". Runs a
> little more (we are ~$US 0.50/bale on infield charge differential)
>
> <http://www.balernetwrap.com/index.html>
Oh, and to avoid any possible confusion there's no connection to these
folks; just happened upon them some time back and knew had the up-close
photos and product pictures...we're in SW KS and bale (not custom-work)
5-600A of our native grass hay annually (small amount in comparison to
the custom guys like these).
--
Rob H. wrote:
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1927 - Looks like a mortising jig
1928 - Normally does two things. It provides a decorative effect and
it's main purpose is to secure a beam/cable or other object on the
interior of the wall to act as a support for either the wall or the item
in question. Acts like a fender washer and spreads the load over a wide
area.
1929 -
1930 - Which items? The calf hutches, the power poles, the trees or the
fencing?
1931 - 12 pound bar shot. For a cannon.
1932 -
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> 1930 - scare coyotes
>
> and photobucket (enlarge image) has 4 viruses ... :(
I contacted Photobucket and they sent me this reply:
There had been a virus issue related to a third party ad and this most
likely affected many sites and not just Photobucket.
What was the exact message your friend saw and was he alerted by a
particular anti-virus program?
Can you provide a link to your blog and the image he followed so we can try
to recreate the steps?
Sincerely,
Your Photobucket Support Team
-----
If you answer his questions I'll pass them along to Photobucket.
Thanks,
Rob
On Thu, 13 May 2010 05:37:28 -0400
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
1927 - I think this is some sort of combination saw jointer, gauge,
setting tool. Similar to:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=596416
Did some searching, couldn't find an exact patent match for it...
--
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Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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"Leon Fisk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 05:37:28 -0400
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 1927 - I think this is some sort of combination saw jointer, gauge,
> setting tool. Similar to:
>
> http://www.google.com/patents?vid=596416
Correct, it's a combination saw set and raker gauge (or saw jointer).
Rob
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1928
> I guess that there is a rod connected to the centre of the star, passing
> through the brickwork behind it, and under tension. The purpose is to
> help stop the wall from collapsing outwards. But this wall looks to be
> in good condition.
Yes, I don't know the exact name for it but your description is accurate.
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>> 1930 - scare coyotes
>>
>> and photobucket (enlarge image) has 4 viruses ... :(
>
>
> I contacted Photobucket and they sent me this reply:
>
>
> There had been a virus issue related to a third party ad and this most
> likely affected many sites and not just Photobucket.
>
> What was the exact message your friend saw and was he alerted by a
> particular anti-virus program?
>
> Can you provide a link to your blog and the image he followed so we can
> try to recreate the steps?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Your Photobucket Support Team
>
> -----
>
> If you answer his questions I'll pass them along to Photobucket.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
>
Hi Rob,
Without the link to the larger image I can't do it. It showed up on my
Norton as 4 instances of something like 'Bloodhound' virus. Hope that's
enough to go on. If they want more, give me the link and I'll copy the
message.
LD
On 5/13/2010 10:59 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2010-05-13, Rob H.<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1930 just bales of hay, some covered
They're called gib plates. The ends and rods together are called
earthquake rods or bolts. I didn't know what the gib plates were
called so I had to look them up.
http://www.eas.slu.edu/Earthquake_Center/1886EQ/wjmjpgs/wjm_h26.html
http://earthquakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_charleston_earthquake_of_1886
"Visible evidence of the 1886 quake can be observed as earthquake
rods, which consist of long steel rods extending through buildings and
tightened at each end to pull the opposite exterior walls closer
together."
Karl
--------
Thanks! I like the sound of "earthquake bolts".
Rob
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] (Doug Miller) fired this volley in news:hsgo28$ms1$3
> @news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> 1928 - secures a reinforcing rod or cable
>
> Called a tie bolt escutcheon. Found on a lot of early colonial buildings
> to take up rafter thrust on outer roof-bearing walls.
>
> LLoyd
I did a search on "tie bolt escutcheon" but the only hit I got on it was
back to this thread, maybe you saw it in a book?
Rob
"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rob H. wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 1930 free-range chicken huts/coops.
>>
>>
>> Good answer, that's what they were used for.
>
> ...
>
> If that is intended as serious, here that would be better known as a
> coyote snack bar...
>
> :)
>
> Where are those then, pray tell????
>
> --
Actually I think they are for roosters but his answer was close enough,
check out the photo at the answer for this one:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/05/set-336.html#answers
Rob H. wrote:
>
> "dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
...
>> Where are those then, pray tell????
...
> Actually I think they are for roosters but his answer was close enough,
> check out the photo at the answer for this one:
...
Oh, so it wasn't a bale used as cover after all, you're saying...the
image was so small I thought they were small netwrap bales and you were
saying that was being used as nesting/protection sites...
--
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> I did a search on "tie bolt escutcheon" but the only hit I got on it was
>> back to this thread, maybe you saw it in a book?
>
> No, Rob, I "saw" it during an on-site six year historical and
> anthropological study of old Colonial Williamsburg.
>
> Almost every building in that colonial capital over one story had them.
> The escutcheons were artistically fashioned by local smiths to suit the
> builder/owner, and had all variety of shapes from stars to hearts to family
> crests.
>
> LLoyd
This publication calls them "decorative bearing plates." (figure 6)
http://www.gobrick.com/bia/technotes/t44.pdf
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/05/set-336.html#answers
>
> I have to disagree (at least in part) with 1928.
>
> These are also found in old town Alexandria, Virginia, not an
> area with a history of serious earthquakes. I have at least one photo
> from about 1962 or so which shows one, and I remember seeing them in
> many places -- both the star shape and the 'S' shape ones as well.
>
> Yes -- they are probably used for earthquake reinforcement in
> areas where earthquakes are common -- but they are also used in old
> brick construction buildings (e.g. most of these buildings are pre Civil
> War in construction -- including the house which my folks had in
> Alexandria when I was a kid -- up part way through college.
In my answer for the star I didn't mean to imply that they were only for
areas that experience earthquakes, I just changed my answer to read:
"An anchor plate or bearing plate, it's connected to a through bolt, which
ties the wall and floor systems together to give extra support to the wall.
In earthquake zones they are sometimes called earthquake bolts, though they
are also used in many areas that are not prone to quakes."
Rob
On 2010-05-13, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted another set of miscellaneous items:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1927) Kind of difficult to make out details. It is a bit dark
and unless I save the images and process them to boost the
gamma I will have difficulties.
However -- based on what I *can* see, how about the possibility
that it is a grooving plane for making tongue and groove board
edges?
1928) Reinforcing plate used on old brick buildings. There is a steel
rod going through the building with one of these on each end
just outside the walls. It spreads the force of the rods out so
the bricks don't crumble, and allows the rod to keep the bricks
from bowing out and collapsing. These are quite common on the
brick buildings in Old Town Alexandria (Virginia).
1929) A cheese slicer, perhaps?
1930) I did save this image, and have discovered that it is too heavily
jpeged to allow any kind of detail on the objects.
As a guess, they might be beehives?
1931) Perhaps a "bucking bar" held against a relatively thin
workpiece to provide the necessary resistance when setting
rivets. It looks rather rough on this end for that, and looks
like wrought iron, so perhaps another function.
Perhaps an anchor for a rowboat? There the finish would not
matter.
1932) For sliding around blocks of ice? Looks as though it would
produce a nice grip in one direction, at least.
It could also be used for cutting a groove in such a block, to
make it break where desired.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2010-05-14, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>> 1930 free-range chicken huts/coops.
>
>
> Good answer, that's what they were used for.
>
> -----
>
> All but the last one were identified correctly this week, you can check out
> the answers here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/05/set-336.html#answers
I have to disagree (at least in part) with 1928.
These are also found in old town Alexandria, Virginia, not an
area with a history of serious earthquakes. I have at least one photo
from about 1962 or so which shows one, and I remember seeing them in
many places -- both the star shape and the 'S' shape ones as well.
Yes -- they are probably used for earthquake reinforcement in
areas where earthquakes are common -- but they are also used in old
brick construction buildings (e.g. most of these buildings are pre Civil
War in construction -- including the house which my folks had in
Alexandria when I was a kid -- up part way through college.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
) I have to disagree (at least in part) with 1928.
)
) These are also found in old town Alexandria, Virginia, not an
) area with a history of serious earthquakes. I have at least one photo
) from about 1962 or so which shows one, and I remember seeing them in
) many places -- both the star shape and the 'S' shape ones as well.
)
) Yes -- they are probably used for earthquake reinforcement in
) areas where earthquakes are common -- but they are also used in old
) brick construction buildings (e.g. most of these buildings are pre Civil
) War in construction -- including the house which my folks had in
) Alexandria when I was a kid -- up part way through college.
They are also used in the Netherlands, which has virtually no earthquakes,
and certainly none that would affect buildings. They are simply used to
keep the walls from being pushed apart by the roof.
SaSW, Willem
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