"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
Ahh.., I know a couple of these.
1571. The old fashioned iron boot. A primitive weight training device.
These used to be part of every barbell set sold by Joe Weider and Bob
Hoffman back in the day. Along with kettlebell handles, etc. Very clumsy
and hard to use. These were quickly discarded by almost everyone. You strap
them onto your feet and try to do exercises with them. A bar goes through
the holes and weights are then added. Very hard to use.
1572. Steel fence post driver. Most farmboys have had experience with
these things.
Thasnk you Rob. I feel almost smart now. Or just old. :(
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
> iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1571: Diver's shoes?
1572: Fence post pounder?
In article <[email protected]>,
Andrew Erickson <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1570 - Not sure what precisely this would be used for, but it appears to
> either heat something over a fire or draw samples of a fluid from a drum
> or vat.
Does this tool come from grain farming country? It may be a scoop to
take samples for grading when the grain (oats, wheat, barley) is being
dumped from truck to elevator.
On Mar 19, 6:20=A0pm, "Alexander Thesoso"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> For the outside, high density fluid, I'd guess Carbon Tetrachloride. =A0I=
t is
> common, clear, and has a density of near 1.6.
> For the inside, low density fluid, I'd guess ethyl alchohol (everclear 19=
0
> proof), but it could be some (e.g. ethyl) ether, with a density under 0.8=
.
>
Good guess....as long as both items are in a closed tank. However, the
open top on the bottle poses some problems with evaporation of the
alcohol. Also the ratio of the specific densities of the two liquids
you name is 2:1, so the bottle should float at the midpoint if the
bottle had no mass. Since it is floating only a tiny bit deeper than
that, the bottle is either incredibly thin, the internal liquid is
less dense than rubbing alcohol (the least dense liquid), or the
external liquid has a density > that of carbon tet...or else it's
suspended in latex.
--riverman
On Mar 19, 6:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> "kfvorwerk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:fb560a3c-3374-4b3e-9788-a8a5ab846b55@k19g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 18, 10:55 pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and =
the
> > iron shoes:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > Rob
>
> 1571. Iron Boots. exercise device. For leg extensions and such. Here's
> a couple links. This first link mentions them by the "Billard" brand
> name, Post #475155:http://www.davedraper.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/1=
8391/
>
> These links show some by other makers:http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blo=
g/2008/12/iron-boots.htmlhttp://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.as=
px?productid=3DIBC
> Karl
>
> Thanks, those are great links.
>
> Rob
Thanks for running the site. Your post is the first one I look for on
Wed night.
Karl
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
The clamp is a chemical lab clamp for holding a flask or burette in a stand.
--
Regards,
Chas.
(To email me, replace "xxx" with letters tango papa golf.)
"Chas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>>iron shoes:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
> The clamp is a chemical lab clamp for holding a flask or burette in a
> stand.
> --
> Regards,
>
> Chas.
>
> (To email me, replace "xxx" with letters tango papa golf.)
>
yep, a retort clamp.
Dave Balderstone wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>> iron shoes:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> 1571: Diver's shoes?
>
> 1572: Fence post pounder?---Definitely!
1570 special purpose solder pot. It is used by hanging it on the old
style gasoline blow torch to melt a batch of solder, then the twisted
and fluxed (pigtail splice) copper wire hanging from a ceiling fixture
or some other electrical connection is soldered by pushing the cup part
with the melted solder onto the connection from below. Note that the cup
is gimbaled so the solder will not spill.
Jim
Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and
> the iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Don Young wrote:
> "James Askew" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 1570 special purpose solder pot. It is used by hanging it on the old
>> style gasoline blow torch to melt a batch of solder, then the twisted and
>> fluxed (pigtail splice) copper wire hanging from a ceiling fixture or some
>> other electrical connection is soldered by pushing the cup part with the
>> melted solder onto the connection from below. Note that the cup is
>> gimbaled so the solder will not spill.
>> Jim
>> Rob H. wrote:
>>> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and
>>> the iron shoes:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
> Jim is definitely correct on that one. I have soldered many a pigtail splice
> using one of those. I once heard of someone making one out of copper and the
> solder dissolved the bottom out of it!
>
> Don Young
>
>
>
It looks to me more like a liquid sampling device such as used to check
whiskey b y dipping it through a bung hole in a wooden barrel.
Dave Nagel
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "James Askew" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 1570 special purpose solder pot. It is used by hanging it on the old
>> style gasoline blow torch to melt a batch of solder, then the twisted and
>> fluxed (pigtail splice) copper wire hanging from a ceiling fixture or
>> some other electrical connection is soldered by pushing the cup part with
>> the melted solder onto the connection from below. Note that the cup is
>> gimbaled so the solder will not spill.
>> Jim
>
>
>
> Thanks, sounds like this is probably correct but I couldn't find another
> one like it on the web. Also thanks to everyone who helped solve the lab
> clamp and exercise boots, the rest of the answers can be seen at this
> address:
>
> http://answers276t.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
All of those solder pots I saw were home-made so I don't know if there were
any manufactured ones. We thought it was quite an improvement over having to
use a blowtorch heated soldering iron. Much wiring was in rural areas
without electricity and portable generators were not available. We sawed
ceiling box holes in ancient heart pine standing on a ladder using a keyhole
saw and drilled holes with a brace and long ship's auger bit. Usually the
only receptacle was in the kitchen for a refrigerator; radios, fans and
irons were plugged into adapters in the light socket hanging on twisted drop
wire. Lights were controlled by pull chain switches in the sockets. I never
installed knob-and-tube but worked on quite a bit of it.
Don Young
On Mar 18, 10:55=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and th=
e
> iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1571. Iron Boots. exercise device. For leg extensions and such. Here's
a couple links. This first link mentions them by the "Billard" brand
name, Post #475155:
http://www.davedraper.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/18391/
These links show some by other makers:
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/2008/12/iron-boots.html
http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=3DIBC
Karl
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
> iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Not sure how much help I'll be, but here goes...
1567 - This is a strange one. The forked end looks as though it's made
for pushing, rather than turning like a wrench or holding like tongs.
Maybe it's to guide the necks of bottles as they get filled by a machine
or to position small crucibles or similar in an oven?
(If there were a hole through the fork, I'd say it's a stubby handle for
something like a wagon or pullcart, but there's no hole there.)
1568 - The uninteresting portion of the rod looks to me as though it may
fit a standard laboratory stand clamp, so I'm guessing this is to hold
some sort of glassware over a burner. Presumably, it would be a
medium-sized or large-sized beaker or flask of some sort, given the
overall size. The one thumbnut allows the flask to be held at various
angles, while the other adjusts the size/pressure of the jaws. The
spring seems a tiny bit superfluous, but probably eases things to not
have to hold the jaws open when operating the clamp.
1569 - Other than a slightly oddly shaped glass bottle, I'm not seeing
too much here. Was the odd shape perhaps to allow it to fit unseen in
the framework of an automobile or something, say to get liquor around
during prohibition?
1570 - Not sure what precisely this would be used for, but it appears to
either heat something over a fire or draw samples of a fluid from a drum
or vat.
1571 - It would appear that a shaft would go under the instep,
suggesting these may have been used as a treadle or pedal for some
machine or vehicle. Being able to strap in would be helpful for, say, a
foot throttle of a speedboat.
1572 - I think I actually know this one; it's a tool for pounding metal
signposts or fenceposts into the ground. The open end goes over the top
part of the post, and the tool is slid up a bit and yanked down to whack
the post down. Often (OK, at least occasionally) seen in the hands of
highway department workmen.
Now to read other guesses.
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
1569 I assume the "What is it?" refers to the materials involved, and the
strange state of the bottle seeming to float. I also assume this isn't just
a cheap trick, with the bottle glued to the back wall.
For the outside, high density fluid, I'd guess Carbon Tetrachloride. It is
common, clear, and has a density of near 1.6.
For the inside, low density fluid, I'd guess ethyl alchohol (everclear 190
proof), but it could be some (e.g. ethyl) ether, with a density under 0.8.
1572 Portable fence post driver. Strong person lifts it up and lets it
fall, urging the fence post to move into mother earth. Used all over, but I
usually see it when local crews are installing snow-fences in the fall.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
"kfvorwerk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Mar 18, 10:55 pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
> iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1571. Iron Boots. exercise device. For leg extensions and such. Here's
a couple links. This first link mentions them by the "Billard" brand
name, Post #475155:
http://www.davedraper.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/18391/
These links show some by other makers:
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/blog/2008/12/iron-boots.html
http://www.atomicathletic.com/store/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=IBC
Karl
Thanks, those are great links.
Rob
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1569 I assume the "What is it?" refers to the materials involved, and the
> strange state of the bottle seeming to float. I also assume this isn't
> just a cheap trick, with the bottle glued to the back wall.
>
> For the outside, high density fluid, I'd guess Carbon Tetrachloride. It
> is common, clear, and has a density of near 1.6.
> For the inside, low density fluid, I'd guess ethyl alchohol (everclear 190
> proof), but it could be some (e.g. ethyl) ether, with a density under 0.8.
Well, it's just supposed to be an ordinary photo of a bottle, the answer
that I'm looking for is which particular category that it belongs to. The
reason the image looks unusual is because it was shot while on a glass shelf
in a case, there is another shelf just above it. Sorry for the confusing
photo.
Rob
> 1567) Forge welded, so it is likely fairly old.
> Is the bolt head on the left of the handle hex or square?
I'm not sure if the bolt is hex or square, I shot the photo a few weeks ago
and didn't take a very close look at it.
> 1570) What size is this?
I sent several questions about it to the person who sent the photo but never
heard back from them.
Rob
"James Askew" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1570 special purpose solder pot. It is used by hanging it on the old
> style gasoline blow torch to melt a batch of solder, then the twisted and
> fluxed (pigtail splice) copper wire hanging from a ceiling fixture or some
> other electrical connection is soldered by pushing the cup part with the
> melted solder onto the connection from below. Note that the cup is
> gimbaled so the solder will not spill.
> Jim
Thanks, sounds like this is probably correct but I couldn't find another one
like it on the web. Also thanks to everyone who helped solve the lab clamp
and exercise boots, the rest of the answers can be seen at this address:
http://answers276t.blogspot.com/
Rob
"James Askew" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1570 special purpose solder pot. It is used by hanging it on the old
> style gasoline blow torch to melt a batch of solder, then the twisted and
> fluxed (pigtail splice) copper wire hanging from a ceiling fixture or some
> other electrical connection is soldered by pushing the cup part with the
> melted solder onto the connection from below. Note that the cup is
> gimbaled so the solder will not spill.
> Jim
> Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and
>> the iron shoes:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
Jim is definitely correct on that one. I have soldered many a pigtail splice
using one of those. I once heard of someone making one out of copper and the
solder dissolved the bottom out of it!
Don Young
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
>iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1567 a tool for removing threaded caps maybe?
1568 I think this is for holding test tubes for positioning them over bunsen
burners etc.
1569 a bottle? maybe for acids?
1570 looks like it could be a mini cupola maybe for casting gold or silver
trinkets?
1571 tongue in cheek guess of torture device?
1572 for knocking in fence posts.
On 2009-03-19, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with three of them this week, including the clamp and the
> iron shoes:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1567) Forge welded, so it is likely fairly old.
Is the bolt head on the left of the handle hex or square? It
looks like hex, which would move it somewhat more recent in date
of manufacture.
It looks as though it is intended to turn something with a pair
of holes at a specific spacing. Something which requires a
reasonable amount of torque, but not an extreme amount of
torque, as the fork at the bottom would twist under those
conditions.
1568) Chem lab clamp. Secured by another (right angle) clamp to a
vertical rod, designed to hold a flask, or perhaps a condenser
(glass still) at a presetable angle.
The meshing teeth on the tilt pivot say that it can only adjust
in steps -- but it also won't slip under load.
1569) The photograph needs to be augmented by some others.
There is an out-of-focus line in the background which seems to
align with a joint in the bottle.
This makes it uncertain whether this is one bottle, or the upper
part is a bottle and the lower part is a reflection -- which
stops at the top of the apparent liquid.
Perhaps the bottom is not empty, but really has an oil which
would form a positive meniscus (the curve at the edges of the
liquid) at the interface with water, which then adds some more
height before terminating in a positive meniscus.
In any case, the bottle is missing a ground glass stopper.
I think that it was displayed as it is as a puzzle.
1570) What size is this?
At a first guess, assuming the size from the handle, I would
think that it is to capture molten metal (thus the distance
between the handle and the cup), and pour it into molds.
1571) Hmm ... I think that the relatively small surface area of the
edge compared to the foot's area would make it work fairly well
for walking on ice.
Or -- if cast iron -- perhaps they are for walking on still hot
volcanic debris? While iron conducts heat, the big side holes
might allow enough airflow to make them avoid cooking the
wearer's feet.
1572) This is for driving poles into the ground. It is slid over the
end of the pole, gripped from the side shown lifted and brought
down on the end of the pole (closed end up) to transfer impact
to the pole and drive it into the ground.
Now to see what others have said.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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