"Joe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 222 - A very strange looking set of snap ring pliers?
This one isn't for snap rings.
>
> 223 - A "pointing" device used for the cement / mortar between bricks,
etc.
> Possibly used by today's brickface and stucco folks to create false
bricks,
I don't think this is correct.
"Badger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 220
>
> 44-40 wcf, similar to Lyman #20098
>
> Niel.
It is similar to Lyman #20098 as seen on the page below, though it's not
quite an exact match. I would guess that these would be solid and not
hollow on the bottom.
http://www.black-powder.com/BPC%20sub%20pages/BulletMolds.htm
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini "ball"
>seems like an odd name for it.
The Minie ball was neither mini nor a ball. It was invented by a guy
named Minie, and looks pretty much like what you have. The base
should be hollow.
Matthew Russotto wrote:
>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
>>
>> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
>
>ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin 1) would be appropriate for this case; to do it
>right you'd have to include a charset header (I don't recall the exact
>format) in your post as well.
Thanks, Matthew.
FWIW, Agent under my current settings, is placing this in my
headers:
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii"
I'll probably continue to restrict the characters in my posts to
(7-bit) ASCII.
R,
Tom Q.
Remove bogusinfo to reply.
Check out these Text files : specs!
http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/
Martin
Tom Quackenbush wrote:
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
>>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
>>
>> Sure -- how many do you want? :-)
>>
>> The one which I have selected on my Solaris 8 machine is:
>>
>> ISO8859-15
>>
>>but the Solaris 2.6 machines don't go beyond:
>>
>> ISO8859-1
>>
>>and no -- I don't know what the actual difference is. :-)
>>
>> There were about twenty to choose from when I installed the OS,
>>and this one is probably the best bet overall. Some of them don't
>>handle American English very well -- being optimized for other
>>languages. And some are totally confusing (the ones which implement the
>>Japanese Kanji for example. :-)
>>
>> I haven't really explored which ones my OpenBSD systems offer --
>>both the ones on Intel CPUs and the ones on Sun SPARCs.
>>
>> But, when you don't know what will be reading what you post,
>>plain 7-bit ASCII is the safest. :-)
>
>
> Wow - ain't standards great? And so many to choose from!
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> R,
> Tom Q.
>
--
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@ home at Lion's Lair with our computer [email protected]
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NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:47:30 -0700, R.H. wrote
(in article <[email protected]>):
> Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
218. Nice looking, well built. Only thing I can think of is some form of
comparator or thickness gauge.
219. Top of a D, C, or AA battery.
220. If 3/4" long, probably a maxi or mini ball, .45 or .50 cal. No rifling
or distortion so probably unfired.
-Bruce
DoN. Nichols wrote:
>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
<snip>
>> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
>
> Sure -- how many do you want? :-)
>
> The one which I have selected on my Solaris 8 machine is:
>
> ISO8859-15
>
>but the Solaris 2.6 machines don't go beyond:
>
> ISO8859-1
>
>and no -- I don't know what the actual difference is. :-)
>
> There were about twenty to choose from when I installed the OS,
>and this one is probably the best bet overall. Some of them don't
>handle American English very well -- being optimized for other
>languages. And some are totally confusing (the ones which implement the
>Japanese Kanji for example. :-)
>
> I haven't really explored which ones my OpenBSD systems offer --
>both the ones on Intel CPUs and the ones on Sun SPARCs.
>
> But, when you don't know what will be reading what you post,
>plain 7-bit ASCII is the safest. :-)
Wow - ain't standards great? And so many to choose from!
Thanks for the info.
R,
Tom Q.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
222 is a pair of pliers for opening and closing lamp chain.
Nate
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:20:22 -0600, [email protected]
(Matthew Russotto) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>>
>>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
>
>What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
>though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
All lead bullets have some area in which to store lubricant. These
grooves are designed to be filled with a lubricant mixture , usually
beeswax and Alox in varying proportions etc
Some of the latest bullets use a knurled surface and are impregnated
with various lubricants. Federal made a line of nylon coated lead
bullets which Im inordinatly found of for self defense loads. Very
soft Keith style blunt nosed hollowpoints of good weight that may be
fired rather fast from short barreled belly guns. The Nyclad..which
unfortunately..Federal seems to have discontinued..damit. Im down to 4
boxes for the short guns.
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
Matthew Russotto wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini "ball"
>>seems like an odd name for it.
>
>
> The Minie ball was neither mini nor a ball. It was invented by a guy
> named Minie, and looks pretty much like what you have. The base
> should be hollow.
I don't think it's so old as to be US Civil War. In fact, the nose looks
quite modern sort of wadcutter, rather than early 20th century. The base
looks older. As you say, the base will tell if it's a Minie. For those
who don't know, the useful feature of the Minie was that, while it was
small enough to pass easily down the barrel when loaded from the muzzle,
the hollow base expanded to engage the rifling, or at least seal
tightly. Similar looking pistol bullets, without the deep hollow, were
also made for cartridge loading. The unusual thing about this one,
compared to most older wadcutters, is the straight slope of the bullet
and the fact that it's set rather far in from the edge.
--
Gerald Clough
"Nothing has any value, unless you know you can give it up."
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:57:11 GMT, Badger <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>
>R.H. wrote:
>>>
>>>Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
>>>
>>>http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>>>
>>>Can you check the diameter?
>>
>>
>> The diameter is just a little larger than 9/16" so it looks like you're
>> right, it's probably a Lyman 575494, thanks for the link.
>
>Shame they don't have a .6 (.596 true bore) to suit my commercial
>hunting snyder....
Got a lathe? Its quite easy to make your own mould , or even the
bullets themselves.
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
11. Some type of gear teeth, probably watch related.
12 A pencil next to a rope/twine reference.
13. The detent on an SDS hammer drill bit.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Keep the whole world singing . . . .
DanG (remove the sevens)
[email protected]
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> If anyone is interested, I added a few more microscope photos:
>
>
> http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
On 19 Dec 2004 16:50:29 -0500, [email protected] (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Matthew Russotto <[email protected]> wrote:
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>>>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>>>
>>>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>>>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>>>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>>>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>>>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>>>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>>>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
>>
>>What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
>>though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
>
> They (in cast bullets) are to carry lube into the bore, so you
>don't get as much lead fouling.
>
> Not too common in jacketed revolver bullets (which is what I
>usually shoot), though some rifle bullets have a groove for the case
>mouth crimp, so the bullet is not either driven deeper or partially
>pulled by recoil in the weapon -- or even worse, by the stack of bullets
>in a tubular magazine. (There, you *really* want a blunt nose, so it
>does not set of the primer of the next cartridge above it in the
>magazine. :-)
>
> Out of curiosity -- since this is so heavily cross-posted, why
>don't we put an indicator as to which newsgroup we are posting from?
>I'm posting from rec.crafts.metalworking, FWIW.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
RCM as well
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
"DanG" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> 11. Some type of gear teeth, probably watch related.
These aren't gear teeth, it's actually three separate objects next to each
other.
>
> 12 A pencil next to a rope/twine reference.
This one isn't a pencil, nor rope/twine.
>
> 13. The detent on an SDS hammer drill bit.
>
Nope.
"Martin Whybrow" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 219. Top of a dry cell (AA size?)
> 223. Stake for a brick layers line.
Both of these are correct.
Barbara Bailey wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:48:36 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>"Gerald Clough" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>R.H. wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>220 looks like a semi wadcutter pistol bullet. Somewhat unusual nose.
>>
>>Yes, it's a bullet but I'm not sure what particular type of weapon it's
>>for.
>>
>
>
> It's a Minie Ball, used in black-powder/muzzleloaders. I'd say it's
> about a .40 cal.
I'd say it is a 45 wad cutter. Plenty are used on rifle and pistol ranges.
If it slams into something - it pancakes nicely. Otherwise it punches a nice
and well marked (dark lead ring) around the hole.
Martin
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223: level line holder for mortar. put in between the joints in the blocks
on each corner, run a string all the way across for your straight line of
brick or block. When done with that coarse remove it and fill the joint.
Like the wooden blocks that hang on the edge, but more true. It can not be
bumped up or down.
Don D.
"Nate Weber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>>
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>
> 222 is a pair of pliers for opening and closing lamp chain.
>
>
> Nate
>
> --
> http://www.Weber-Automation.net:8000
>
>
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 15) Collet of some kind. Quite small, but it does not look like
>> one from a Dremel. Perhaps from an old-fashioned dental drill?
>
>It's not from a drill or Dremel.
Mechanical pencil. Umm...of DOOM! There, sounds better now.
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http://web2.airmail.net/thegoat4/
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
213. Scalp of an albino with a terrible hair transplant that fell out.
214. Ancient keg tap.
215. Oh my god, I can't believe you posted such a thing!
216. World's most tedious lawnmower. Ever.
217. Beernut sheller.
218. Classified--found in Area 51.
219. Janet Jackson's mecha-nipple.
220. Thimble casting core.
221. Anvil from a dent factory.
222. Jack for lowriders.
223. Hillbilly toothpick.
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In article <[email protected]>,
Fred R <"spam "@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>Very Good! I always enjoy your answers more than the real ones - just
>what the doctor ordered for Friday evening.
(: Good! I was starting to wonder if I was amusing anyone or simply
being annoying.
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"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 219 is easy -- it's the top of a dry cell battery. Hard to tell the
> size, but I'd guess a AA.
Yes, AA is correct.
>
> 213 looks like some kind of mollusk shell.
Not a shell but you're in the right ballpark.
>
> 215 looks like a pressure relief valve from a steam radiator.
Nope
>
> 217 looks like some kind of flaring tool, or maybe a grommet setter.
Neither of these
"R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
>Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
219 looks like the male portion of one of those snap fasteners
for children's clothing.
scott
"Wayne Cook" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:59:08 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> 217 is a chain breaker, no?
> >
> >Correct. Looks like they've all been solved except for number 221.
> >
>
> I'm betting that 221 is part of a saw set. But part of it's missing
> where it's broken.
Correct, it's a saw set.
R.H. wrote:
>>
>>Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
>>
>>http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>>
>>Can you check the diameter?
>
>
> The diameter is just a little larger than 9/16" so it looks like you're
> right, it's probably a Lyman 575494, thanks for the link.
Shame they don't have a .6 (.596 true bore) to suit my commercial
hunting snyder....
"Glenn Lyford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 11. A tap, edge-on. Either at three points,
> or at the same point of a taper, plug, bottom set.
>
> --Glenn Lyford
>
This one isn't a tap.
"Gunner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 18 Dec 2004 20:37:50 -0500, [email protected] (DoN. Nichols)
> wrote:
>
> >>Thanks for the information, I'll have to do some research on this one.
I
> >>added another photo showing the bottom, it is hollow and about 1/2"
deep:
> >>
> >>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> > O.K. with that deep a cavity, the behavior should be quite
> >similar to a Minnie ball, though the exterior shape is somewhat unusual
> >for one. But I have not seen many (either original or replicas), so it
> >could be common in some areas or calibers.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > DoN.
>
> I finally got around to looking at the photo.
>
> Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
> from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>
> What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
> for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
> rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
> bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
> shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
> The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
> typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
Thanks for the info, and also to everyone else who responded to this one,
the diameter at the base is .5625 (9/16"), the other bands appear to be the
same.
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:47:30 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
>
> #218: Watchmaker's tool. Possibly a staking tool?
Watchmaker's tool is correct.
>
> #219: Positive terminal of a battery, looks like maybe AA or C cell?
Yes, AA is right
>
> #220: Old lead bullet
Correct.
>
> #221: Don't know, but looks like what used to be a hole for a bolt at the
> back was broken and a weld attempt made
>
> #222: Some type of spring clamp remover?
Nope
>
> #223: No idea -- interested in seeing what this thing is used for that has
> to do with mortar or cement.
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >If anyone is interested, I added a few more microscope photos:
> >
> >
> >http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 11) Don't know
>
> 12) Some kind of string (cord) adjacent to perhaps a dyed toothpick?
It's a dyed piece of wood but not a toothpick, the other thing is not cord.
>
> 13) uninsulated crimp terminal or splice -- unused.
Nope
>
> 14) Audio cassette tape running past the felt pressure pad which
> assures contact with the head.
Correct
>
> 15) Collet of some kind. Quite small, but it does not look like
> one from a Dremel. Perhaps from an old-fashioned dental drill?
It's not from a drill or Dremel.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>
> --
> Email: <[email protected]> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
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> --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---
"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 217 is a chain breaker, no?
Correct. Looks like they've all been solved except for number 221.
In article <[email protected]>,
DoN. Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>replace the previous bullets, which were round balls. The term "ball"
>continued for some time after that, even applying to 38 special revolver
>cartridges and 45 ACP cartridges during WWII.
It persists today, but refers to fully-jacketed (not hollowpoint or
soft nose) ammunition, which the Minie wasn;t.
"Gerald Clough" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> R.H. wrote:
>
> > Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> 220 looks like a semi wadcutter pistol bullet. Somewhat unusual nose.
Yes, it's a bullet but I'm not sure what particular type of weapon it's
for.
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 218) Tool for working on escape wheel in a watch or clock.
Yes
>
> 219) Battery terminal.
Correct
>
> 220) Cast bullet -- perhaps Minnie ball. It has been weathering
> for quite a while, based on the color.
Bullet is correct, not sure if it's a minnie ball.
>
> 221) Detent for some sort of ratchet?
Nope
>
> 222) Tool for expanding something like perhaps a snap ring?
Yes, but not for snap rings, but I suppose you could use it for that.
>
> 223) Tool for pointing mortar joints? The notches perhaps for
> some measurement associated with the task?
I don't think this is correct.
>
> Now -- to see what others have already answered.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
> --
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> --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---
219. Top of a dry cell (AA size?)
223. Stake for a brick layers line.
Martin
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"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> >It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini
"ball"
> >seems like an odd name for it.
>
> Not sure about a "Maxi" ball, but a "Minnie" (not "mini" ball is
> named after the inventor. A projectile used in the Civil war era to
> replace the previous bullets, which were round balls. The term "ball"
> continued for some time after that, even applying to 38 special revolver
> cartridges and 45 ACP cartridges during WWII. The Minnie ball (it
> really needs an accent somewhere which I am not prepared to add) had a
> hollow base. It was easily slid down on top of the power with the
> ramrod, and when fired, it expanded to grip the rifling more firmly.
>
> I had already suggested a bullet with a Minnie ball as a
> possibility, and the way to tell is to look at the bottom. If it is
> flat, it was a more recent cast lead bullet. If it has a significant
> cavity in the base, it is more likely to be a Minnie ball, though I
> believe that the outer surface is normally smoothly curved, not stepped
> as this one is.
Thanks for the information, I'll have to do some research on this one. I
added another photo showing the bottom, it is hollow and about 1/2" deep:
http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Tom Quackenbush <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>>> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
>>
>>WENIX = XENIX.
>
>
> ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is by definition
> 7-bit.
>
> The typical 8-bit character set on linux is ISO-8859-1 (Latin) which is
> based on 7-bit ASCII + a number of western european characters.
>
> Older unix may support 8-bit ascii, but the upper 128 bytes are not
> standardized between vendors.
>
> scott
>
ASCII has both 7 and 8 bit level codes. 7 is common on teletypes, while 8
is controlling other functions typically on electronic equipment.
There is 5 & 6 level codes - Baudot and Trascii. 6 level code was needed for
some bit slice machines. Only the 6 level (of the two) has ASCII roots.
Martin [ has used all four ]
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"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
14: Cassette tape.
15: Mechanical pencil.
--Glenn Lyford
"Dave Bell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> R.H. wrote:
>
> > Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> 219: Battery (cell) terminal (+)
Correct.
>
> 222: Hog-ring plier? For crimping and re-opening a ring clip
Nope
>
> 223: Pointing tool?
I don't think it's a pointing tool
DoN. Nichols wrote:
>IR.H. wrote:
<snip>
>>It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini "ball"
>>seems like an odd name for it.
>
> Not sure about a "Maxi" ball, but a "Minnie" (not "mini" ball is
>named after the inventor. A projectile used in the Civil war era to
>replace the previous bullets, which were round balls. The term "ball"
>continued for some time after that, even applying to 38 special revolver
>cartridges and 45 ACP cartridges during WWII. The Minnie ball (it
>really needs an accent somewhere which I am not prepared to add) had a
>hollow base. It was easily slid down on top of the power with the
>ramrod, and when fired, it expanded to grip the rifling more firmly.
I think that "Maxi" is a Thompson Center creation. I think the
correct spelling is "Minie", with an accent over the "e". I could post
it using extended ASCII, but I don't think that my 8-bit ASCII is the
same as everyone else's 8-bit ASCII.
As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
R,
Tom Q.
(from r.c.m)
Remove bogusinfo to reply.
"Glenn Lyford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 14: Cassette tape.
>
> 15: Mechanical pencil.
Both of these are correct.
In article <[email protected]>,
Tom Quackenbush <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
ISO-8859-1 (ISO Latin 1) would be appropriate for this case; to do it
right you'd have to include a charset header (I don't recall the exact
format) in your post as well.
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
218) Tool for working on escape wheel in a watch or clock.
219) Battery terminal.
220) Cast bullet -- perhaps Minnie ball. It has been weathering
for quite a while, based on the color.
221) Detent for some sort of ratchet?
222) Tool for expanding something like perhaps a snap ring?
223) Tool for pointing mortar joints? The notches perhaps for
some measurement associated with the task?
Now -- to see what others have already answered.
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:47:30 -0700, R.H. wrote
>> (in article <[email protected]>):
[ ... ]
>> 220. If 3/4" long, probably a maxi or mini ball, .45 or .50 cal. No
>rifling
>> or distortion so probably unfired.
>
>It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini "ball"
>seems like an odd name for it.
Not sure about a "Maxi" ball, but a "Minnie" (not "mini" ball is
named after the inventor. A projectile used in the Civil war era to
replace the previous bullets, which were round balls. The term "ball"
continued for some time after that, even applying to 38 special revolver
cartridges and 45 ACP cartridges during WWII. The Minnie ball (it
really needs an accent somewhere which I am not prepared to add) had a
hollow base. It was easily slid down on top of the power with the
ramrod, and when fired, it expanded to grip the rifling more firmly.
I had already suggested a bullet with a Minnie ball as a
possibility, and the way to tell is to look at the bottom. If it is
flat, it was a more recent cast lead bullet. If it has a significant
cavity in the base, it is more likely to be a Minnie ball, though I
believe that the outer surface is normally smoothly curved, not stepped
as this one is.
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini
>"ball"
>> >seems like an odd name for it.
>>
>> Not sure about a "Maxi" ball, but a "Minnie" (not "mini" ball is
>> named after the inventor. A projectile used in the Civil war era to
[ ... ]
>> I had already suggested a bullet with a Minnie ball as a
>> possibility, and the way to tell is to look at the bottom. If it is
>> flat, it was a more recent cast lead bullet. If it has a significant
>> cavity in the base, it is more likely to be a Minnie ball, though I
>> believe that the outer surface is normally smoothly curved, not stepped
>> as this one is.
>
>
>Thanks for the information, I'll have to do some research on this one. I
>added another photo showing the bottom, it is hollow and about 1/2" deep:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. with that deep a cavity, the behavior should be quite
similar to a Minnie ball, though the exterior shape is somewhat unusual
for one. But I have not seen many (either original or replicas), so it
could be common in some areas or calibers.
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>If anyone is interested, I added a few more microscope photos:
>
>
>http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
11) Don't know
12) Some kind of string (cord) adjacent to perhaps a dyed toothpick?
13) uninsulated crimp terminal or splice -- unused.
14) Audio cassette tape running past the felt pressure pad which
assures contact with the head.
15) Collet of some kind. Quite small, but it does not look like
one from a Dremel. Perhaps from an old-fashioned dental drill?
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
Matthew Russotto <[email protected]> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>>
>>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
>
>What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
>though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
They (in cast bullets) are to carry lube into the bore, so you
don't get as much lead fouling.
Not too common in jacketed revolver bullets (which is what I
usually shoot), though some rifle bullets have a groove for the case
mouth crimp, so the bullet is not either driven deeper or partially
pulled by recoil in the weapon -- or even worse, by the stack of bullets
in a tubular magazine. (There, you *really* want a blunt nose, so it
does not set of the primer of the next cartridge above it in the
magazine. :-)
Out of curiosity -- since this is so heavily cross-posted, why
don't we put an indicator as to which newsgroup we are posting from?
I'm posting from rec.crafts.metalworking, FWIW.
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
Tom Quackenbush <[email protected]> wrote:
>DoN. Nichols wrote:
[ ... ]
> I think that "Maxi" is a Thompson Center creation. I think the
>correct spelling is "Minie", with an accent over the "e".
O.K. I knew that the accent was missing, but wasn't sure
whether it should be one or two 'n's.
> I could post
>it using extended ASCII, but I don't think that my 8-bit ASCII is the
>same as everyone else's 8-bit ASCII.
>
> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
Sure -- how many do you want? :-)
The one which I have selected on my Solaris 8 machine is:
ISO8859-15
but the Solaris 2.6 machines don't go beyond:
ISO8859-1
and no -- I don't know what the actual difference is. :-)
There were about twenty to choose from when I installed the OS,
and this one is probably the best bet overall. Some of them don't
handle American English very well -- being optimized for other
languages. And some are totally confusing (the ones which implement the
Japanese Kanji for example. :-)
I haven't really explored which ones my OpenBSD systems offer --
both the ones on Intel CPUs and the ones on Sun SPARCs.
But, when you don't know what will be reading what you post,
plain 7-bit ASCII is the safest. :-)
Enjoy,
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In article <[email protected]>,
Martin H. Eastburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>Check out these Text files : specs!
>
>http://www.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/ISO8859/
Thanks!
So -- there are some differences:
8bit 16bit 8859-1 8859-15
======================================================================
0xA4 0x00A4 # CURRENCY SIGN EURO SIGN
0xA6 0x00A6 # BROKEN BAR LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
0xA8 0x00A8 # DIAERESIS LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
0xB4 0x00B4 # ACUTE ACCENT LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
0xB8 0x00B8 # CEDILLA LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
0xBC 0x00BC # VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE
0xBD 0x00BD # VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
0xBE 0x00BE # VULGAR FRACTION THREE QUARTERS LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
0xD0 0x00D0 # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER The (Icelandic) LATIN CAPITAL LETTER The
0xDE 0x00DE # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN (Icelandic) LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN
0xDF 0x00DF # LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S (German) LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
0xF0 0x00F0 # LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH (Icelandic) LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH
0xFE 0x00FE # LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN (Icelandic) LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
Aside from everything from 0x81 through 0x9F being defined as
control characters, which is how they are handled on my system. But I
see postings from Windows boxen and from Macs which use characters in
that range for something or other.
Merry Christmas
DoN.
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"Scott Lurndal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
> >Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> 219 looks like the male portion of one of those snap fasteners
> for children's clothing.
This one isn't part of a snap fastener.
"Mark & Juanita" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:00:09 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >If anyone is interested, I added a few more microscope photos:
> >
> >
> >http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
> #11: Edge-on view of quarters
> #12: Don't know
> #13: Don't Know
> #14: Cassette tape
> #15: Mechanical pencil end
These answers are all correct.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 04:14:38 GMT, "Frank Ketchum"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Crossposted drivel?
>
>Frank
>
damn good guess... how'd you know?
"ff" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> R.H. wrote:
>
> >Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 228. Looks like an angle gage. I've seen artists using something
> like that to get perspective correct.
Thanks, I'll put this on my list of possible answers.
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:59:08 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Justin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> 217 is a chain breaker, no?
>
>Correct. Looks like they've all been solved except for number 221.
>
I'm betting that 221 is part of a saw set. But part of it's missing
where it's broken.
Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook
"B.B." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >> 15) Collet of some kind. Quite small, but it does not look like
> >> one from a Dremel. Perhaps from an old-fashioned dental drill?
> >
> >It's not from a drill or Dremel.
>
> Mechanical pencil. Umm...of DOOM! There, sounds better now.
Correct
On 18 Dec 2004 20:37:50 -0500, [email protected] (DoN. Nichols)
wrote:
>>Thanks for the information, I'll have to do some research on this one. I
>>added another photo showing the bottom, it is hollow and about 1/2" deep:
>>
>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> O.K. with that deep a cavity, the behavior should be quite
>similar to a Minnie ball, though the exterior shape is somewhat unusual
>for one. But I have not seen many (either original or replicas), so it
>could be common in some areas or calibers.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
I finally got around to looking at the photo.
Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
In article <[email protected]>,
Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>
>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
Grooves in cast lead bullets are for the addition of a lubricant in
those grooves to help keep bore fouling to a minimum.
John
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 15:20:22 -0600, [email protected]
(Matthew Russotto) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>>
>>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
>
>What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
>though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
"Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 17:47:30 -0700, R.H. wrote
> (in article <[email protected]>):
>
> > Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> 218. Nice looking, well built. Only thing I can think of is some form of
> comparator or thickness gauge.
Nope
>
> 219. Top of a D, C, or AA battery.
Yes, AA type
>
> 220. If 3/4" long, probably a maxi or mini ball, .45 or .50 cal. No
rifling
> or distortion so probably unfired.
It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini "ball"
seems like an odd name for it.
"don holly" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 218 Watchmaker's balance truing caliper -- see
> http://www.rosenet.org/metc/clktools.htm
Yes, thanks for the link
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 23:39:35 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >It's a bullet but I'm not sure what type, calling it a maxi or mini
>"ball"
>> >seems like an odd name for it.
>>
>> Not sure about a "Maxi" ball, but a "Minnie" (not "mini" ball is
>> named after the inventor. A projectile used in the Civil war era to
>> replace the previous bullets, which were round balls. The term "ball"
>> continued for some time after that, even applying to 38 special revolver
>> cartridges and 45 ACP cartridges during WWII. The Minnie ball (it
>> really needs an accent somewhere which I am not prepared to add) had a
>> hollow base. It was easily slid down on top of the power with the
>> ramrod, and when fired, it expanded to grip the rifling more firmly.
>>
>> I had already suggested a bullet with a Minnie ball as a
>> possibility, and the way to tell is to look at the bottom. If it is
>> flat, it was a more recent cast lead bullet. If it has a significant
>> cavity in the base, it is more likely to be a Minnie ball, though I
>> believe that the outer surface is normally smoothly curved, not stepped
>> as this one is.
>
>
>Thanks for the information, I'll have to do some research on this one. I
>added another photo showing the bottom, it is hollow and about 1/2" deep:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
If its hollow, its a Minni'e. Or a Paradox..<G>
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
Truncated CONE cast lead handgun bullet, probably in .40cal or
larger and probably in 45acp
Supposely feeds better in semi auto handguns than wadcutter or
semi-wadcutter and still cuts a nice clean hole in a paper target
John
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:48:36 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Gerald Clough" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> R.H. wrote:
>>
>> > Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>> >
>> >
>> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>> >
>> >
>> 220 looks like a semi wadcutter pistol bullet. Somewhat unusual nose.
>
>Yes, it's a bullet but I'm not sure what particular type of weapon it's
>for.
>
I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner
<[email protected]> wrote back on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:36:35 GMT in
rec.crafts.metalworking :
>On 19 Dec 2004 16:50:29 -0500, [email protected] (DoN. Nichols)
>wrote:
>
>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>Matthew Russotto <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>In article <[email protected]>,
>>>Gunner <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Thats a Heath/ Keith style Semiwad cutter, and is likely to have come
>>>>from a Henseley and Gibbs mould with a second choice being Ideal.
>>>>
>>>>What is the diameter of the second band? If its .429-.433, its likely
>>>>for the 44 Special and if its .452-.455, its for the .45 ACP, both
>>>>rounds to be fired typically from a target revolver. Hollow base
>>>>bullets were very common in the 30s-70s for Bullseye shooters who were
>>>>shooting light to medium loads at paper targets.
>>>>The most common such today are 38 Special hollow base bullets, which
>>>>typically have a totally blunt nose with no ogive.
>>>
>>>What's with the grooves? I haven't seen them in modern cartridges,
>>>though Minies had them. Were these for black-powder revolvers?
>>
>> They (in cast bullets) are to carry lube into the bore, so you
>>don't get as much lead fouling.
>>
>> Not too common in jacketed revolver bullets (which is what I
>>usually shoot), though some rifle bullets have a groove for the case
>>mouth crimp, so the bullet is not either driven deeper or partially
>>pulled by recoil in the weapon -- or even worse, by the stack of bullets
>>in a tubular magazine. (There, you *really* want a blunt nose, so it
>>does not set of the primer of the next cartridge above it in the
>>magazine. :-)
>>
>> Out of curiosity -- since this is so heavily cross-posted, why
>>don't we put an indicator as to which newsgroup we are posting from?
>>I'm posting from rec.crafts.metalworking, FWIW.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> DoN.
>
>RCM as well
Agent has that option, Options>posting preferences>Introductions, and
put %newsgroups% in the appropriate line. As in "%from% wrote on %date% in
%newsgroup% :"
It helps me to keep track of where I was reading and responding to
what.
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as an explaination for the decline in the US's tech edge, James
Niccol wrote "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at
producing stuff teenaged boys could lose a finger or two playing with."
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 13:33:06 GMT, Tom Quackenbush
<[email protected]> wrote:
>R.H. wrote:
><snip>
>>It is similar to Lyman #20098 as seen on the page below, though it's not
>>quite an exact match. I would guess that these would be solid and not
>>hollow on the bottom.
>>
>>http://www.black-powder.com/BPC%20sub%20pages/BulletMolds.htm
>
>Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
>
>http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>
>Can you check the diameter?
>
OOOH!! I didnt know Lyman made that mould. Very nice!
Gunner
"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Aside from everything from 0x81 through 0x9F being defined as
> control characters, which is how they are handled on my system. But I
> see postings from Windows boxen and from Macs which use characters in
> that range for something or other.
AFAIK, DOS and Windows use 0-32 for control (although they display (have
graphics associated) if you print them properly), for instance ALT+007 is
BEL (system beep if sent to CON (which is keyboard input and monitor
output)), and in text mode, a large dot/bullet. Hmm, looks like Terminal
font (comes with Windows) prints most of them properly. Everything above
127 is just extended characters, for making text windows for instance.
Accented letters. Some Greek bits. Well heck, here's the charset I grew up
with:
... - Whoa, that was truely random, it BSOD'd when I opened the FTP client.
Good thing I saved this first. Hrm, but why did I save it? Maybe it wasn't
so random . . . *strokes chin*
Anyways.
http://webpages.charter.net/dawill/Images/ASCII.gif
Tim
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Badger wrote:
>R.H. wrote:
>>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
<snip>
>>>http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>>>
>>>Can you check the diameter?
>>
>> The diameter is just a little larger than 9/16" so it looks like you're
>> right, it's probably a Lyman 575494, thanks for the link.
>
>Shame they don't have a .6 (.596 true bore) to suit my commercial
>hunting snyder....
You _are_ posting (or crossposting) to r.c.m - maybe someone can
make you a suitable cherry and/or mold?
R,
Tom Q.
Remove bogusinfo to reply.
R.H. wrote:
<snip>
>It is similar to Lyman #20098 as seen on the page below, though it's not
>quite an exact match. I would guess that these would be solid and not
>hollow on the bottom.
>
>http://www.black-powder.com/BPC%20sub%20pages/BulletMolds.htm
Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
Can you check the diameter?
R,
Tom Q.
Remove bogusinfo to reply.
"Don D." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 223: level line holder for mortar. put in between the joints in the blocks
> on each corner, run a string all the way across for your straight line of
> brick or block. When done with that coarse remove it and fill the joint.
> Like the wooden blocks that hang on the edge, but more true. It can not be
> bumped up or down.
> Don D.
I believe this is correct.
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:00:09 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>If anyone is interested, I added a few more microscope photos:
>
>
>http://microphotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
#11: Edge-on view of quarters
#12: Don't know
#13: Don't Know
#14: Cassette tape
#15: Mechanical pencil end
Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
>Scott Lurndal wrote:
<snip>
>> ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is by definition
>> 7-bit.
>>
>> The typical 8-bit character set on linux is ISO-8859-1 (Latin) which is
>> based on 7-bit ASCII + a number of western european characters.
>>
>> Older unix may support 8-bit ascii, but the upper 128 bytes are not
>> standardized between vendors.
>>
>> scott
>>
>ASCII has both 7 and 8 bit level codes. 7 is common on teletypes, while 8
>is controlling other functions typically on electronic equipment.
>
>There is 5 & 6 level codes - Baudot and Trascii. 6 level code was needed for
>some bit slice machines. Only the 6 level (of the two) has ASCII roots.
>
>Martin [ has used all four ]
Thanks for the information, Scott & Martin.
I'd never heard of Trascii before - that's interesting.
I have worked with Baudot before, which could also get interesting,
especially when the [FIGS] code wasn't recognized, or when the current
loop wasn't set to "reverse" (IIRC, "reverse" was normal operation in
the US Navy).
R,
Tom Q.
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In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
219 is easy -- it's the top of a dry cell battery. Hard to tell the
size, but I'd guess a AA.
213 looks like some kind of mollusk shell.
215 looks like a pressure relief valve from a steam radiator.
217 looks like some kind of flaring tool, or maybe a grommet setter.
"Nate Weber" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
> >
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
> 222 is a pair of pliers for opening and closing lamp chain.
Correct, it's a pair of chain pliers.
R.H. wrote:
>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
<snip>
>> Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
>>
>> http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>>
>> Can you check the diameter?
>
>The diameter is just a little larger than 9/16" so it looks like you're
>right, it's probably a Lyman 575494, thanks for the link.
No problem.
It looks pretty similar, but I wouldn't be too sure that it came
from a Lyman mold. That mold might well be based on an a prevoius
bullet, designed by someone else.
Note that on the same web page there is a Lyman version of the
"Maxi" bullet (mentioned earlier in this thread), which, I believe,
was developed, and is still sold by, Thompson Center.
R,
Tom Q.
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Tom Quackenbush <[email protected]> writes:
>Tom Quackenbush wrote:
><snip>
>
>> As an aside, is there a UNIX/WENIX/Linux standard for 8-bit ASCII?
>
>WENIX = XENIX.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is by definition
7-bit.
The typical 8-bit character set on linux is ISO-8859-1 (Latin) which is
based on 7-bit ASCII + a number of western european characters.
Older unix may support 8-bit ascii, but the upper 128 bytes are not
standardized between vendors.
scott
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 00:47:30 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just added some new photos and answers to the last set:
>
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
#218: Watchmaker's tool. Possibly a staking tool?
#219: Positive terminal of a battery, looks like maybe AA or C cell?
#220: Old lead bullet
#221: Don't know, but looks like what used to be a hole for a bolt at the
back was broken and a weld attempt made
#222: Some type of spring clamp remover?
#223: No idea -- interested in seeing what this thing is used for that has
to do with mortar or cement.
"Tom Quackenbush" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> R.H. wrote:
> <snip>
> >It is similar to Lyman #20098 as seen on the page below, though it's not
> >quite an exact match. I would guess that these would be solid and not
> >hollow on the bottom.
> >
> >http://www.black-powder.com/BPC%20sub%20pages/BulletMolds.htm
>
> Closer to the Lyman 575494 Minie, I think:
>
> http://www.thunder-ridge-muzzleloading.com/lyman_molds.htm
>
> Can you check the diameter?
The diameter is just a little larger than 9/16" so it looks like you're
right, it's probably a Lyman 575494, thanks for the link.
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> 224 is a chain repair link
> 225 is part of a tube flaring tool. The part you clamp the tube in is
> missing.
> 226 looks like a blackjack
> 227 is a bicycle spoke wrench
> 229 is a chain saw chain link
>
All correct except #226.