On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 01:06:35 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>
> Rob
2785 Shortwave antenna array
2786 asbestos siding shear
2789 spring compressor
2790 Used to shape and dress the grinding wheels on large band saw
grinders. Bandsaw teeth are first swaged spread the tip of the tooth
then a shaper swage is used to close the kerf to exact dimensions, finally
saw is machine ground to clean up gullet and sharpen tip of teeth.
You had posted pictures of swagers and shapers a few weeks ago.
basilisk
> 2785 Shortwave antenna array
It isn't any type of antenna.
> 2789 spring compressor
Correct
> 2790 Used to shape and dress the grinding wheels on large band saw
>
> grinders. Bandsaw teeth are first swaged spread the tip of the tooth
>
> then a shaper swage is used to close the kerf to exact dimensions, finally
>
> saw is machine ground to clean up gullet and sharpen tip of teeth.
I think this is correct but I haven't been able to find a reference for it.
> 2787 is a safety device carried by ice fishermen -- the name of it escapes me right now. The
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> two pieces are attached by a cord which passes over the fisherman's shoulders *inside* his
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> coat, so that one dangles from the end of each sleeve. If he falls through the ice, he can grip
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> the ice with the spikes and at least hold his head above water, and hopefully haul himself back
>
> up onto the ice.
Sounds like a good use for them but these are supposedly for a different purpose.
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> My dad taught me use one of these when I was a teen, 55 years ago.
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>
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> Still have the thing in my shop. Every time some body comes by they
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> ask about it.
That's definitely one of the good things about collecting unusual tools, they are great conversation pieces.
Five of the six have been answered correctly this week, still not sure about the lid:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/02/set-479.html#answers
On 2/8/2013 3:37 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/02/set-479.html#answers
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2788 Looks like the lid for an antique cream container
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Meadow-Gold-Vintage-Dairy-Farm-Milk-Can-Bucket-pail-Cow-/260767306565?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cb6f15345
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Primitive-3-Quart-Tin-Milk-Cream-Can-Pail-Bail-Handle-/271136605422?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item3f210044ee
Back in the early 50's my family made a little extra income by selling
creme to the dairies. The creme was separated from cows milk with one
of these.
http://creamseparatorgallery.webs.com/apps/photos/
and yes. I used to have to separate the milk from the cows, manually. :)
The "Cremery Truck" came around once or twice a week to collect creme
from everyone in the area. The background wallpaper of the cream
separator gallery is a repetition of a separator and a large
container. That container is as I recall exactly like the ones on the
Cremery Truck.
This was back in the days before refrigerated trucks. The Cremery
truck was cooled with blocks of ice. If the kids behaved the drive
would them a chunk of ice to eat. It was a great treat for us. I can't
imagine getting away with giving a kid a chunk of ice today as a treat.
I think those containers were double walled to help keep the creme
cool. That's why the lid is so thick.
Thanks for the reminisce. It was as big a treat for me as was the
chunk of ice.
LdB
[email protected] wrote in news:d95eac49-877f-4784-83f8-4d695f0a9cb3
@googlegroups.com:
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
2787 is a safety device carried by ice fishermen -- the name of it escapes me right now. The
two pieces are attached by a cord which passes over the fisherman's shoulders *inside* his
coat, so that one dangles from the end of each sleeve. If he falls through the ice, he can grip
the ice with the spikes and at least hold his head above water, and hopefully haul himself back
up onto the ice.
On 2/7/2013 4:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
2788 fire hydrant cap for city... it provides a shower on hot summer
days and conserves water so that the fire plugs down the line will work.
--
Jeff
On 2/7/2013 4:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>
> Rob
>
#2789 For compressing springs for valve springs for an automobile engine.
Bill
On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:31:40 -0500, "G.W.Ross" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 2/7/2013 4:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> A new set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
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>2786 is an asbestos siding cutter with a built in nibbler and hole punch.
My dad taught me use one of these when I was a teen, 55 years ago.
Still have the thing in my shop. Every time some body comes by they
ask about it.
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 12:42:49 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>> 2785 Shortwave antenna array
>
> It isn't any type of antenna.
>
>
>> 2789 spring compressor
>
>
> Correct
>
>
>> 2790 Used to shape and dress the grinding wheels on large band saw
>>
>> grinders. Bandsaw teeth are first swaged spread the tip of the tooth
>>
>> then a shaper swage is used to close the kerf to exact dimensions, finally
>>
>> saw is machine ground to clean up gullet and sharpen tip of teeth.
>
>
> I think this is correct but I haven't been able to find a reference for it.
here's a link to a more modern version:
http://www.hanchett.com/miscel.html
basilisk
On 2/7/2013 4:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2786 is an asbestos siding cutter with a built in nibbler and hole punch.
--
GW Ross
Every vision has an equal and
opposite revision.
2785: I wish I know. I see these nets covering plants in Wisconsin, often.
2786: Combo tool. Hole puncher and shaper, Aluminum?
2787: Bayonets?
2788: ??
2789: Bearing pusher on' er / remover.
2790: ??
On 2/7/2013 4:06 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob