On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:50:13 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate
> for today's date:
I'm normally not very good at these, but enjoy the challenge of trying
to figure out what they are. The only one I have a reasonable guess on
is:
1891. If the protruding thing on the top rotates, then the device looks
a lot like a retractable chalk line my father used to have. He had a
similar tape measure, but 8" looks like a might big diameter for one of
those.
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LOL Very explicit location. Do you know this from 1st hand experience?
Which side of the device were you on? The working end (entering
persons) or the research end (being booked). LOL
Stormin Mormon wrote:
<SNIP>
> 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
> 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
> central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
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> Am 01.04.2010 10:50, schrieb Rob H.:
>> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be
>> appropriate for today's date:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>>
>> Rob
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> 1891
>
> Is a drum-magazine for a sub-machinegun, prob. cal. .45ACP
>
yep, beat me to it. Lookslike it went on the thompson submachine gun.
Here is a picture to the modern version of that magazine.
http://www.tommygunshop.com/cgi-bin/itemdetail.asp?itmid=661
Expensive!
On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:28:05 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61**spamblock##@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
>> 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
>> central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
>
>They weren't just in Seattle. I saw a half-dozen
>of them in a junk shop surplussed from the county
>of Sacramento.
Indeed. Fresno Co was getting these about the time I was quitting the
SO.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> writes:
> "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
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>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
>> news:[email protected]:
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>>> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be
>>> appropriate for today's date:
>>
>> 1894 might be one of a number of Appalachian "idiot stick" jokes.
>
> Nope, this one actually has a function.
>
>> 1895 looks like a "sex pendulum" for ...
Reading this, as I do, in a text-based newsreader on a text console
(yes, the 80s called, they want their internet back), perhaps we
need a "what is it?" quiz where we're given the name of the object
and then have to work out what it really is. I'll start:
1) "Sex pendulum"
Phil
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
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> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be
> appropriate for today's date:
1894 might be one of a number of Appalachian "idiot stick" jokes.
1895 looks like a "sex pendulum" for determining the sex of an unborn child
(or chicken egg). To-and-fro, male; circles, female.
<G>
LLoyd
On Apr 1, 4:50=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate
> for today's date:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1891- drum magazine- tommygun?
1896- fingerprint comparator.
Dave
On Apr 1, 11:35=A0am, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> LOL Very explicit location. =A0Do you know this from 1st hand experience?
> =A0 =A0Which side of the device were you on? =A0The working end (entering
> persons) or the research end (being booked). LOL
>
> Stormin Mormon wrote:
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> <SNIP>
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> > 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
> > 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
> > central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.- Hide quoted text =
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1891: Thompson sub-machine gun magazine. 45acp 100 rounds
1894: Tap to get sap out of the trees for maple syrup.
1896 From the background, I'll guess this is a Police ID machine, to take
mug-shots and finger-prints.
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> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate
> for today's date:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1891 looks like the cap off a tube, or a plug for a hole.
1892, no clue.
1893 looks like either a farm equipment tie rod end, or
maybe an A-frame from front suspension.
1894 is an incense holder. I've never used one, but friends
have.
1895 looks like a plub bob.
1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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One of the items in this week's set could be considered to
be appropriate
for today's date:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be
>> appropriate for today's date:
>
> 1894 might be one of a number of Appalachian "idiot stick" jokes.
Nope, this one actually has a function.
> 1895 looks like a "sex pendulum" for determining the sex of an unborn
> child
> (or chicken egg). To-and-fro, male; circles, female.
Correct, it was sold as a chicken egg tester but it didn't work as
advertised. Basically a quack device, this is the one that I was alluding
to in my OP.
Rob
Moi! Jailhouse! Perish the thought!
The first thing came to mind, was my Dad's old DOS computer,
which was made in 1983.
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LOL Very explicit location. Do you know this from 1st hand
experience?
Which side of the device were you on? The working end
(entering
persons) or the research end (being booked). LOL
Stormin Mormon wrote:
<SNIP>
> 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
> 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
> central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
Rob H. wrote:
> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be
> appropriate for today's date:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1891 - Thompson 50 round drum magazine. The wing handle is used to wind
the internal spring.
1892 -
1893 - Looks like a bogie link from a rubber tracked excavator.
1894 -
1895 -
1896 - photo comparison tool?
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
> 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
> 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
> central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
They weren't just in Seattle. I saw a half-dozen
of them in a junk shop surplussed from the county
of Sacramento.
I don't tell people, that I was a deputy sherriff at the
jailhouse for several years. Actually, I don't tell anyone
that, at all.
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
> 1896 is a DOS based fingerprint scanner. It was from about
> 1984. Seattle Washington had about a dozen made for their
> central processing jailhouse, and I'm just guessing.
They weren't just in Seattle. I saw a half-dozen
of them in a junk shop surplussed from the county
of Sacramento.
1893. Don't let the size fool you. It's an idler arm, for
the steering system of something.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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One of the items in this week's set could be considered to
be appropriate
for today's date:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate
> for today's date:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Maybe 1892 is a predecessor to Starretts' Wire Gauge (model #281, etc).
Sorry if this has already been guessed.
On 2010-04-01, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of the items in this week's set could be considered to be appropriate
> for today's date:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
1891) I believe this to be a drum magazine for a Thompson
submachine gun.
O.K. Now I'm *sure*. See:
<http://mikesmachineguns.homestead.com/thompsondrums.html>
and in particular:
http://mikesmachineguns.homestead.com/files/39rd_drum/39_front.JPG
which suggests that this is a 39 round "XL" magazine, not the
larger 50 round drum.
1892) Looks like combs for neatly running three wires parallel.
I've never seen them in person, so I'm just guessing that such
existed somewhen.
1893) From the size and the color, I suspect that this is a link
for something in earthmoving equipment, perhaps a bulldozer to
allow tilting the blade.
1894) For running wire into a groove. Made as a field repair part
after seeing the ones used in the factory I suspect.
1895) The shape looks like a bullet -- perhaps about .30 cal, based
on the scaling from the length. However, this seems too long
for normal muzzle velocities. The cross-drilled tail is to turn
it into a key chain decoration. The material is wrong, though
it might have been a normal bullet which was chrome plated for
the decorative function indicated by the cross-drilling.
1896) This one looks like a the monitors for a CAD workstation, but
I don't see the keyboard, mouse, or digitizing tablet.
It looks to have a coin slot, which might suggest that it is
really used for photocopying in a library. Hmm ... perhaps
a microfiche or microfilm reader with the ability to make copies
of individual pages, which would suggest a library for technical
purposes.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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