On Nov 1, 4:12 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1132- slips under shingles? shakes?, hooks around the nail, and you
pull down on/hammer on the handle to cut the nail, allowing you to
remove a course from the middle of a roof/wall, without taking down
the courses above.
Dave
On 2 Nov, 02:20, "BillM" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1134 Shotshell de-prime/prime tool for Berdan primed
> shotshells?
How does that thing work for Berdan primers? Boxers maybe, but
there's only one prong and it's surely too tapered to fit through a
Berdan flashhole?
On Nov 1, 1:12 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
Well, here's what I got. Don't know what any of
them are called:
1130 looks like some sort of optical device. Some
kind of viewing instrument, perhaps? For measuring
things?
1132 looks like it might be for cutting or chopping
something, like a chisel, perhaps?
1134 looks like you could use to punch a hole
in something -- put in in there, squeeze the handle,
and the spike drives through it.
What was the background of the Father... That could be anything from
WWII part of some sort to a XRAY machine or anything. Sometimes Goo
is flux, grease, or special chemical for a unique property that isn't
plain to the causal viewer.
Martin
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R.H. wrote:
> The link below has some photos of an aluminum torus that someone found
> in their father's workshop after he passed away. I've heard some
> guesses on it, but haven't been able to verify any of them, maybe
> someone here will recognize it:
>
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>
>
>
>
> Rob
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In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
>so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
1129: It's a roller. Probably you put 4 of them on a wooden frame and
then you could roll the frame.
1130: Some sort of navigational instrument, perhaps for taking sun or
star sightings.
1131: Manure stirrer.
1132: Sometimes a spade is not a spade. Entrenching tool, though,
before they came up with the folding kind?
1133: Appears to be a sprinkler of some sort.
1134: Leather punch
1135: Perhaps some sort of pressure gauge.
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"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:12:58 -0400, R.H. wrote:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> 1131: Coal shovel for lazy people? ;-) (handle missing - must
> have been the Hell-fire. ;-) )
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
It's a shovel, and you're right about the missing handle , but it's not for
coal.
Rob
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> On Nov 1, 4:12 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day
>> tomorrow
>> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Rob
>
>
>
> 1132- slips under shingles? shakes?, hooks around the nail, and you
> pull down on/hammer on the handle to cut the nail, allowing you to
> remove a course from the middle of a roof/wall, without taking down
> the courses above.
>
>
> Dave
It's not for shingles, but you've got the right general idea.
Rob
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2 Nov, 02:20, "BillM" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 1134 Shotshell de-prime/prime tool for Berdan primed
>> shotshells?
>
> How does that thing work for Berdan primers? Boxers maybe, but
> there's only one prong and it's surely too tapered to fit through a
> Berdan flashhole?
I found this one in a box of gun related items, I don't know how it's used
but it looked close enough to the tool at this link that I figured they were
for the same purpose:
http://www.joesalter.com/detail.php?f_qryitem=4032
Rob
The link below has some photos of an aluminum torus that someone found in
their father's workshop after he passed away. I've heard some guesses on
it, but haven't been able to verify any of them, maybe someone here will
recognize it:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
Rob
> What was the background of the Father...
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
I had asked him that question, here is his response:
"My Father, after retirement, had a small work area in the garage, mostly
for puttsing around with lawn equipment and his car maintenance. How or why
this object was there is anybody's guess, he did not do any precise
work....he was a life long salesman."
Rob
"Bill Rider" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> R.H. wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What was the background of the Father...
>>
>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>>
>>
>> I had asked him that question, here is his response:
>>
>> "My Father, after retirement, had a small work area in the garage, mostly
>> for puttsing around with lawn equipment and his car maintenance. How or
>> why this object was there is anybody's guess, he did not do any precise
>> work....he was a life long salesman."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>>
> What volume do you calculate? Is it really 113 grams?
Mine came out nearly the same as yours, so I guess he's got the weight
wrong, I'll ask him about it.
Rob
>
> He must have meant about 4/10 ounce (11.3 grams).
>
> It looks like a very precise, reliable hydrometer.
>
> You put it on a scale and adjust the ballast for the desired weight.
> Then you drop it into the liquid. When it shows no tendency to sink or
> rise, the liquid is at the desired density.
>
> The clip would make it easy to check the displacement with a scale.
> First you'd give the donut enough ballast to sink in water. From the
> scale you'd hang a length of thin wire with a loop on the end into a
> container of water. Then weigh the donut on the scale with the end of
> the wire hanging in the water. Then clip the donut to the wire and
> weigh again with the donut submerged. That will tell you exactly how
> much water the donut displaces.
>
> You would adjust the ballast to get the density desired for the liquid
> you wanted to test. Paste would make good ballast because it wouldn't
> shift, could be added or removed in tiny amounts, and, if insoluble in
> the liquid being tested, could help seal the donut. To measure really
> dense liquids, lead shot could be added to the paste.
>
> The tubular shape of the donut would resist compression, which would
> make density measurements imprecise. The hole would allow you to use a
> string to pull it out of a tank without having the string affect its
> buoyancy; on the end of the string would be a metal washer too big to go
> through the donut. The washer would be on the bottom and the string,
> passing through the donut, would be tied above the suface.
>
> It could be used in a research lab or as a gage for a particular liquid
> such as antifreeze, oil, brine, or syrup.
Thanks, I'll pass this along to the owner of it and see what he thinks.
Rob
"Artemus" <[email protected]> writes:
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> 1133. Pneumatic 3 man pogo stick.
Full marks for the most entertaining answer!
I want to see that in action.
Phil
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R.H. wrote:
> The link below has some photos of an aluminum torus that someone found
> in their father's workshop after he passed away. I've heard some
> guesses on it, but haven't been able to verify any of them, maybe
> someone here will recognize it:
>
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>
>
>
>
> Rob
Let's see. D is the diameter from the middle of the tube on one side to
the middle of the tube on the other side. That would be (15.2 + 45.2) /
2 or 30,2 mm.
d is the diameter of the tube, or 15.2 mm.
Volume is 2.4674Dd^2. That would be 17.2 ml.
If it were solid aluminum it would weigh 45.4 g.
4 ounces is 113.5 g. That must be some very heavy paste.
I wonder where I went wrong...
"R.H." <[email protected]> writes:
>Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
>so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#1129 Honing Guide for handplane blades.
#1130 Optometry?
#1135 Slide Rule?
Artemus wrote:
> 1133. Pneumatic 3 man pogo stick.
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
>> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
3 peron bidet
1129 - chisel honing guide?
1134 - I remember seeing one of these just before I blacked out during
the vasectomy.
1134 - Otis King Patent Calculator with 429 and 430 scales for finding
logs and anti-logs. A cylindrical slide rule.
http://www.svpal.org/~dickel/OK/OtisKing.html
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©Russ
"Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by
fearing to attempt."
1133. Pneumatic 3 man pogo stick.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2 Nov, 02:20, "BillM" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 1134 Shotshell de-prime/prime tool for Berdan primed
>> shotshells?
>
> How does that thing work for Berdan primers? Boxers
> maybe, but
> there's only one prong and it's surely too tapered to fit
> through a
> Berdan flashhole?
Berdan cases are de-primed from the outside. Usually some
kind of poke it--
pry it--push it monkey motion, none of which works really
well. Another method
is to hydraulic them out, using water and a piston. Messy
on a good day.
I have seen new manufacture brass shotshell cases for sale.
Italian IIRC. They
were all Berdan primed.
Bill
1129: Looks like a support wheel/caster for a
swing out desk section.
1130: Some sort of ophthalmology tool.
1131: A butter churn paddle.
1132: Ice chisel.
1133: Lawn sprinkler.
1134: Tool for crimping a large connector onto
large wire or cable.
1135: Rotary slide rule.
Or none of the above.
Puff
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my
> computer all day tomorrow so I'll be posting the
> answer page early in the morning.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> Just posted the latest set, I'll be away from my computer all day tomorrow
> so I'll be posting the answer page early in the morning.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as usual.
1129) Hmm ... looks as though it clamps onto a board to support the
free end as the other end is fed into a saw or something
similar.
Or -- it is clamped roller up to a board or an extension below
the saw table to support a long workpiece as it is fed into the
saw blade.
1130) This looks like an optician's set for measuring your eyes to
prescribe the proper glasses.
1131) What this looks like to me is the working end (minus the long
wooden handle for stirring whale blubber cakes as they are being
rendered in the "try-pot"s.
If the end is sharp, it might even be one of the flensing knives
for stripping the blubber from the carcass of the whale.
1132) The right-hand half of this looks like the bit from an air
hammer used for street demolition.
However, the left-hand part is not part of that -- though it
might be used for working a stuck bit out of the macadam road
surfacing.
1133) Hmm ... perhaps a bicycle rack -- or perhaps an interesting
form of jack for changing tires without needing to call in a
breakdown service.
1134) Hmm ... the jaws look like they are set up for poking an
indent in the ferrule of a wooden handle on a steel tool such as
a shovel or a file handle. The indent might be sufficient to
hold the ferrule in place, or a nail might be driven in through
the hole produced by the spike.
However, the half-circle in the handle does not seem to fit
that. Could it be a tool for reloading a particularly old style
of rifle cartridge?
1135) Now *this* is something which I have wanted for decades -- a
cylindrical slide-rule.
It gives greater accuracy by stretching the usual 10" or 20"
scale to a much greater length, allowing more subdivisions.
Scale No 429 appears to be the standard C or D scale, while
Scale No 430 appears to be the log scale, since it is actually
linear.
Are there replacement scales stored inside it?
Now to see what others have guessed.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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According to Andrew Erickson <[email protected]>:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> I don't think I'm going to do all that well on these...very strange and
> unfamiliar devices this time around.
[ ... ]
> 1132 - I suspect this is a tool for repairing shingle (or possibly
> slate) roofs; the small V-notches are seemingly to cut off nails, and
> the chisel end probably to trim the shakes, shingles, or slates to
> proper size.
Having read some other guesses (including this) after posting my
original guesses, I will amend this to say that it is for removing
intermediate (presumably damaged) boards in clapboard siding on a house.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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Andy Dingley wrote:
> On 2 Nov, 02:20, "BillM" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 1134 Shotshell de-prime/prime tool for Berdan primed
>> shotshells?
>
> How does that thing work for Berdan primers? Boxers maybe, but
> there's only one prong and it's surely too tapered to fit through a
> Berdan flashhole?
You're looking at it from the wrong end I think. Doesn't look like it
goes through the flashhole, looks like the tooth cuts into the primer
from the base end.
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Bill Rider wrote:
> R.H. wrote:
>>
>>
>>> What was the background of the Father...
>>
>>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>>
>>
>> I had asked him that question, here is his response:
>>
>> "My Father, after retirement, had a small work area in the garage,
>> mostly for puttsing around with lawn equipment and his car
>> maintenance. How or why this object was there is anybody's guess, he
>> did not do any precise work....he was a life long salesman."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>
>>
> What volume do you calculate? Is it really 113 grams?
He must have meant about 4/10 ounce (11.3 grams).
It looks like a very precise, reliable hydrometer.
You put it on a scale and adjust the ballast for the desired weight.
Then you drop it into the liquid. When it shows no tendency to sink or
rise, the liquid is at the desired density.
The clip would make it easy to check the displacement with a scale.
First you'd give the donut enough ballast to sink in water. From the
scale you'd hang a length of thin wire with a loop on the end into a
container of water. Then weigh the donut on the scale with the end of
the wire hanging in the water. Then clip the donut to the wire and
weigh again with the donut submerged. That will tell you exactly how
much water the donut displaces.
You would adjust the ballast to get the density desired for the liquid
you wanted to test. Paste would make good ballast because it wouldn't
shift, could be added or removed in tiny amounts, and, if insoluble in
the liquid being tested, could help seal the donut. To measure really
dense liquids, lead shot could be added to the paste.
The tubular shape of the donut would resist compression, which would
make density measurements imprecise. The hole would allow you to use a
string to pull it out of a tank without having the string affect its
buoyancy; on the end of the string would be a metal washer too big to go
through the donut. The washer would be on the bottom and the string,
passing through the donut, would be tied above the suface.
It could be used in a research lab or as a gage for a particular liquid
such as antifreeze, oil, brine, or syrup.
On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 16:45:07 -0500, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>The link below has some photos of an aluminum torus that someone found in
>their father's workshop after he passed away. I've heard some guesses on
>it, but haven't been able to verify any of them, maybe someone here will
>recognize it:
>
>
>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>
>
>
>
>Rob
Bunt Cookie mould
Gunner
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illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
I don't think I'm going to do all that well on these...very strange and
unfamiliar devices this time around.
1129 - It's plain that this is a caster designed to clamp onto something
flat, probably a chunk of metal bar stock or a tongue projecting from
something. The caster has rolled a good little bit, from its
appearance, so it's probably not for use on furniture that gets moved
only seldom. Perhaps this is a part of a sliding door or window?
Perhaps some sort of piano moving appurtenance? Perhaps an infeed or
outfeed roller for some machine tool?
1130 - I'm guessing this optical instrument is somehow used to determine
prescriptions for eyeglasses, perhaps in a "self-service" sort of mode,
allowing the user to determine the correct script themselves. It could
also be some scientific instrument to determine e.g. the relative
brightness of a luminous object (or its absolute brightness, if related
to a known standard).
1131 - I assume the single tang on the far end gets secured into a
handle of some sort. If chucked in a brace, it could be used to stir
paint or other liquids.
1132 - I suspect this is a tool for repairing shingle (or possibly
slate) roofs; the small V-notches are seemingly to cut off nails, and
the chisel end probably to trim the shakes, shingles, or slates to
proper size.
1133 - This appears to be a stand to support three somethings; possibly
trash or recycling receptacles.
1134 - This looks as thought it could be used as a very poor cherry
pitter, but I suspect that's not the intent. Maybe it's a device to
trim, install, or remove round electrical insulators.
Now to see what other people say...
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
On Sun, 4 Nov 2007 19:08:17 -0500, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> On 2 Nov, 02:20, "BillM" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 1134 Shotshell de-prime/prime tool for Berdan primed
>>> shotshells?
>>
>> How does that thing work for Berdan primers? Boxers maybe, but
>> there's only one prong and it's surely too tapered to fit through a
>> Berdan flashhole?
>
>
>I found this one in a box of gun related items, I don't know how it's used
>but it looked close enough to the tool at this link that I figured they were
>for the same purpose:
>
>http://www.joesalter.com/detail.php?f_qryitem=4032
>
>
>Rob
When squeezed shut..the chisel jams deep into the Berdan primer and as
you open it..it rips out the primer cup
Gunner
Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
R.H. wrote:
>
>
>> What was the background of the Father...
>
>>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/torus.jpg
>
>
> I had asked him that question, here is his response:
>
> "My Father, after retirement, had a small work area in the garage,
> mostly for puttsing around with lawn equipment and his car maintenance.
> How or why this object was there is anybody's guess, he did not do any
> precise work....he was a life long salesman."
>
>
>
>
> Rob
>
>
>
What volume do you calculate? Is it really 113 grams?