R.H. wrote:
> A new set has been posted:
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> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Is #654 a winch used to tighten/secure bands?
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> Rob
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654 - Laundry mangle for a Leprechaun?
655 - Hewing Hatchet (basically the smaller brother to a broad axe) Used
to shape smaller pieces of wood.
656 -
657 -
658 - Looks more like a double acting vacuum pump for a farm milking
system than an engine.
659 - Part of a tankers prism viewer set. Used to see outside the tank
when the hatch was closed.
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657. Looks like a bobbin holder (shuttle) for a sewing machine.
Don Young
Still not sure about the small machine, but the rest have been answered
correctly:
654. Razor blade sharpener
655. Cooper's broad axe
656. Corn Sheller
657. Plumb bob
658. Guesses so far include: part of a player piano, organ, or milking
machine
659. Tank periscope
A few links and photos have been posted on the answer page:
http://pzphotosans115x-1.blogspot.com/
Rob
"Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote in news:1146751902_191
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> 658 - Looks more like a double acting vacuum pump for a farm milking
> system than an engine.
Yes, that makes a lot more sense. The cylinder heads are held on
by just a few wimpy looking rods, which couldn't support even a
very low pressure without leaking. But if it's intended to draw
a vacuum in the cylinder, they'd be self-sealing.
John
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>A new set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
654: This rolls cardboard into the tube at the center of a toilet
paper roll.
655: An axe.
656: Test tube holder
657: Looks like a fancy plumb bob, but might actually be a hynoglyph.
I don't know who uses the lemniscus as a trademark, unfortunately.
658: Possibly for running a conveyor belt?
659: Outdoor seed starter
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On 4 May 2006 21:48:51 GMT, [email protected] (DoN. Nichols) wrote:
>According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>> A new set has been posted:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
SNIP
>
>658) A steam engine, with three cylinders of equal capacity, so it
> is not a progressive engine.
>
> The three cylinders are spread around the circle at 120 degree
> intervals, so it should be capable of self starting from any
> position with the application of steam.
>
> The chain drive is not capable of handling much power, and it is
> designed to increase the speed, so at a guess I would suggest
> that it is for running a fan to circulate air heated by the
> device which is providing the steam.
>
> A different angle of view might allow me to see how the valve
> gear is set up, but it sort of looks as though it is single
> acting -- that is each piston is powered only in one direction.
>
SNIP>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
Hey DoN,
I sort of doubt this was a "steam" anything. For something so small,
relatively, the "throttle" and supply connection is way too large for
steam.
Personally, I lean towards a vacuum pump, driven by the chain rather
than driving the chain, and the "throttle" would be the output
(???input???).
Take care.
Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Only thing I am relatively certain of is;
654 A "strop" for double edge razor blades. With it open, drop the blade
over the two posts, close it up & turn the crank to sharpen both edges @
same time. Uncle had one.
657 No idea, but I'll bet if we saw it from a different angle it would be
more easily identified.
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According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> A new set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again.
654) Hmm ... part of it seems to remind me of the old hand-cranked
cigarette rolling machines -- but the vertical metal posts in
the middle seem to make it wrong for the task.
Perhaps it is designed to separate and organize wool on a small
basis?
655) I think that it is called an "adze", and it is for cutting a
flat surface on the side of a log -- useful when making a log
cabin.
656) Support for a ladle for melting lead with a blowtorch?
647) Another view would be helpful, but it looks to me to be
something designed for expanding dents out of tubing such as
dented shotgun barrels. Or perhaps designed for expanding to
shape the toe section of cowboy boot.
658) A steam engine, with three cylinders of equal capacity, so it
is not a progressive engine.
The three cylinders are spread around the circle at 120 degree
intervals, so it should be capable of self starting from any
position with the application of steam.
The chain drive is not capable of handling much power, and it is
designed to increase the speed, so at a guess I would suggest
that it is for running a fan to circulate air heated by the
device which is providing the steam.
A different angle of view might allow me to see how the valve
gear is set up, but it sort of looks as though it is single
acting -- that is each piston is powered only in one direction.
659) This one, at least, I am sure of. It is a prism from a tank
periscope. Two of them and a mounting tubing can make a
periscope (as I did as a kid -- early 1950s). This one is the
exterior end, as the interior end does not have the aiming
hairline, and should have cushioned eyepieces to avoid damage to
the head during travel or when the tank is being shelled. I've
never seen the interior eyepieces for these, but there were a
*lot* of these exterior prisms -- probably they were made in
quantities because they were exposed to enemy rifle fire, and
probably had to be replaced fairly frequently.
Now to see what others have posted.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 657. Looks like a bobbin holder (shuttle) for a sewing machine.
No -- I don't think so -- but perhaps a shuttle for a weaving
loom.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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The DoN. Nichols entity posted thusly:
>According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>> A new set has been posted:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>655) I think that it is called an "adze", and it is for cutting a
> flat surface on the side of a log -- useful when making a log
> cabin.
No idea what it is, but it isn't an adze. The blade of an adze is at
right angles to the axis of the shaft.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
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659.
An old Prism for protected outside viewing from inside a tank.