"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> 1722
>> With the hint:
>>> It's not a vent cover but a clue that I will give is that it's from the
>>> 1860's.
>>
>> I'll make the guess: Cannister for cannister shot. Fill with iron
>> balls, and load into a cannon instead of a solid or explosive shell.
>> Makes a giant shotgun.
>>
> Good guess! It is indeed an empty canister round for a cannon.
>
>
Speaking of cannons....., has anyone seen this little cannon related news
item?
Sep 4, 9:51 PM (ET)
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms
from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of
his neighbor's home. William Maser, 54, fired a cannonball Wednesday evening
outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400
yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a
window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities said nobody was
hurt.
State police charged Maser with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and
disorderly conduct.
No one answered the phone Friday at Maser's home. He told WPXI-TV recreating
19th century cannons is a longtime hobby. He said he is sorry and he will
stop shooting them on his property, about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Somebody wrote:
> > OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
> You put an open can of beer in the center of the stand. Then you
> stick
> it up the chicken's ass so the chicken is verticle on the stand.
> Then
> you roast the chicken.
AKA: Beer Can Chicken.
Where I come from don't need no freakin stand for Beer Can Chicken.
The can serves as it's own stand to keep the chicken standing upright.
When the grease quits running out of the grease sack, it's time to eat
chicken.
Lew
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1717: Brick or butter mold
1720: Beer can chicken stand.
That's all I got...
In article <[email protected]>, Roy Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <100920090743441369%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> > In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This week's set has been posted:
> > >
> > > http://55tools.blogspot.com/
> >
> > 1717: Brick or butter mold
> >
> > 1720: Beer can chicken stand.
>
> OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
You put an open can of beer in the center of the stand. Then you stick
it up the chicken's ass so the chicken is verticle on the stand. The
you roast the chicken.
On Sep 10, 7:53=A0am, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
<lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:h8actv0ql3
> @news3.newsguy.com:
>
> >http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1717 Butter mold
> 1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
Lloyd may be right on 1717, as ,my thought wouldn't need the embossed
letters inside. However, my thought is a "skid brake" for old wood/
iron rim wagon wheels. We had somewthing very similar on the farm. I
cant tell from the photo what is attached, but the one we had used a
chain attached to the wagon frame. When hauling a heavy load with
horses, you put this in front of the rear wheel, roll up onto it, then
the chain holds it in place so the wheel skids down the hill instead
of rolling. Once at the bottom of the hill, back up off the brake and
hang it up on the frame.
Norm
"Roy Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> In article <100920090743441369%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > This week's set has been posted:
>> >
>> > http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> 1717: Brick or butter mold
>>
>> 1720: Beer can chicken stand.
>
> OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
In some states, chickens are allowed to make pin(feather) money by selling
beer by the roadside. Since they're not very strong, they use stands to hold
up the beer cans. This allows them to set the beer on top of a table, which
raises the cans up higher so passers-by can see them.
It's a myth that this has anything to do with "drunken chicken" recipes.
Those are based on urban chickens, which usually stick to white wine.
Boneless chickens are more likely to be wine drinkers.
--
Ed Huntress
"Upscale" <[email protected]> writes:
>
>"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> I agree that he is responsible for damages and was careless to not
>> anticipate the cannon ball ricochet, but criminal mischief is defined as
>> "the willful damaging of the property of another", nothing in the article
>> indicates that he damaged the property on purpose. Yes, he was reckless
>and
>> in the wrong.
>
>Firing a cannon off, (or any firearm for that matter) in an outdoor
>uncontrolled area is an irresponsible act. If he'd fired it off in a gun
>range, then I might agree with you. But, once a projectile is fired, there's
>no personal control as to where it goes, unless you've taken steps to
>contain it somewhere (as in the side of a hill for example). If you compare
>that to driving a car, it's assumed that you are going to be in constant
>control of it in what direction you aim it.
>
>This is all just talk of course. I'm not a lawyer and have no legal
>expertise. Just my opinion to go on and the man was criminally responsible
>as far as I'm concerned. You're entitled to your own opinion.
While generally agreeable, in this case, all that is known is
that the ball ricocheted. Perhaps he was shooting it at a side of a hill
and it hit a rock. I'd hold off on your opinion until you know all the facts,
not just what is printed here, or in the press. The only facts are those that
come out in court.
scott
On Sep 9, 10:21=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1720. Old Smokey Beer Can Chicken Holder.
http://www.amazon.com/Old-Smokey-Beer-Chicken-Holder/dp/B000XE63M2/ref=3Dsr=
_1_2?ie=3DUTF8&s=3Dhome-garden&qid=3D1252576215&sr=3D8-2
Karl
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I agree that he is responsible for damages and was careless to not
> anticipate the cannon ball ricochet, but criminal mischief is defined as
> "the willful damaging of the property of another", nothing in the article
> indicates that he damaged the property on purpose. Yes, he was reckless
and
> in the wrong.
Firing a cannon off, (or any firearm for that matter) in an outdoor
uncontrolled area is an irresponsible act. If he'd fired it off in a gun
range, then I might agree with you. But, once a projectile is fired, there's
no personal control as to where it goes, unless you've taken steps to
contain it somewhere (as in the side of a hill for example). If you compare
that to driving a car, it's assumed that you are going to be in constant
control of it in what direction you aim it.
This is all just talk of course. I'm not a lawyer and have no legal
expertise. Just my opinion to go on and the man was criminally responsible
as far as I'm concerned. You're entitled to your own opinion.
There's a difference there.
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> Pretty funny, but I don't know why they would charge him with criminal
>>> mischief when it was an accident.
>>
>> Shooting a cannon off means you're responsible for any damage it causes.
>> Would you call it an accident if it killed someone? It's careless use of a
>> firearm. Accident? What a pile of bull.
>
>I agree that he is responsible for damages and was careless to not
>anticipate the cannon ball ricochet, but criminal mischief is defined as
>"the willful damaging of the property of another", nothing in the article
>indicates that he damaged the property on purpose. Yes, he was reckless and
>in the wrong.
It's "shotgun" (or perhaps "canister") justice... charge him with
everything they can and hope some of it will hit.
--
The problem with socialism is there's always
someone with less ability and more need.
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>This week's set has been posted:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1717: Looks like a BS stamp to me.
1718: Mailbox of some sort?
1719: Proof of alien inventors
1720: Artichoke stand
1721: Portable torture device
1722: Vent cover
--
It's times like these which make me glad my bank is Dial-a-Mattress
"E Z Peaces" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob H. wrote:
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 1717: Brick mold. The lettered part is for the brand and to help the
> brick hold to mortar.
>
> Beechwood was preferred because the clay was less likely to stick. The
> iron straps reduced wear. A craftsman would fill each mold. A mold could
> hold up to six bricks. Single molds were suitable for children to carry.
> The filled mold would be carried to the drying area, emptied, and prepared
> for the next glob of clay.
gotta put in a plug here for a local industry. crowell brick mould company
in wallkill, ny. she still makes brick moulds. i visited there, her
products are works of functional art in hard maple and steel.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crowell_Brick_Mould_Complex.jpg
if you know anyone who needs some brick moulds get in touch with her, it's
tough times, she's trying to retain her employees.
b.w.
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1717 Butter mold
1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
"Matthew Russotto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> It's "shotgun" (or perhaps "canister") justice... charge him with
> everything they can and hope some of it will hit.
I had something similar happen to me in 1982. At 60 mph, I smashed my car
into a concrete light pole. About two months after that, I entered the
hospital for 16 months for a completely unrelated matter. During that
period, I was charged with dangerous driving. There were no witnesses to my
car smash, so the cops were just guessing as to what happened. The charge
was apparently their way of doing an information search to find out what
really happened.
Anyway, during that 16 month period that I was in the hospital, my father
had to go to the court house several times to have my court date stayed
because I was still in the hospital. Eventually, the prosecutor had the
charges cancelled with the explanation that I'd suffered enough. He believed
that I was in the hospital because of the accident, not for something else.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Pretty funny, but I don't know why they would charge him with criminal
> mischief when it was an accident.
Shooting a cannon off means you're responsible for any damage it causes.
Would you call it an accident if it killed someone? It's careless use of a
firearm. Accident? What a pile of bull.
"Scott Lurndal" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I'd hold off on your opinion until you know all the facts,
> not just what is printed here, or in the press. The only facts are those
that
> come out in court.
Which essentially is why he was charged the way he was. It's an information
search, a common court procedure.
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Better late (or lateish) than never for my guesses. It was a busy day
with meetings at work. One I'm pretty sure of, but a couple I'm
completely befuddled by this time:
1717 -- Brick mould; clay is stuffed in, leveled off (I assume with a
scraper, but possibly there's a matching lid), and the mold inverted and
the brick eventually sent to the kiln for burning.
1718 -- Old fashioned soda fountain, perhaps?
1719 -- I don't have the foggiest idea, so logically it's probably a
wire fence tightener/stretcher.
1720 -- Rack to hold something; I'd guess maybe either a ketchup bottle
and assorted bins for sugar and whatnot in a restaurant, or
(upside-down) a shade for an oil lamp.
1721 -- Another one I haven't the foggiest idea about, but I don't see
how this one could be a fence tightener. Maybe it's a portable darkroom
or similar appurtenance for a view camera, although it doesn't look
especially light tight to my eye.
1722 -- Purely a guess: a device intended to help locate a leak in an
engine exhaust system, by (partly?) blocking the tailpipe output and
thus forcing the exhaust out of the leak, where it can be easily seen.
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
1719 Not even a good guess, but some rambling: Used to get truck tires
on/off rims. I reason by analogy with the levers used to mount/dismount
bicycle tires. Push the solid bar between tire and rim. Use the arm with
the handle to widen the gap. Wedge the split arm against the solid arm to
keep the displacement. Then use a similar tool somewhere further around to
do the same operation.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <100920090743441369%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This week's set has been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>> 1717: Brick or butter mold
>>
>> 1720: Beer can chicken stand.
>
> OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
It's a great way to cook a chicken so it isn't dried out.
Open your favorite beer, drink a small amount so thermal expansion
doesn't cause a problem.
Now the open beer goes in the center ring.
Take well cleaned whole chicken and slide it over the stand and beer.
Set entire thing on the grill (or in the oven). Beer heats up and the
flavor of the beer and the moisture from it bastes the bird as it cooks.
Enjoy.
--
Steve W.
Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1717: Brick mold. The lettered part is for the brand and to help the
brick hold to mortar.
Beechwood was preferred because the clay was less likely to stick. The
iron straps reduced wear. A craftsman would fill each mold. A mold
could hold up to six bricks. Single molds were suitable for children to
carry. The filled mold would be carried to the drying area, emptied,
and prepared for the next glob of clay.
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1719 Not even a good guess, but some rambling: Used to get truck tires
> on/off rims. I reason by analogy with the levers used to mount/dismount
> bicycle tires. Push the solid bar between tire and rim. Use the arm with
> the handle to widen the gap. Wedge the split arm against the solid arm to
> keep the displacement. Then use a similar tool somewhere further around
> to do the same operation.
Excellent, looks like you nailed it! I did a search on tire breakers and
found one almost just like it:
http://shop.artspeedequip.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=22&products_id=341
Thanks,
Rob
"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:53:41 -0500, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
>
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:h8actv0ql3
>> @news3.newsguy.com:
>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> 1717 Butter mold
>
> I think brick. ;-)
Yes, brick mold is correct.
Rob
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:h8actv0ql3
> @news3.newsguy.com:
>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
You've got the right idea but the one in my photo goes by a different name,
based on where and when it was used.
Rob
"Matthew Russotto" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>This week's set has been posted:
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1721: Portable torture device
On the web site I mentioned a door on the other side of this one, it's a
scaled down model so at real size the door would have been large enough for
a person.
> 1722: Vent cover
It's not a vent cover but a clue that I will give is that it's from the
1860's.
Rob
>>>
>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>
>>> 1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
>>
>>
>> You've got the right idea but the one in my photo goes by a different
>> name,
>> based on where and when it was used.
>
> Hmm ... part of a "chuck wagon" for feeding cowboys on the
> trail?
Correct! It was called a chuck box and was filled with food and utensils.
Rob
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 1722
> With the hint:
>> It's not a vent cover but a clue that I will give is that it's from the
>> 1860's.
>
> I'll make the guess: Cannister for cannister shot. Fill with iron balls,
> and load into a cannon instead of a solid or explosive shell. Makes a
> giant shotgun.
>
Good guess! It is indeed an empty canister round for a cannon.
Rob
> Speaking of cannons....., has anyone seen this little cannon related news
> item?
>
> Sep 4, 9:51 PM (ET)
>
> UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms
> from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of
> his neighbor's home. William Maser, 54, fired a cannonball Wednesday
> evening
> outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400
> yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through
> a
> window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities said nobody was
> hurt.
>
> State police charged Maser with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief
> and
> disorderly conduct.
>
> No one answered the phone Friday at Maser's home. He told WPXI-TV
> recreating
> 19th century cannons is a longtime hobby. He said he is sorry and he will
> stop shooting them on his property, about 35 miles southeast of
> Pittsburgh.
Pretty funny, but I don't know why they would charge him with criminal
mischief when it was an accident.
Five of the six have been answered correctly this week, the answers have
been posted here:
http://answers301x.blogspot.com/
Rob
http://answers301x.blogspot.com/
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> Pretty funny, but I don't know why they would charge him with criminal
>> mischief when it was an accident.
>
> Shooting a cannon off means you're responsible for any damage it causes.
> Would you call it an accident if it killed someone? It's careless use of a
> firearm. Accident? What a pile of bull.
I agree that he is responsible for damages and was careless to not
anticipate the cannon ball ricochet, but criminal mischief is defined as
"the willful damaging of the property of another", nothing in the article
indicates that he damaged the property on purpose. Yes, he was reckless and
in the wrong.
Rob
On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:53:41 -0500, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:h8actv0ql3
> @news3.newsguy.com:
>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1717 Butter mold
I think brick. ;-)
> 1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
I was going to say, "antique industrial coffee urn". ;-)
1720, I almost said a coffeepot warmer for a very small coffeepot;
You'd set a votive-type candle on the lower small ring, and the
coffeepot on top.
But I've found that that's not even close. "Beer can chicken stand,"
indeed! I heard of such a thing (beer can chicken, not the stand) just
recently on TeeVee; the guy didn't use a stand, he just balanced the
can/chicken assembly on the bottom of the can. He also used half the beer
in some kind of basting sauce.
At first glance, it looks like a joke, and almost obscene. ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:45:06 -0400, Lee Michaels wrote:
>
> No one answered the phone Friday at Maser's home. He told WPXI-TV
> recreating 19th century cannons is a longtime hobby. He said he is sorry
> and he will stop shooting them on his property, about 35 miles southeast
> of Pittsburgh.
Did he also offer to pay 100% of the cost to repair the damage?
Thanks,
Rich
In article <100920090743441369%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > This week's set has been posted:
> >
> > http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1717: Brick or butter mold
>
> 1720: Beer can chicken stand.
OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
In article <100920090804396689%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, Roy Smith
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In article <100920090743441369%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> > Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > This week's set has been posted:
> > > >
> > > > http://55tools.blogspot.com/
> > >
> > > 1717: Brick or butter mold
> > >
> > > 1720: Beer can chicken stand.
> >
> > OK, I give up. What is a "beer can chicken stand"?
>
> You put an open can of beer in the center of the stand. Then you stick
> it up the chicken's ass so the chicken is verticle on the stand. The
> you roast the chicken.
Oh, I see. So this is something which could be used in conjunction with
number 1716 (from set 300)?
On 2009-09-10, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1717) That looks to me like a mold for making bricks -- one at
a time. (And marking them "BIS" in the process.)
1718) Rodent-proof storage for various foodstuffs, and a
dispenser for water in the top center?
1719) I'm sorry -- I don't even have a guess for this one. :-)
1720) A holder for a vase designed to keep it from being knocked
over? Perhaps for something like flowers at a funeral?
1721) Is that an air hose going from it to the tire in the
background?
If it were not apparent that it is mostly constructed from wood
and canvas, I would think that it might be a heat-treating oven,
with the apertures at the visible side for monitoring the
temperature, but not with the visible wood grain as part of it,
and not with the canvas cover. :-)
1722) Hmm ... a clamp-on end to a vertical exhaust pipe, with a
wooden plug to prevent rain from getting into the engine through
the exhaust system?
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2009-09-10, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:h8actv0ql3
>> @news3.newsguy.com:
>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>
>> 1718 Sheet metal version of a "Hoosier Kitchen"
>
>
> You've got the right idea but the one in my photo goes by a different name,
> based on where and when it was used.
Hmm ... part of a "chuck wagon" for feeding cowboys on the
trail?
Enjoy,
DoN.
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