On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:14:58 -0500, Alexander Thesoso wrote:
> For the third week, I have no useful guesses.
> While 2185 is some kind of automobile accessory lamp, but I have no
> useful guess about its specific function.
Even *I* could figure that out. :-) It looks as if it's designed to
flash. Or at least, look to people in other cars as though it's
flashing; the retractable part opens and closes quickly. Or maybe not;
that's probably not efficient.
2187 is an industrial-strength spaghetti picker-upper. :-)
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On Mar 10, 3:58=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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> Rob
We used these as a trouble/working light in aircraft. It plugged in
such as a bulb would in a socket. Note the small pins used to align
the plug as needed in a socket. The pins are also used to retain the
plug, again as in retaining a bulb in a socket. The shutter is used to
restrict the light path as desired.
Bob AZ
Alexander Thesoso wrote:
> For the third week, I have no useful guesses.
> While 2185 is some kind of automobile accessory lamp, but I have no
> useful guess about its specific function.
>
> So why am I posting this?
> When I saw 2188, I burst out laughing.
> Many years ago, I saw a cartoon. I don't remember where, possibly the
> New Yorker. I also don't remember the cartoonist, but it was someone
> well-known. Possibly Larsen or Chas Addams.
> The cartoon was of a Dog Carrier. I think that was the caption.
> A guy was carrying a dog, by a handle, with a hook in the dog's mouth
> and a screw clamp stuck in the other end.
> Exactly like the top two things in the picture.
>
2188 early cat carrier
http://www.motifake.com/the-cat-carrier-demotivational-posters-13326.html
>
> On 3/10/2011 5:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> Yet another set of items has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>
>> Rob
>
Rob H. wrote:
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> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Rob H. wrote:
>>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>
>> I thought about this one til it hurt! : )
>>
>> 2187 -- A key???
>>
>> Bill
>
>
> Good guess, key is correct. Tough set this week, no answer yet for the
> large metal device or the two wooden tools. The rest of the answers can
> be seen here:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html#answers
>
>
> Rob
The small tool above the C clamp in 2188 looks like an rpm measurement
tool. You would push the end of the device onto the end of a shaft and
the dial on the side would spin and record revolutions. With a
stopwatch you could determine rpm.
John
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> Rob
2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
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> 2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
>
Or the cigar lighter hole...
LLoyd
Roger wrote:
> On 3/10/2011 7:42 AM, George W Frost wrote:
>> "Rob H."<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>> 2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
>>
>>
> 2185: Trouble light used in older multi-engined aircraft. Think
> WWII era.
While looking at that, I noticed 2187. 7. Shoot - that one's easy... that's
a tooth brush for them wimin up in Kanukistan...
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For the third week, I have no useful guesses.
While 2185 is some kind of automobile accessory lamp, but I have no
useful guess about its specific function.
So why am I posting this?
When I saw 2188, I burst out laughing.
Many years ago, I saw a cartoon. I don't remember where, possibly the
New Yorker. I also don't remember the cartoonist, but it was someone
well-known. Possibly Larsen or Chas Addams.
The cartoon was of a Dog Carrier. I think that was the caption.
A guy was carrying a dog, by a handle, with a hook in the dog's mouth
and a screw clamp stuck in the other end.
Exactly like the top two things in the picture.
On 3/10/2011 5:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> Yet another set of items has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
>
>
> Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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2185. Mechanic's or motorist's lamp powered off the cigarette lighter
socket.
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On 3/10/2011 7:42 AM, George W Frost wrote:
> "Rob H."<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Yet another set of items has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
>
>
2185: Trouble light used in older multi-engined aircraft. Think WWII era.
2185 early version of under the hood trouble light, powered
by a cigar lighter socket.
2186 Baloon holder, for youth after they get home from the
fair.
2187 Equine back scratcher
2188 early automotive bead breaker, for changing tires
2189, nothing comes to mind. Maybe a more skilled
photographer?
2190 totally no clue.
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When I saw 2188, I burst out laughing.
Many years ago, I saw a cartoon. I don't remember where,
possibly the
New Yorker. I also don't remember the cartoonist, but it
was someone
well-known. Possibly Larsen or Chas Addams.
The cartoon was of a Dog Carrier. I think that was the
caption.
A guy was carrying a dog, by a handle, with a hook in the
dog's mouth
and a screw clamp stuck in the other end.
Exactly like the top two things in the picture.
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
>
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> For the third week, I have no useful guesses.
> While 2185 is some kind of automobile accessory lamp, but I have no useful
> guess about its specific function.
Generally correct
> So why am I posting this?
> When I saw 2188, I burst out laughing.
> Many years ago, I saw a cartoon. I don't remember where, possibly the New
> Yorker. I also don't remember the cartoonist, but it was someone
> well-known. Possibly Larsen or Chas Addams.
> The cartoon was of a Dog Carrier. I think that was the caption.
> A guy was carrying a dog, by a handle, with a hook in the dog's mouth and
> a screw clamp stuck in the other end.
> Exactly like the top two things in the picture.
Sounds like a good use for it!
>> Yet another set of items has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>
>> Rob
>
"Ted Schuerzinger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:14:58 -0500, Alexander Thesoso wrote:
>
>> For the third week, I have no useful guesses.
>> While 2185 is some kind of automobile accessory lamp, but I have no
>> useful guess about its specific function.
>
> Even *I* could figure that out. :-) It looks as if it's designed to
> flash. Or at least, look to people in other cars as though it's
> flashing; the retractable part opens and closes quickly. Or maybe not;
> that's probably not efficient.
The covers for the light are just to protect it while in the tool box.
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>> On 3/10/2011 5:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> Yet another set of items has been posted:
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>>
>>> Rob
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>
>
> 2186-- for baling hay???
>
> Bill
>
Nope, if you look closely at the patent seen in the photo you can see it's
for use with something smaller than a hay bale.
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> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Yet another set of items has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
Correct, I was told it was for use by an auto mechanic and that it was
plugged into a light socket. I had asked him if you could plug it into the
cigarette lighter but he said it was used before cars had lighters in them.
Don't know when cars first got lighters and if that is true or not. I'm
sure it could have been used on airplanes as someone else suggested.
Rob
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> On 3/10/2011 5:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 2183 is actually a fly box for holding a fisherman's "wet" flies, not "dry
> flies" as the mechanism would smash the hackle on dry flies. Wet flies are
> flat.
>
> Bill
Looks like you're right, half way down the page at the link below I found
this quote:
"Individual dry fly compartments each has its own spring-loaded window. Wet
fly Clips will not rust."
http://www.herndonrods.com/wheatley_fly_boxes.htm
Thanks
Rob
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> Rob
2185 Car Drop light plug into cigarette lighter
2186 Hay bailer
2187 Pasta spoon
2188 Clamp
2189 welded Art
2190 Sword medallion
On 3/10/11 5:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
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>
> Rob
2190: Held Daniel Crestmark's balls. This legendary marksman kept the
bore of his Kentucky Long Rifle scrupulously clean with a wet patch. He
used the cap from his lipstick case to measure his powder.
Most riflemen used hard lead balls so they wouldn't deform too badly to
jam down the bore. Crestmark's case protected his soft lead balls.
He'd choose one and push it through the center hole to trim it to the
precise size of his bore.
The end of his ramrod was a hollow cone. As he tapped the ramrod to
pack the ball against the powder, the ball would deform, becoming
pointed with its sides mashed into the grooves of the rifling.
Harper's Ferry began producing 54-caliber yaggers in 1803. Crestmark
found himself tossed onto the Ash Heap of History.
"Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob H. wrote:
>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
>
>
> I thought about this one til it hurt! : )
>
> 2187 -- A key???
>
> Bill
Good guess, key is correct. Tough set this week, no answer yet for the
large metal device or the two wooden tools. The rest of the answers can be
seen here:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html#answers
Rob
> 2188) Well ... the central object is a Starrett mechanical tachometer
> which you have put up before. But I presume you are asking
> about the wood object just above it instead.
>
> That looks like something for supporting a workpiece between
> centers -- but since there is not a thread on the shaft of the
> T-handled part, nor a visible thumbscrew for locking it down,
> instead I will suggest that it is for pushing a cork into a
> style of bottle with a depressed center.
>
> The fact that it is displayed with the tach and some small
> C-clamps in interesting, and calls into question what kind of
> museum display it happens to be.
The two wood tools were part of a private collector's display in his museum,
the walls were full of tools that were mostly grouped according to use but a
lot of adjacent items were not related so the C-clamps and tach are not good
clues for these tools.
Rob
Dave Baker wrote:
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2189: Guess: A choke (part of carburation) for an antique tractor.
Bill
John wrote:
> Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> Rob H. wrote:
>>>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
>>>
>>>
>>> I thought about this one til it hurt! : )
>>>
>>> 2187 -- A key???
>>>
>>> Bill
>>
>>
>> Good guess, key is correct. Tough set this week, no answer yet for the
>> large metal device or the two wooden tools. The rest of the answers can
>> be seen here:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html#answers
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
> The small tool above the C clamp in 2188 looks like an rpm measurement
> tool. You would push the end of the device onto the end of a shaft and
> the dial on the side would spin and record revolutions. With a stopwatch
> you could determine rpm.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
Here is a picture of one.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/starrett-no-104-speed-indicator
John
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 18:56:34 -0400, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>Dave Baker wrote:
>> "Rob H."<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>2189: Guess: A choke (part of carburation) for an antique tractor.
>
>Bill
Looks a lot like it might be somewhat related to the old, naphtha
fueled blow torch. The slanted part being the torch itself, feeding
the hot fuel air mixture into the main body with many slots to release
the flammable mixture to the flame area. the small basin below the
main portion being the pan to hold raw liquid fuel which is ignited to
pre-heat the torch. I suspect that this assembly was provided with a
burner grate to support a lead pot as used by plumbers when assembling
cast iron "bell and spigot" pipe.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
On 2011-03-10, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/03/set-379.html
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
2185) Looks like an old automobile trouble light,
designed to plug into a cigarette lighter outlet.
The hook keeps it from sliding away from where it is being used.
What is not clear is why the mechanical shutter instead of a
switch in the cord.
Of course -- it could be a timing light, missing perhaps the
part to fire the bulb -- but the bulb sort of looks like an
incandescent -- though it might not be the original lamp.
2186) If the diagonal part between 3 and 15 on the drawing is
a spring or a rubber band, then it is some kind of shock mount,
perhaps for something like transporting nitroglycerine or some
similarly sensitive product.
If there were a pointer of some sort, I would consider it to be
possibly a form of scale instead.
2187) Looks like a tool for manipulating the grate in a woodstove, or
something similar.
2188) Well ... the central object is a Starrett mechanical tachometer
which you have put up before. But I presume you are asking
about the wood object just above it instead.
That looks like something for supporting a workpiece between
centers -- but since there is not a thread on the shaft of the
T-handled part, nor a visible thumbscrew for locking it down,
instead I will suggest that it is for pushing a cork into a
style of bottle with a depressed center.
The fact that it is displayed with the tach and some small
C-clamps in interesting, and calls into question what kind of
museum display it happens to be.
2189) Way too blurred to really make a guess at all. Sorry.
2190) Slips on over a small pipe. Might serve to keep rain
out of an exhaust pipe until opened. Perhaps if I looked up
Crestmark, I would learn more -- or perhaps not.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
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Ralph wrote:
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> On 3/10/2011 4:58 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> > Yet another set of items has been posted:
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> >
> >
> > Rob
> 2189 Maybe a gas stove burner
It appears to be some kind of gas burner, but may not be for a cook
stove. It looks like the air intake manifold is designed to hook up to
piping to bring in combustion air from some distance. The pictures are
pretty lousy so its is hard to tell.
-jim
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" <lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote in message
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> "George W Frost" <[email protected]> fired this volley in
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>> 2185: an auto trouble lamp you plug it into the parking lamp socket
>>
>
> Or the cigar lighter hole...
>
> LLoyd
Could be Lloyd, but it appears there is a lug on the side of the plug,
therefore, I do not think it would be suitable for a cigarette lighter
socket