"Steve W." wrote:
>
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On Nov 26, 9:44 pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Mensanator wrote:
> >>> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
> >>> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
> >> Looks like a vegetable slicer. Used to cut tomato, onion, and such into
> >> even slices faster than a single blade.
> >
> > Yes, defintely a tomato slicer. Found it on the internet once I knew
> > what it was called (not easy, though. Most hits on "tomato slicer"
> > return fancy serrated knives or electric slicers.)
> >
> > If they are, indeed, from my dad's old snack shop (which he sold
> > before I was sentient), it means I've been pushing them aside while
> > searching through the kitchen drawer for over 50 years and never
> > once used them.
> >
> > But I will NOT let my sister throw them away!
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone, hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving.
> >
> >> --
> >> Steve W.
> >
>
> Could very well be from that age.
> Most of the places today that use sliced veggies use an electric slicer
> because most of the help cannot be trusted with a sharp bladed knife...
> And because they can slice them paper thin and make one "tomato*" last
> all day!!!!
>
> tomato* - in the past this was a well grown fruit which would be grown
> at home and picked from the vine only when truly ripe (unless making
> green tomato products) It would then be sliced and allow the juice and
> aroma out.
> Current "tomato" products sold in stores resemble the original product
> in color only. In taste they are closer to cardboard with reconstituted
> tomato juice sprayed on it...
Seeds for 'Heritage' varieties are still available if you want good
flavor.
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Lee Michaels wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>>
>>
>>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>
> 1787. Looks like a fireman's pike. Used to pull down/apart burning walls,
> ceilings, etc. A handle attaches to the head.
>
>
>
I was thinking more along the lines of a logging pike used when floating
logs down a river.
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On Nov 26, 9:25 pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote in news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-
> [email protected]:
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> > On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> I don't visit this thread often, but here I found one of my old true
> loves:
>
> A tomato slicer!
Hmmm...never thought there would be a call for that, but I
just tried it and it works well. Nice uniform slices.
I suppose if I owned a restaurant, it would be handy.
Come to think of it, my dad DID own a snack shop over
fifty years ago, maybe that's where they're from.
And this
http://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/35883/products/p895653/tomato-slicer-function-part%3a-6375-inches.html
seems to confirm it.
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I just saw this thread. It is definitely a tomato slicer. I have owned
several over the years. It probably started with my grandmother's famous
lettuce and tomato sandwiches. The lettuce and tomato were fresh from her
extraordinary garden. And the bread was home baked and BIG.
I fell in love with tomatoes way back then and have consumed tons of them
since. I used to slice up tomatoes for everybody at the table. And I used a
tomato slicer like this one. Ahhh...., brings back memories. I need to get
another one.
Maybe I will leave a hint for Santa.
"-MIKE-" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Lee Michaels wrote:
>> I just saw this thread. It is definitely a tomato slicer. I have owned
>> several over the years. It probably started with my grandmother's famous
>> lettuce and tomato sandwiches. The lettuce and tomato were fresh from her
>> extraordinary garden. And the bread was home baked and BIG.
>>
>> I fell in love with tomatoes way back then and have consumed tons of them
>> since.
>
> I bet you about puke when you get one at a restaurant.
>
My wife loves to grow cherry tomatos.
We munch on those for three months of the year.
I am a big beefsteak tomato kinda guy nyself.
And yes, standard tomatos compare badly with the real thing.
"Lee Michaels" wrote:
-----------------------------------
> I just saw this thread. It is definitely a tomato slicer. I have
> owned several over the years. It probably started with my
> grandmother's famous lettuce and tomato sandwiches. The lettuce and
> tomato were fresh from her extraordinary garden. And the bread was
> home baked and BIG.
>
> I fell in love with tomatoes way back then and have consumed tons of
> them since. I used to slice up tomatoes for everybody at the table.
> And I used a tomato slicer like this one. Ahhh...., brings back
> memories. I need to get another one.
>
> Maybe I will leave a hint for Santa.
---------------------------------------------------
Here in California are some of the biggest tomato growing operations
in the country, thus lots of tomato processing operations.
So what do you find on the shelves of the supermarkets here in SoCal?
Hot House or hydroponic tomatoes.
Look great.
Taste like cardboard.
Same can be said for the strawberries grown here in SoCal.
You get spoiled having your own garden.
Got to find a fresh air market.
Lew
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> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
1787. Looks like a fireman's pike. Used to pull down/apart burning walls,
ceilings, etc. A handle attaches to the head.
On Nov 30, 5:22=A0pm, Rich Grise <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:49:11 -0800, Mensanator wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> I vote egg slicer - every "egg slicer" I've seen that uses wires
> like a cheese slicer just squashes the egg.
Nevertheless, egg slicers only appear to be made with wires.
Turns out it is, in fact, a tomato slicer. Somehow I don't
envision hardboiled eggs being on the menu when my dad owned
the soda fountain from where I'm guessing they originated.
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
On Nov 30, 7:05=A0pm, "Paul Hovnanian P.E." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mensanator wrote:
>
> > On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> It could be a grater of some sort.
Uh...guys, the game ended a couple days ago.
Turns out it's a Tomato Slicer.
http://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/35883/products/p895653/tomato-slicer-func=
tion-part%3a-6375-inches.html
Thanks for playing.
>
> --
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On Nov 27, 8:42=EF=BF=BDpm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> WOW, I saw one of these at an antique store in Buckhannon, WV today!!
What did they want for it?
>
> I thought it was an egg or tomato slicer.
>
> Mike in Ohio
>
>
>
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
Not sure. I was looking for my wife's dish pattern. Mike in Ohio
Mensanator wrote:
> On Nov 27, 8:42�pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
>> WOW, I saw one of these at an antique store in Buckhannon, WV today!!
>
> What did they want for it?
On Nov 25, 7:54=A0pm, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote innews:[email protected]:
>
> >http://55too
>
> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
THAT just quacked me up/
Mensanator said:
>On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
>http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
Isn't it an old tyme grater? Like for cheese and vegetables.
Greg G.
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
Some sort of food service, perhaps.
Sausages! Inna bun! Made from genuine pig!
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
wrote:
> "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
> > news:[email protected]:
> >
> >> http://55too
> >
> > 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
>
>
>
> LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
> still no correct answers posted for it.
If you need help figuring out what it's for, how do you know there are
no correct answers?
In article <[email protected]>, dpb
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Rob H. wrote:
> ...
>
> > LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
> > still no correct answers posted for it.
>
> How do you know--I thought the premise was it was unknown...??? :)
Oops. You beat me to the same question.
In article <[email protected]>, Kerry
Montgomery <[email protected]> wrote:
> 1786 is the unknown item
> 1784 is Daffy's coffin, which has to be a better answer than whatever the
> real one is.
> Kerry
You are correct, Sir. Mea culpa.
But Daffy's head would only fit 1784 after one of Elmer's shots, with
Daffy's bill spinning around his forehead.
So that can't be right.
In article
<[email protected]>, Robert
Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Built too well for that. Daffy's casket would be, appropriately enough,
> quacker-box construction.
With rabbit joints...
In article
<[email protected]>, Robert
Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <281120091457575550%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]>, Robert
> >Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Built too well for that. Daffy's casket would be, appropriately enough,
> >> quacker-box construction.
> >
> >With rabbit joints...
>
> Assembled with Elmer's glue, undoubtedly.
And colour? Maroon, of course.
On Nov 26, 10:15=A0pm, Joseph Gwinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article
> <fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-c45db7f72...@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
>
> =A0Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Nov 25, 4:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> It looks like a bread slicer, or perhaps an boiled egg slicer, or
> mushroom slicer.
Definitely a tomato slicer.
http://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/35883/products/p895653/tomato-slicer-func=
=3D
tion-part%3a-6375-inches.html
I could have found out before posting, but I never tried
"tomato slicer" in my searches. "Egg slicer" produced lots
of hits, but none used serated blades or looked anything
like these tools. And a search all over William-Sonoma
failed to turn up anything like them either (probably the
wrong place to look when outfitting a greasy spoon.)
>=A0What is the spacing between blades?
The spacing was slightly greater than a 1/4 inch
(4 slices have 9/8" spacing.)
>
> Joe Gwinn
On Nov 26, 9:25=A0pm, Han <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote in news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-
> [email protected]:
>
> > On Nov 25, 4:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> I don't visit this thread often, but here I found one of my old true love=
s:
>
> A tomato slicer!
Hmmm...never thought there would be a call for that, but I
just tried it and it works well. Nice uniform slices.
I suppose if I owned a restaurant, it would be handy.
Come to think of it, my dad DID own a snack shop over
fifty years ago, maybe that's where they're from.
And this
http://www.tradeeasy.com/supplier/35883/products/p895653/tomato-slicer-func=
tion-part%3a-6375-inches.html
seems to confirm it.
Thanks.
>
> --
> Best regards
> Han
> email address is invalid
On Nov 26, 9:44=A0pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> >http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> Looks like a vegetable slicer. Used to cut tomato, onion, and such into
> even slices faster than a single blade.
Yes, defintely a tomato slicer. Found it on the internet once I knew
what it was called (not easy, though. Most hits on "tomato slicer"
return fancy serrated knives or electric slicers.)
If they are, indeed, from my dad's old snack shop (which he sold
before I was sentient), it means I've been pushing them aside while
searching through the kitchen drawer for over 50 years and never
once used them.
But I will NOT let my sister throw them away!
Thanks again to everyone, hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving.
>
> --
> Steve W.
WOW, I saw one of these at an antique store in Buckhannon, WV today!!
I thought it was an egg or tomato slicer.
Mike in Ohio
Mensanator wrote:
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
1788: A FIFO canning jar?
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Mensanator wrote:
>
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
It could be a grater of some sort.
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On Nov 28, 10:18=EF=BF=BDam, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not sure. =EF=BF=BD
Drat. Since new ones are still available, they
can't be worth much. But that wire handled one
is obviously an antique and must be fabulously
valuable. :-)
> I was looking for my wife's dish pattern. =EF=BF=BDMike in Ohio
>
>
>
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On Nov 27, 8:42 pm, Michael Kenefick <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> WOW, I saw one of these at an antique store in Buckhannon, WV today!!
>
> > What did they want for it?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
1783: a scaler (to remove scale from iron castings); basically
a cleaning chisel.
1785: a coining press; give the balls a spin, and if the
RPMs are right, the coins all come out with the right depth
of indentation when the motion stops.
1786: ?some kind of dessert cart? Bins for sprinkles and sauces,
the main case is to keep flies off the banana split...
It's a tomato slicer. I have one and use it - nice even slices,
the little saw blades work really well on tough skinned or soft.
Rinses off, no rust. Tried it to slice butter, worked well if the
temperature was just right - very, very cold.
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On Nov 26, 8:59 pm, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mensanator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-c45db7f72b41@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> "Wonder" if it would work to slice bread?
Problem is the side rails. The object being sliced
can't be very large.
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> In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
>> > news:[email protected]:
>> >
>> >> http://55too
>> >
>> > 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
>>
>>
>>
>> LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
>> still no correct answers posted for it.
>
> If you need help figuring out what it's for, how do you know there are
> no correct answers?
1786 is the unknown item
1784 is Daffy's coffin, which has to be a better answer than whatever the
real one is.
Kerry
In article <[email protected]>, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> http://55too
>
>1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
Built too well for that. Daffy's casket would be, appropriately enough,
quacker-box construction.
EeeeKK!!! the discussion has migrated back to wood-working.
In article <[email protected]>,
Steve Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>>> http://55too
>>>
>>> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
>>
>>
>>
>> LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
>> still no correct answers posted for it.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>I'm so glad... for a minute there I was worried that Daffy Duck was dead!
No worries on that. You see, it is a "Heisen-koffin'. Like the box that
Schroedinger's cat was contained in, it is _only_ when you open it and look
inside do you find out whether or not the party is actually deceased! And
the secnd picture _does_ show it open -- and *empty*. Ergo, no dead duck. :)
Rob H. wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
1783 stone masons texturing chisel for decrorative texturing of stone ?
1785 is a fly press the arm with the wieghts on the end is spun and the
main spindle of the press screws downward ,can be used for stamping thin
metal into shape or pressing bushes into other parts.
1787 possibly a climbers' icepick
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
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> http://55too
1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote in news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-
[email protected]:
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
I don't visit this thread often, but here I found one of my old true loves:
A tomato slicer!
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Best regards
Han
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On Nov 26, 8:49=A0pm, Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 25, 4:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
cheese slicer?
swp
p.s. Happy Thanksgiving
1786. The small cart is probably for a doctor, nurse or barber. It
has a decidedly medical flavor to it. The lower cabinet could hold a
lamp or candle which would keep the water in the upper basin at a good
temperature, the little attachment boxes are hung off the top for easy
accessibility and easy to rearrange to suit the individual's needs.
If I had to pick one, because of the wheels and the lower height, I'd
guess it was wheeled about by a nurse or orderly and used to change
dressings in a hospital most likely at night. The lower glass
cabinet, with perforated doors allowing air for combustion, would also
shed light at a lower level so it wouldn't disturb the other patients
with light shining in their eyes.
R
On Nov 26, 8:59=A0pm, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mensanator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-c45db7f72b41@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> "Wonder" if it would work to slice bread?
Problem is the side rails. The object being sliced
can't be very large.
In article <281120091457575550%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]>, Robert
>Bonomi <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Built too well for that. Daffy's casket would be, appropriately enough,
>> quacker-box construction.
>
>With rabbit joints...
Assembled with Elmer's glue, undoubtedly.
On Nov 25, 5:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
Castagnas!! Chestnut vender's cart.
On Nov 25, 4:06=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
A Thanksgiving conundrum.
http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1783 - Tool for embossing/forming ridges and furrows in some material,
or possibly for chipping/crumbling away a hard material. I'll guess at
random and say it's for preparing plaster walls and ceilings for repair
or ornamentation.
1784 - Critter trap of some sort, possibly triggered by a string or wire
that extends through the notch on the edge (seen in the open photo)...in
which case the metal piece might be a bait holder or similar.
1785 - Manual shop press/punch, operated by the momentum of the balls at
the top (that are spun by hand). Used for any number of purposes for
which a smallish shop press would be handy.
1786 - Possibly a portable cookstove, heated by a burner in the lower
glass compartment? The cart part would, of course, be simply to permit
it to be wheeled about the home or camp more easily--to the breakfast
room for breakfast, to the parlor for tea....
1787 - Since I have no idea what this hand tool is, I'm forced to fall
back on the guess that it's a fence wire tightener. If so, that would
explain the broken wooden part of the handle.
1788 - Jar with two lids at two opposite poles; handy for storing stuff
that you want to get at from both ends. I do admit I rarely need to
keep things that way, nor can offhand think of any time it would be
especially useful, but still....
Now to see if other people have any clearer ideas than I do.
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
1763 - heat sink
1785 - press for making campaign or similar tin buttons
1787 - I'd use it for cutting out vines such as blackberries
"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rob H. wrote:
>> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
> ...
> Sometimes pictures just aren't enough or there aren't enough pictures
> but--looks like a version of a dry sink to me w/o the ability to study "up
> close and personal"
Sounds like this is probably correct, the cart was found in a cabin that
someone had just purchased.
Thanks,
Rob
>> Sometimes pictures just aren't enough or there aren't enough pictures
>> but--looks like a version of a dry sink to me w/o the ability to study
>> "up close and personal"
>
>
> Sounds like this is probably correct, the cart was found in a cabin that
> someone had just purchased.
I mentioned this to the owner and here is their reply:
"We considered a dry sink, but it has a broad handle over the top, right
where you'd need to put the bowl. Even if it was a miniature salesman's
sample of a dry sink, it's not at all sturdy, and the shelf inside is
light-weight too, and only half-width. Most dry-sinks had a drain hole, and
this doesn't--the top recessed part is galvanized metal with soldered inside
edges."
I think that dry sink is still a possible answer, but we'll see if anyone
else comes up with a better solution.
Rob
Rob H. wrote:
>
>>> Sometimes pictures just aren't enough or there aren't enough pictures
>>> but--looks like a version of a dry sink to me w/o the ability to
>>> study "up close and personal"
>>
>>
>> Sounds like this is probably correct, the cart was found in a cabin
>> that someone had just purchased.
>
> I mentioned this to the owner and here is their reply:
>
> "We considered a dry sink, but it has a broad handle over the top, right
> where you'd need to put the bowl. Even if it was a miniature salesman's
> sample of a dry sink, it's not at all sturdy, and the shelf inside is
> light-weight too, and only half-width. Most dry-sinks had a drain hole,
> and this doesn't--the top recessed part is galvanized metal with
> soldered inside edges."
>
> I think that dry sink is still a possible answer, but we'll see if
> anyone else comes up with a better solution.
I think one would need to be able to do such hands-on inspection unless
just happened to have seen another specific sample elsewhere. Sometimes
you just can't see what the clues are from a couple of photographs; you
have to be able to look at wear indications, fiddle with stuff and so
on--all give clues and may lead to the "ah-ha" moment...
My other thought was it possibly could have been a display cabinet of
some sort...
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Rob H. wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
1783 - One STRANGE punch
1784 -
1785 - Screw style arbor press.
1786 -
1787 - OLD pike pole tip? Used to extend the reach of a firefighter.
1788 - Bottle for people who don't know which way to go?
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Rob H. wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
1786: A portable pantry.
If you wanted to make dough, you would have to bring flour, lard, sugar,
and starter from rodent-proof containers in the cool pantry, out to the
kitchen counter. That took time and counter space.
Then you would need a warm place for the dough to rise. The stove might
not be kept warm, especially in a cabin.
I think there was a cover to keep rodents out of the tub, and it was for
flour. When you wanted to make dough, you'd roll the cart from the
pantry to the kitchen counter. Afterward, you'd put the bowl of dough
in the glass cabinet and warm it by the stove, by the fire, or by
sunshine indoors or out.
1788: Without hydrogenation, the solids in peanut butter settle. I
think this jar was for something that over a period of days would
settle. It could be accessed from either end and stored on either end
or one of six sides.
"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
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>> http://55too
>
> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
How about a container for a certain size of lead shot /(buck shot)?
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> Rob H. wrote:
>> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>>
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> 1783 stone masons texturing chisel for decrorative texturing of stone ?
Yes, it's a stone worker's tool.
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
1788,
Ketchup bottle for lazy folks?
Beginner's kit to build a "ship in a bottle"? ; )
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> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
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>> http://55too
>
> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
still no correct answers posted for it.
Rob
Rob H. wrote:
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> "Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> http://55too
>>
>> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
>
>
>
> LOL, that's the best guess I've heard so far on this box, yet there are
> still no correct answers posted for it.
>
>
> Rob
I'm so glad... for a minute there I was worried that Daffy Duck was dead!
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Rob H. wrote:
>
>> 1787 Fireman's Axe
>
>
> Correct, although it was marked fireman's pike.
>
>
> Rob
Which would be correct. A pike pole is used to tear down walls,ceilings,
plaster/lathe and whatever else to make sure the fire is out. We also
use them to pull tin roofs, take out windows and to push over chimneys.
They usually have a hardwood handle (newer ones are fiberglass) and
range from 3 feet long to 12 feet (some specific use ones are longer)
That one looks like the handle has broken off (not a surprise, they get
reefed on pretty bad in use).
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1783: Quick slicer, for making very small french fries
1784: Coffin, for a duck
1785: Mechanical press of some kind. Somewhat similar to old
style printing press. I'd dare to guess it's used for
pressing numbers into a consecutively numbered part. Or, to
force fit something that needs to be assembled.
1786: The only thing comes to mind, is a chicken brooder.
The heat from the chicks in the glass lower section helps
keep the upper section warm.
1787: Looks a bit like the firemans tool known as a
Halligan. Used for forcible entry, and salvage overhaul.
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This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal
cart is for:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
I posted before I read this. Honest!
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1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
"Mensanator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
A Thanksgiving conundrum.
http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
"Wonder" if it would work to slice bread?
Rob H. wrote:
> Tough set this week, still don't know for sure what the cart is for but
> the rest of the answers can be found here:
>
> http://answers312k.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
Patent 721,860 from 1903 is a rolling cabinet with dimensions similar to
1786. Each has a cabinet below a metal tub.
You would put an oil or electric lamp in the cabinet to warm the tub for
raising dough. Then you could store your loaves in the cabinet with ice
in the tub.
The patented cabinet had a multipurpose wooden cover to allow kneading.
I wouldn't want to knead on a rolling cabinet. I'd rather have the
rodent-proof bins and the big handle to help roll it to and from the pantry.
Mensanator wrote:
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
Looks like a vegetable slicer. Used to cut tomato, onion, and such into
even slices faster than a single blade.
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On Nov 26, 8:59 pm, "Bill" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mensanator" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-c45db7f72b41@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>
> "Wonder" if it would work to slice bread?
Problem is the side rails. The object being sliced
can't be very large.
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Good point. It might work on a potato, but it might be awkward getting
started.
Lee Michaels wrote:
> I just saw this thread. It is definitely a tomato slicer. I have owned
> several over the years. It probably started with my grandmother's famous
> lettuce and tomato sandwiches. The lettuce and tomato were fresh from her
> extraordinary garden. And the bread was home baked and BIG.
>
> I fell in love with tomatoes way back then and have consumed tons of them
> since.
I bet you about puke when you get one at a restaurant.
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Mensanator wrote:
> On Nov 26, 9:44 pm, "Steve W." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Mensanator wrote:
>>> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>>> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
>> Looks like a vegetable slicer. Used to cut tomato, onion, and such into
>> even slices faster than a single blade.
>
> Yes, defintely a tomato slicer. Found it on the internet once I knew
> what it was called (not easy, though. Most hits on "tomato slicer"
> return fancy serrated knives or electric slicers.)
>
> If they are, indeed, from my dad's old snack shop (which he sold
> before I was sentient), it means I've been pushing them aside while
> searching through the kitchen drawer for over 50 years and never
> once used them.
>
> But I will NOT let my sister throw them away!
>
> Thanks again to everyone, hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving.
>
>> --
>> Steve W.
>
Could very well be from that age.
Most of the places today that use sliced veggies use an electric slicer
because most of the help cannot be trusted with a sharp bladed knife...
And because they can slice them paper thin and make one "tomato*" last
all day!!!!
tomato* - in the past this was a well grown fruit which would be grown
at home and picked from the vine only when truly ripe (unless making
green tomato products) It would then be sliced and allow the juice and
aroma out.
Current "tomato" products sold in stores resemble the original product
in color only. In taste they are closer to cardboard with reconstituted
tomato juice sprayed on it...
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Steve W.
>> http://answers312k.blogspot.com/
> Patent 721,860 from 1903 is a rolling cabinet with dimensions similar to
> 1786. Each has a cabinet below a metal tub.
>
> You would put an oil or electric lamp in the cabinet to warm the tub for
> raising dough. Then you could store your loaves in the cabinet with ice
> in the tub.
>
> The patented cabinet had a multipurpose wooden cover to allow kneading. I
> wouldn't want to knead on a rolling cabinet. I'd rather have the
> rodent-proof bins and the big handle to help roll it to and from the
> pantry.
It is similar but I don't think it's close enough to conclusively say that
it's for the same use, I did add the patent number to the answer page and
will pass it on to the owner.
Thanks,
Rob
Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>> Seeds for 'Heritage' varieties are still available if you want good
>> flavor.
>
> For example, Johnny's Seeds...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ycgcno4
Have the catalog on the bench in the greenhouse, along with a few others.
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Steve W.
In article
<fdf82666-15dc-48df-b47f-c45db7f72b41@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
Mensanator <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Nov 25, 4:06 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> A Thanksgiving conundrum.
>
> http://www.mensanator.com/mensanator/can/thingamajig.htm
It looks like a bread slicer, or perhaps an boiled egg slicer, or
mushroom slicer. What is the spacing between blades?
Joe Gwinn
In article <[email protected]>,
"Michael A. Terrell" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seeds for 'Heritage' varieties are still available if you want good
> flavor.
For example, Johnny's Seeds...
http://tinyurl.com/ycgcno4
On Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:44:59 -0600, [email protected]
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>>"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in
>>news:[email protected]:
>>
>>> http://55too
>>
>>1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
>
>Built too well for that. Daffy's casket would be, appropriately enough,
>quacker-box construction.
>
>
>EeeeKK!!! the discussion has migrated back to wood-working.
1784 is a case for a wood plane.
On 2009-11-26, Larry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 1784-How about a coffin for Daffy Duck?
LOL!!
I was all set to come back with some seriously hostile sarcasm, your
link being all munged, and all. Then I saw the actual object.
Brilliant! ;)
nb
On 2009-11-25, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week I need some help figuring out what the small metal cart is for:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1783) This looks like a rock-cutting chisel designed to powder a
fairly wide gap of stone.
1784) No real clue -- though somehow I feel that it connects
to footwear.
1785) A "fly press". The weights are given a smart spin, and
a thread advances the top ram into contact with the bottom
anvil.
Perhaps for making coins?
1786) Perhaps for moving and sterilizing medical tools/instruments?
1787) Missing most of the wood handle. I suspect that it is for
manipulating lumber in the form of logs -- perhaps a "Peavy"
for breaking up a log jam when they are being sent by water.
1788) If the lids were spring-loaded instead of screw I would think
an early Nielson bottle -- for taking samples of water at
various depths.
Now to try to post this -- though last post was refused,
apparently due to problems at the news server.
And I'll go on to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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