"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I think it is an escape compass.
>>
>> The clip is magnetized and points north when balanced on a pin.
>>
>> Paul K. Dickman
>
>
> Good guess! This answer is correct.
>
Wow, an escape compass?? I have never heard of that. I wonder how practical
it would be. You would need to know a lot about the local terrain for
something like this to be useful. And you would also need to know the
declination of true north from magnetic north too. It would seem like a
regular compass and a map would be much more useful.
But that was then. Now a satellite phone and a GPS device would be excellent
choices for survival equipment.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> This week's set has been posted:
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> Rob
It looks like 1567 can also be used as a screwdriver
Steve R.
Rob H. wrote:
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>
> Rob
1657 is also a screwdriver , using the pen/pencil as a handle .
1658 is an ATV/motorcycle lift - the vee pieces can be adjusted for
different frame rail widths . Looks a lot like the one my bagger is sitting
on as I type this ...
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worn out
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"Sonny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1657 - Envelope opener? I like "Staple remover", also.
>
>
Pin clip to hold it in the pocket. There were lots of pens that just had a
clip that went around them like that. The flat end, kept the shirt from
getting cut and held better. may still have some at mom's house. They
valuable?
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>This week's set has been posted:
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>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1657: Telegraph key? Roach clip? Screwdriver?
1658: Looks like a jack. My car has a ridge which those V-shaped
things would work for, but not two ridges, so its probable for
something else. Plus it doesn't lift enough for a car jack.
1659: Looks like someone's idea of a better fishing rod. Don't know
much about fishing so I don't have any idea how well it would work
1660: For piercing the side of a can for some reason? Or possibly a
shaving kit.
1661: Trailer hitch?
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On Jul 2, 8:10=A0pm, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
wrote:
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> Wow, an escape compass?? =A0I have never heard of that. I wonder how prac=
tical
> it would be. =A0You would need to know a lot about the local terrain for
> something like this to be useful. =A0And you would also need to know the
> declination of true north from magnetic north too.
All it is meant to do is to keep you going in a straight line that you
have previously determined to be your best bet for escape. Presumably
you knew where you were when you were captured.
R
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
A rather tough set, for me at least...all guesswork, and mostly wild,
this time.
1657 - I was about to say this was a pen pocket clip, and then I read
the description. The spade end of the clip, opposite the pen
attachment, looks as though it has a screwdriver tip or two; perhaps it
can be used for adjusting screw adjusters, such as potentiometer
adjustments in electronic devices. It probably wouldn't work well for
tuning coils, being metallic.
1658 - Engine hoist/support, holding the (car?) engine from underneath
while mounts are being disassembled and hoses and wires disconnected and
such.
1659 - Harpoon launcher?
1660 - Tool for inserting spray (or possibly gas jets) heads into a pipe
when making e.g. irrigation or washing machinery (or possibly gas
burners).
1661 - This is pretty obviously used to bind down or ratchet up
something against something else. What the somethings are is not clear;
I'll go way far out on a limb and guess it's to replace tracks on a tank
or similar vehicle when they get disarranged and come off the proper
sprockets and such, but that's probably not right.
1662 - Keyring and locker combination memory aide for a nonconformist
high school student
Now to read other guesses....
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
1659 Carp gun. String surgical rubber tubing to make a slingshot like
device. Tie the fishline to the back of an arrow. In the early spring,
stand on a bridge over a stream, looking down through the water. Shoot
fish. I've seen guys carrying back 5-foot carp.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
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> Rob H. wrote:
>> This week's set has been posted:
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>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
> 1657 is also a screwdriver , using the pen/pencil as a handle .
Looks like it could be used as a screwdriver, but that's not the answer that
I was looking for.
Rob
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> "Snag" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Rob H. wrote:
>>> This week's set has been posted:
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>> 1657 is also a screwdriver , using the pen/pencil as a handle .
>
> Looks like it could be used as a screwdriver, but that's not the answer
> that I was looking for.
>
> Rob
I think it is an escape compass.
The clip is magnetized and points north when balanced on a pin.
Paul K. Dickman
Rob H. wrote:
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>
>
> Rob
1657 - Sort of looks like you could use it as a small screwdriver.
1658 - Motorcycle/ATV lift (I have the same one only painted blue)
1659 - Fishing spear gun. Missing the power bands though.
1660 -
1661 - Fencing tightener?
1662 -
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>> I think it is an escape compass.
>>
>> The clip is magnetized and points north when balanced on a pin.
>>
>> Paul K. Dickman
>
>
> Good guess! This answer is correct.
>
>
> Rob
I had seen a couple when I was a kid. The only thing I remembered was that
the clip had an unusually high arch to make it balance easier.
Paul K. Dickman
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Rob
1660 Looks like it might be used to put initials on a golf ball.
Carl G.
RicodJour wrote:
...
> All it is meant to do is to keep you going in a straight line that you
> have previously determined to be your best bet for escape. Presumably
> you knew where you were when you were captured.
...
Which, of course, may have nothing much at all to do with where one
might be when able to try to make a surreptitious departure... :)
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"dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> RicodJour wrote:
> ...
>> All it is meant to do is to keep you going in a straight line that you
>> have previously determined to be your best bet for escape. Presumably
>> you knew where you were when you were captured.
> ...
>
> Which, of course, may have nothing much at all to do with where one might
> be when able to try to make a surreptitious departure... :)
>
> --
They also had maps tucked in buttons and wrapped around pencils.
Generally, you just had to be sure you were heading in the right direction.
You had wing it for the little stuff.
Paul K. Dickman
Paul K. Dickman wrote:
> "dpb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> RicodJour wrote:
>> ...
>>> All it is meant to do is to keep you going in a straight line that you
>>> have previously determined to be your best bet for escape. Presumably
>>> you knew where you were when you were captured.
>> ...
>>
>> Which, of course, may have nothing much at all to do with where one might
>> be when able to try to make a surreptitious departure... :)
>>
>> --
>
> They also had maps tucked in buttons and wrapped around pencils.
>
> Generally, you just had to be sure you were heading in the right direction.
...
If one isn't sure where one is to start, the "right direction" might not
be obvious...
But, the commented was intended only in a humorous vein as indicated by
the smiley...
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Carl G. said:
>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> This week's set has been posted:
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 1660 Looks like it might be used to put initials on a golf ball.
Correct. Note, however, that this device was banned in the USA and
Europe in 1992 after representations from the American Humane
Society, the RSPCA, and various other animal welfare organisations
(notably including the Society for the Protection of Golfs).
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In message <[email protected]>, Lee Michaels
<leemichaels*nadaspam*@comcast.net> writes
>
>"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>> I think it is an escape compass.
>>>
>>> The clip is magnetized and points north when balanced on a pin.
>>>
>>> Paul K. Dickman
>>
>>
>> Good guess! This answer is correct.
>>
>Wow, an escape compass?? I have never heard of that. I wonder how practical
>it would be. You would need to know a lot about the local terrain for
>something like this to be useful. And you would also need to know the
>declination of true north from magnetic north too. It would seem like a
>regular compass and a map would be much more useful.
But rather easier for the guards to notice and confiscate when you are
in PoW camp.
Nick
>But that was then. Now a satellite phone and a GPS device would be excellent
>choices for survival equipment.
>
>
>
--
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On 2009-07-02, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1657) Three possibilities depending.
a) The tip of the clip could serve as a small screwdriver,
probably about the right size for RS-232 connectors'
jackscrews.
b) If the end view shows a hex, it could be used for
a (minimal) wrench for something like 1/4" nuts.
c) The opening in the side could be slid up or down to
indicate the grade of the "lead" in the device, if
it is really for a drafting pencil instead of a pen.
1658) Looks to me like a transmission jack -- used when removing and
replacing an automotive transmission. It looks like a rather
nice one to me.
1659) Looks like a gun for spear fishing -- and I think that it
would be used from above the water's surface instead of while
SCUBA diving.
It also looks as though it could be used for launching tennis
balls -- but I can't think of any reason to launch them attached
to a reel for retrieval. It also looks as though the bottom
front has guide rollers for rather heavy duty line unless it is
for heavy-duty rubber bands to provide the power to launch
whatever it is.
Perhaps it could be used to launch and retrieve something like a
ultrasonic transducer for fish spotting or something like that.
1660) A strange device. Obviously the handle moves a plunger,
pressing whatever is held into the blades held in the bottom.
If it were a bit smaller I could imagine it being used to cut
the foil or plastic around a wine bottle, and if it were larger
I could imagine the plunger part being used to re-install the
cork into the wine bottle.
I'm not at all sure what function the black handle serves,
unless it hides a corkscrew -- but that would be very low-tech
compared to the rest of it.
1661) For gripping and lifting something which you don't want to get
your hands on -- burning coals, a fish with nasty teeth, a
'gator, or something else. I would like to have a few more view
angles to perhaps figure out more about the mechanism.
1662) The D-ring for either releasing a parachute or something like
a pilot's ejection seat. It looks a bit small for the latter,
which normally is gripped by both hands in use to reduce the
chances of the arms being blown back by the slipstream and being
broken by the seat's frame.
Now to see what other's have said.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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