On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 07:33:21 -0400, Stormin Mormon
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/18/2014 5:32 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
>> posting
>> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
>> site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
>> Thanks
>> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
>>
>> The answers for this week have been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
>>
>> Have a great weekend everyone!
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>Thanks for ten years of interesting. Wish I'd tuned
>in sooner than the closing credits. Just to show
>there's no hard feelings, I'll help you out this
>once.
Bad news: no more puzzles from Rob for some time. Thank you so much
for all the fun!!
Good news: no more posts from that God Damn stormin asshole.
Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs at the right.
>
>
> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
3239. Left side, dent puller. Right side, automotive ball jointer
splitter fork.
On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:44:48 -0400, Stormin Mormon
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/18/2014 4:59 AM, David B wrote:
>>> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
>>> find the information. What do you bring to
>>> the situation?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, two of us showed you exactly how to find the answers.
>> Did we get any thanks?........
>> Did we feck!!
>>
>
>Incidentally, thank you for trying. I'm used to
>seeing the answers as formatted, and would appreciate
>that to be reinstated.
Then your problem is with Rob who post the answers usually on friday.
The rest of know where the answers are and have told you how and where
they are.
On 7/18/2014 5:32 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
> site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
> Thanks
> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
>
> The answers for this week have been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
>
> Have a great weekend everyone!
>
>
> Rob
>
Thanks for ten years of interesting. Wish I'd tuned
in sooner than the closing credits. Just to show
there's no hard feelings, I'll help you out this
once.
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:46:12 -0400, Stormin Mormon
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/22/2014 11:13 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> I look forward to your eventual return. I've spotted some
>> interesting things to submit to you for future puzzles, if I can
>> remember to photograph them at the right time. :-)
>>
>> Good Luck,
>> DoN.
>>
>
>I've seen and photographed some items which were
>worthy to be put on the web site. If someone else
>has web site talent (I do not) the tradition might
>yet live on.
If someone has the web-savvy - to set it up -
- we could do a version of Rob's What-Is-It ..
... just while he's away...
We'll post the answers first - so everyone will know
where to find them - < nudge nudge wink wink >
and then we'll all post pictures of what the answer
looks like to us.
Gotta be a Reality TV pilot here somewhere !
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Markem wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:44:48 -0400, Stormin Mormon
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On 7/18/2014 4:59 AM, David B wrote:
>>>> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
>>>> find the information. What do you bring to
>>>> the situation?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, two of us showed you exactly how to find the answers.
>>> Did we get any thanks?........
>>> Did we feck!!
>>>
>>
>> Incidentally, thank you for trying. I'm used to
>> seeing the answers as formatted, and would appreciate
>> that to be reinstated.
>
> Then your problem is with Rob who post the answers usually on friday.
> The rest of know where the answers are and have told you how and where
> they are.
Anybody else notice how this thread is no longer about "What is it?" but
is now about "Pity Poor Chris" ? Y'all have played right into his plans and
given him just what he wants - attention . You should be ashamed of
yourselves .
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> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here > and on my site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for > a break.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
Thanks, Rob. Your postings are a bright spot in this group. I appreciate all your effort, and I look forward to your resuming these posts.
Joel
Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
>> find the information. What do you bring to
>> the situation?
>
> Stormy... The answers are posted EVERY week. You've been almost
> forever one of the inoffensive people here, but of late you're on
> this constant RANT that the answers aren't there. They are.
>
> They're ALWAYS there. If you cannot read the posts in sequence and
> keep track of the dates and times, how 'bout just not bothering us
> when you miss the answers? It's not that we don't want to help, but
> this is getting to be like Banqueer's constant stupidity (which I
> plonked, finally!). I'd hate to plonk you, just because you
> _will_not_ read. (because I know you _can_)
>
> Lloyd
Lloyd , he does it to get attention . Which I no longer do . Join the club ,
it's growing .
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On 7/17/2014 7:24 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:SFYxv.3817
> [email protected]:
>
>> I didn't see them last week
>
> You haven't seen them in the last seven weeks, and you bitch about it all
> the time.
>
> I didn't create the problem, you are the problem.
>
> If you are doing this for attention, STOP. Why not direct your posts toward
> answers to others' problems. At least then, if you get attention, it will
> be constructive.
>
> Lloyd
>
It would be so, so easy for someone to post the answers.
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:24:32 -0400, Stormin Mormon
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/23/2014 2:38 PM, William Bagwell wrote:
>> Have a couple of rejected submissions I may post during your time off.
>>
>
>If you've got the web making skills, I may offer
>to send you pictures of odd items in my life.
>Xray of my brain, to start. Not that I ever use
>it, of course.
Not interested your X-ray unless you first submitted it to Rob and were
rejected. And my 'web making skills' consists of cobbling together pages
with huge pictures which give the few remaining dial up users
nightmares. But here goes, http://alt-config.net/temporary-what-is-it/
Can post this in a new thread if there are no objections?
Reply-to address is valid
--
William
Rob H. <[email protected]> writes:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't
> be posting for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've
> posted here and on my site every week for the past ten years so I
> guess I'm over due for a break. Thanks to everyone for their
> participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
It has been enormous fun for many people and you've obviously put a huge
amount of effort into it. I hope you found it worthwhile.
Many thanks for all your work over the years, and I do hope to see it
suddenly reappear at some time in the future.
All the best!
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> writes:
> 3237) I rather like the scale beside it. It would be convenient when
> taking rough measurements in a hurry and in poor illumination.
A very nice ruler indeed.
> The scoop seems to me to be for scooping up grain (wheat, corn,
> whatever). Not convenient for measuring it, however.
But it strikes me that the shape of it could be useful for getting a
precise amount of some powder. If you filled the scoop and then drew a
straight edge across it you'd get a standard measure.
On 7/18/2014 4:59 AM, David B wrote:
>> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
>> find the information. What do you bring to
>> the situation?
>>
>
> Yes, two of us showed you exactly how to find the answers.
> Did we get any thanks?........
> Did we feck!!
>
Incidentally, thank you for trying. I'm used to
seeing the answers as formatted, and would appreciate
that to be reinstated.
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On 7/17/2014 1:05 PM, Steve W. wrote:
>> Here, I'll even write the subject line for
>> you to make it easy. Now, that wasn't so
>> hard, was it?
> Still no solid answers for the last two in this set but the rest have been
> posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-553.html#answers
>
>
> Rob
>
Thanks, buddy. You're so kind.
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On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>
>
> Rob
>
Here, I'll even write the subject line for
you to make it easy. Now, that wasn't so
hard, was it?
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On 7/18/2014 7:32 AM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> It would be so, so easy for someone to post the answers.
>
> I suppose it never occurred to you to visit Rob's page on BlogSpot and
> simply LOOK at the answers he posts here AND there every single week.
>
> Since you have to look at the clue photos on BlogSpot, I know for a
> certainty that you have the link.
>
> L
>
It sure is kind of you to post the answers in the
traditional format, each week. Thank you.
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Leon wrote:
> On 7/17/2014 8:05 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> Leon wrote:
>>> Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs
>>>> at the right.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>>
>>> 3239. Left side, dent puller. Right side, automotive ball jointer
>>> splitter fork.
>>
>> Look at the left one again , it's designed for pushing , not pulling
>> , from the look of that ridge up by the handle . Having just <2
>> weeks ago> replaced my ball joints <and control arm bushings> , I'm
>> thinking that tool is for installing them .
>>
>
> That could be right but I never have seen one for doing that. I
> worked around automotive shops for 20 years. Generally an impact
> wrench on the bolt and or nut would seat bushings or ball joints and
> or tie rod ends. A zip gun/ air chisel was generally used to remove
> A frame bushings. Perhaps the left tool is for the seating the bushings
> rather than ball joints.
We ended up pushing the bushings in with a 12 ton hydraulic press , and
that was a b**ch , I don't think any kind of hammer device would work .
Lower BJ's were installed using a made-for-that tool and an air impact
wrench , but I think a device like that one would also work to hammer them
in . These were on a 28 yr old truck , and to get the old bushings out we
had to "shrink" them with an air chisel , and burn the rubber out of some to
get at the center sleeve .
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On 7/17/2014 6:51 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> Stormy... The answers are posted EVERY week. You've been almost forever
> one of the inoffensive people here, but of late you're on this constant
> RANT that the answers aren't there. They are.
>
> They're ALWAYS there. If you cannot read the posts in sequence and keep
> track of the dates and times, how 'bout just not bothering us when you
> miss the answers? It's not that we don't want to help, but this is
> getting to be like Banqueer's constant stupidity (which I plonked,
> finally!). I'd hate to plonk you, just because you _will_not_ read.
> (because I know you _can_)
>
> Lloyd
>
I didn't see them last week. Sounds like
you don't want to be the one who posts them
(whenever it is you see them). So, plonk
me if you want. Are you part of the solution
or the problem?
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Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs at
> the right.
>
Your description is essentially correct, but it's not for providing the
ground, but rather is called a "lightning rod"-- actually to provide a
preferential strike point for lightning. The saddle nails to a roof
ridge. The rest is as you said.
They're dangerous as Hell, producing a greater tendency for strikes than
without them. Safer, and less strike-inducing are corona brushes, which
you'll find on any modern installation. They rapidly dissipate
accumulated charges without inducing a direct strike.
LLoyd
Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
> find the information. What do you bring to
> the situation?
Stormy... The answers are posted EVERY week. You've been almost forever
one of the inoffensive people here, but of late you're on this constant
RANT that the answers aren't there. They are.
They're ALWAYS there. If you cannot read the posts in sequence and keep
track of the dates and times, how 'bout just not bothering us when you
miss the answers? It's not that we don't want to help, but this is
getting to be like Banqueer's constant stupidity (which I plonked,
finally!). I'd hate to plonk you, just because you _will_not_ read.
(because I know you _can_)
Lloyd
Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:SFYxv.3817
[email protected]:
> I didn't see them last week
You haven't seen them in the last seven weeks, and you bitch about it all
the time.
I didn't create the problem, you are the problem.
If you are doing this for attention, STOP. Why not direct your posts toward
answers to others' problems. At least then, if you get attention, it will
be constructive.
Lloyd
Stormin Mormon <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> It would be so, so easy for someone to post the answers.
I suppose it never occurred to you to visit Rob's page on BlogSpot and
simply LOOK at the answers he posts here AND there every single week.
Since you have to look at the clue photos on BlogSpot, I know for a
certainty that you have the link.
L
"Terry Coombs" <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:4Ffyv.50757
[email protected]:
> You should be ashamed of
> yourselves .
>
Not me. I am what you'd call "long-suffering". I am not "forever-
suffering".
For all these years, he's been an interesting diversion. Now he's on the
Plonk List.
Lloyd
Rob H. <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I
Whoa! Rob! Not only will we miss you, but the mormon guy will be beside
himself!
Come back sooner, rather than later!
Lloyd
Fred <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> Good news: no more posts from that God Damn stormin asshole.
Don't count on it. Unless you plonk him, you'll get endless complaints
about "where are this weeks puzzles?"
Lloyd
Fred <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> That made me laugh harder at a post than I have for a long time. Thank
> you for that Lloyd!!
<G>
L
William Bagwell <[email protected]> fired this volley in
news:[email protected]:
> Not interested your X-ray unless you first submitted it to Rob and were
> rejected. And my 'web making skills' consists of cobbling together
pages
> with huge pictures which give the few remaining dial up users
> nightmares. But here goes, http://alt-config.net/temporary-what-is-it/
>
> Can post this in a new thread if there are no objections?
William,
I don't know about the engine or frame, or the 'pittman arm', but I KNOW
May-retta! 'Spent a lot of time there working on radiology systems.
There, and Hotlanta, too.
Lloyd
LLoyd
On 7/17/2014 8:05 AM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>> Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs
>>> at the right.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> 3239. Left side, dent puller. Right side, automotive ball jointer
>> splitter fork.
>
> Look at the left one again , it's designed for pushing , not pulling , from
> the look of that ridge up by the handle . Having just <2 weeks ago> replaced
> my ball joints <and control arm bushings> , I'm thinking that tool is for
> installing them .
>
That could be right but I never have seen one for doing that. I worked
around automotive shops for 20 years. Generally an impact wrench on the
bolt and or nut would seat bushings or ball joints and or tie rod ends.
A zip gun/ air chisel was generally used to remove A frame bushings.
Perhaps the left tool is for the seating the bushings rather than ball
joints.
"Rob H." wrote in message news:[email protected]...
I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Larger images:
http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
Rob
=============================================
3239 - Slide hammer bearing puller, and a "pickle fork" tie rod separator.
(I'll be everyone in this group will get that one.)
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On 7/24/2014 9:01 AM, William Bagwell wrote:
> Not interested your X-ray unless you first submitted it to Rob and were
> rejected. And my 'web making skills' consists of cobbling together pages
> with huge pictures which give the few remaining dial up users
> nightmares. But here goes, http://alt-config.net/temporary-what-is-it/
>
> Can post this in a new thread if there are no objections?
>
> Reply-to address is valid
>
I've only had a couple pictures I sent to Rob. I
don't remember which he posted, and which were
similar, or off topic, or what not. Still, it's a
fun thing for me to try and guess what items are.
Yes, I would start a new thread.
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On 18 Jul 2014 14:32:47 -0700, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
>posting
>for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
>site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
>Thanks
>to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
Thank you and enjoy your time off. Looking forward to your return in a
few months!
Have a couple of rejected submissions I may post during your time off.
--
William
On Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:27:59 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
<lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
>I don't know about the engine or frame, or the 'pittman arm', but I KNOW
>May-retta! 'Spent a lot of time there working on radiology systems.
>There, and Hotlanta, too.
Yes, I grew up between May-retta and Smear-nah:) Marietta was once know
as the city of the dead since after the war between the states there
were more people buried there than alive. The wall in the background of
the third picture is the large national cemetery on Roswell RD.
Will start a new thread as per Mr Young's suggestion.
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Leon wrote:
> Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs
>> at the right.
>>
>>
>> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> 3239. Left side, dent puller. Right side, automotive ball jointer
> splitter fork.
Look at the left one again , it's designed for pushing , not pulling , from
the look of that ridge up by the handle . Having just <2 weeks ago> replaced
my ball joints <and control arm bushings> , I'm thinking that tool is for
installing them .
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> "Terry Coombs" <[email protected]> fired this volley in
> news:4Ffyv.50757 [email protected]:
>
>> You should be ashamed of
>> yourselves .
>>
>
> Not me. I am what you'd call "long-suffering". I am not "forever-
> suffering".
>
> For all these years, he's been an interesting diversion. Now he's on
> the Plonk List.
>
> Lloyd
Yeah , he had some entertainment value , but the incessant damn carping
about the answers finally pushed me over the edge . I only see quoted text
from him now , and too damn much of that .
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Terry Coombs wrote:
> Leon wrote:
>> Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs
>>> at the right.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> 3239. Left side, dent puller. Right side, automotive ball jointer
>> splitter fork.
>
> Look at the left one again , it's designed for pushing , not pulling , from
> the look of that ridge up by the handle . Having just <2 weeks ago> replaced
> my ball joints <and control arm bushings> , I'm thinking that tool is for
> installing them .
>
It is a simple slide hammer. The fixture on the end is for a 2 jaw
puller attachment. The cone shaped piece has a convex taper to one side
and a concave one on the other. When used with the jaws it clamps the
jaws in whichever direction needed. I have the same on in a case in the
shop.
this is it's cousin.
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_21847.jpg
The pickle fork is correct though.
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Larger images:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
> Here, I'll even write the subject line for
> you to make it easy. Now, that wasn't so
> hard, was it?
>
Stop being an asshole.
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Stormin Mormon wrote:
> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Larger images:
>>
>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
> Here, I'll even write the subject line for
> you to make it easy. Now, that wasn't so
> hard, was it?
>
Answers for 533 you idiot, took all of 10 seconds to find.
>>> >>> 3231 - GM H platform (Vega, Astre, Monza etc.) rear brake
adjuster strut.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'll take yours and Leon's word on this one.
> >
> >Changed a bunch of them myself. They "worked" but getting them to
> >retract when they rusted was almost impossible.
> >
> >Here is a mitchell page showing them.
> >
> >http://vintage.mitchell1.com/PClubData/chassis/dch73/V2D738081.pdf
Thanks! That really nails this one down, I'll send your link to the owner.
Still no solid answers for the last two in this set but the rest have been
posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-553.html#answers
Rob
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"Ed Huntress" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
>
> "Rob H." wrote...
>
> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>
>
> Rob
>
> =============================================
>
> 3239 - Slide hammer bearing puller, and a "pickle fork" tie rod
> separator.
>
> (I'll be everyone in this group will get that one.)
>
http://tinyurl.com/o3nk7gd
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In article <[email protected]>, Dave Baker says...
>
>3239: Automotive service tools. On the left is a slide hammer for pulling
>bearings and bushes. On the right is a ball joint splitter.
Both are correct though I'll have to take your word on the pulling bearings and
bushes on the slide hammer.
In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso says...
>
>3235 Guess... An inside measuring vernier [type] caliper, to measure
>some inside dimension between the probe on the right of the upper slide
>and the anvil on the right in the first picture.
You are right about it being an inside caliper, this device is for a very
particular purpose.
In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso says...
>
>3237 A merchant's measuring scoop, let me guess; for measuring some
>spice sold by volume.
I don't know for sure but think this is correct, I will email the owner and ask
how many cups it holds.
In article <[email protected]>, Alexander Thesoso says...
>
>3238 Guess... A grounding [earthing] spike, clamp cable into tabs at
>the right.
This guess is not correct but is on the right track.
>3235: it appears to be a measuring tool.
Yes
>Not sure for what, but it breaks the primary unit into sixteenths on the upper
>part, and the lower part has a sensitive plunger similar to an older style
>indicator (now test indicator) or go-no go stop
If this tool looks familiar, I posted a wooden version of it several years ago.
>36: hanger clamp. Clamps to a beam flange or similar and allows for things to
be hung, like light units
Sounds like a good answer but I haven't found a reference for it yet.
>40: maybe an apothecary storage rack?
Nope
"Stormin Mormon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> On 7/17/2014 4:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
> >> Stop being an asshole.
> >
> > He's just doing what he does best ... just ploink him and be done with
> > the
> > idiot .
> >
>
> At least one fellow tried to show me how to
> find the information. What do you bring to
> the situation?
>
Yes, two of us showed you exactly how to find the answers.
Did we get any thanks?........
Did we feck!!
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Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
posting
for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
Thanks
to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
The answers for this week have been posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
Have a great weekend everyone!
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and
> on my
> site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a
> break.
> Thanks
> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a
> lot.
>
> The answers for this week have been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
>
> Have a great weekend everyone!
You'll be sorely missed Rob. Thanks for all the effort you've put into this
and the enjoyment you've given us all going crazy trying to work out what
the hell those things were. Have a great time on the road and hope to see
you back in the future.
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Fred wrote:
>
> Good news: no more posts from that God Damn stormin asshole.
There's no guarantee of that! He'll be posting that the "What Is It" posts
are suddenly not appearing, and then he'll be posting that the answers
aren't there...
--
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[email protected]
> Another thought occurred to me for item #3236. It looks as
>though it could be used as part of a safety device by those working on
>power lines. In particular, there are pairs of clamps similar to this,
>connected together by a flexible cable. The cable could go to the eye
>on the left in the photo. The clamp is applied by an insulated pole
>which lifts it to the wire (by the handle of the clamp) and then is
>twisted to tighten the clamp onto the wire.
It does resemble a hot line clamp, I'm not sure if this is right or not but will
forward it to the owner. Thanks for all of your posts over the years, I know you
supplied answers for quite a few of the items. Take it easy DoN!
Rob
Rob H. wrote:
>> Another thought occurred to me for item #3236. It looks as
>> though it could be used as part of a safety device by those working on
>> power lines. In particular, there are pairs of clamps similar to this,
>> connected together by a flexible cable. The cable could go to the eye
>> on the left in the photo. The clamp is applied by an insulated pole
>> which lifts it to the wire (by the handle of the clamp) and then is
>> twisted to tighten the clamp onto the wire.
>
>
> It does resemble a hot line clamp, I'm not sure if this is right or not but will
> forward it to the owner. Thanks for all of your posts over the years, I know you
> supplied answers for quite a few of the items. Take it easy DoN!
>
>
> Rob
>
Will watch for your return Sir. Take it easy yourself.
--
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On 7/22/2014 11:13 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> I look forward to your eventual return. I've spotted some
> interesting things to submit to you for future puzzles, if I can
> remember to photograph them at the right time. :-)
>
> Good Luck,
> DoN.
>
I've seen and photographed some items which were
worthy to be put on the web site. If someone else
has web site talent (I do not) the tradition might
yet live on.
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2014 13:19:28 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
<lloydspinsidemindspring.com> wrote:
>Fred <[email protected]> fired this volley in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> Good news: no more posts from that God Damn stormin asshole.
>
>Don't count on it. Unless you plonk him, you'll get endless complaints
>about "where are this weeks puzzles?"
>
>Lloyd
That made me laugh harder at a post than I have for a long time. Thank
you for that Lloyd!!
On 7/17/2014 4:55 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>> Stop being an asshole.
>
> He's just doing what he does best ... just ploink him and be done with the
> idiot .
>
At least one fellow tried to show me how to
find the information. What do you bring to
the situation?
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:06:27 -0400, Stormin Mormon
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On 7/17/2014 6:51 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
>> Stormy... The answers are posted EVERY week. You've been almost forever
>> one of the inoffensive people here, but of late you're on this constant
>> RANT that the answers aren't there. They are.
>>
>> They're ALWAYS there. If you cannot read the posts in sequence and keep
>> track of the dates and times, how 'bout just not bothering us when you
>> miss the answers? It's not that we don't want to help, but this is
>> getting to be like Banqueer's constant stupidity (which I plonked,
>> finally!). I'd hate to plonk you, just because you _will_not_ read.
>> (because I know you _can_)
>>
>> Lloyd
>>
>
>I didn't see them last week. Sounds like
>you don't want to be the one who posts them
>(whenever it is you see them). So, plonk
>me if you want. Are you part of the solution
>or the problem?
You have been told over and over how to find the answers. To ignore
that information means you are choosing to be ignorant. Now there
maybe a medical reason why you can not retain what you have been told.
But with the manner in which you correspond on usenet I doubt it. That
leaves your are choosing to play ignorant just to be a PITA.
On 2014-07-17, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
Posting from the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking as
always.
3235) This looks like an interesting variant on a measuring
instrument.
I think that it is for an inner measurement, between the spur
added to the bottom right-hand corner (as photographed) and the
projection on the slider with the window. Actually, there is a
second point on that spur from which outside dimensions could be
read.
Measurement is taken by the intersection of the edge of the
window and the slanted line. Each (numbered) slanted line
covers a range of fifteen of whatever the unit of measurement is,
and where it crosses the edge of the window determines which
value (between 1 and 15) to add to it.
The smaller slider with the pointer is for similar measurements
(bidirectional, based on the scale).
I am curios to know what units it is actually measuring in, given
fifteen marked divisions, plus an implied zero at the top of the
window, and a scale from 1 to 8 (again with an implied zero), but
I' n to quite sure how the needle is coupled to motion of the
slide.
Perhaps it measures by pushing down the brass knob, and
determining the projection of the metal part which is not
clearly visible from the photo angles. In that case it would be
for small steps only.
But what linear measurement is in units of 16 and 9?
3236) This one looks to be designed to clamp onto the edge of a plate of
metal, and to be used for lifting it via the eye opposite the
thumbscrew (using a crane, of course, and likely two or more of
th eyes.)
At a guess from say 1/4" thick up to two or two and a half
inches thick.
3237) I rather like the scale beside it. It would be convenient when
taking rough measurements in a hurry and in poor illumination.
The scoop seems to me to be for scooping up grain (wheat, corn,
whatever). Not convenient for measuring it, however.
3238) An interesting thing. At first guess, I would think that it is
for guiding hoses or small irrigation pipes (which would fit in
the notch above the spike. The spike goes into the ground. A
similar metal plate goes on top to hold the hose or pipe in
place.
And the tabs on the underside look as though they are intended to
be bent over to grip a grounding wire -- which suggests that the
pipe may be carrying a flamable liquid, not water or fertilizer.
3239) The fork to the right looks like one designed for popping ball
joints apart -- likely steering ball joints.
The other part looks like a slide hammer, which could be used
for driving the fork.
3240) Hmm ... from London. The graduated sizes of the spaces on the
shelves suggest a set of weights, which probably means that the
hole in front of the shelves is access to a pan to put the
weights on. (But I don't see any form of balance indicator.)
The locks key (I assume that the same key fits both the door and
the drawer in the bottom) suggests that whatever it is used on
is fairly expensive -- a precious metal perhaps, which it would
make sense to weigh very carefully.
The slide at the top front likely opens and closes openings on
the top.
The projecting dowels look to be to bounce what is dropped,
perhaps to make it more finely divided.
Now to post and then see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2014-07-18, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
> site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
> Thanks
> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
>
> The answers for this week have been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
Another thought occurred to me for item #3236. It looks as
though it could be used as part of a safety device by those working on
power lines. In particular, there are pairs of clamps similar to this,
connected together by a flexible cable. The cable could go to the eye
on the left in the photo. The clamp is applied by an insulated pole
which lifts it to the wire (by the handle of the clamp) and then is
twisted to tighten the clamp onto the wire.
I've only seen these at a distance, so I can't be sure that this
would serve for that purpose, but it looks as though it would.
Perhaps someone reading this does such power line work and could
comment?
I saw them in use after the Derecho hit the East Coast a couple
of years ago, and left us (Washington DC vicinity, Northern VA in
particular) without power (and air conditioning) for about five days,
and some for significantly longer.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2014-07-20, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Another thought occurred to me for item #3236. It looks as
>>though it could be used as part of a safety device by those working on
>>power lines. In particular, there are pairs of clamps similar to this,
>>connected together by a flexible cable. The cable could go to the eye
>>on the left in the photo. The clamp is applied by an insulated pole
>>which lifts it to the wire (by the handle of the clamp) and then is
>>twisted to tighten the clamp onto the wire.
> It does resemble a hot line clamp, I'm not sure if this is right or not but will
> forward it to the owner.
I would feel more certain about it if there were a flat sided
ring for the cable to clamp to, instead of a rounded ring for something
to simply clip into. I guess that at the voltages involved, they will
make connection fairly easily even without a rigid clamping of terminals
-- at least enough to ground the wire and blow a fuse upline somewhere.
(Or kill some idiot's generator which is backfeeding the line. :-)
> Thanks for all of your posts over the years, I know you
> supplied answers for quite a few of the items. Take it easy DoN!
And the best of luck with whatever it is which you are going to
be doing for a while.
I look forward to your eventual return. I've spotted some
interesting things to submit to you for future puzzles, if I can
remember to photograph them at the right time. :-)
Good Luck,
DoN.
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On 7/18/2014 2:32 PM, Rob H. wrote:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I won't be
> posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here and on my
> site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over due for a break.
> Thanks
> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned a lot.
>
> The answers for this week have been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
>
> Have a great weekend everyone!
We have really appreciated your efforts and we will miss your postings.
Thank you.
Dan
Steve W. wrote:
> Stormin Mormon wrote:
>> On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>> Larger images:
>>>
>>> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>> Here, I'll even write the subject line for
>> you to make it easy. Now, that wasn't so
>> hard, was it?
>>
>
> Stop being an asshole.
He's just doing what he does best ... just ploink him and be done with the
idiot .
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Snag
Rob H. wrote:
> Looks like I'll be on the road for work starting next week, so I
> won't be posting
> for at least a couple of months, maybe many months. I've posted here
> and on my site every week for the past ten years so I guess I'm over
> due for a break. Thanks
> to everyone for their participation, I've enjoyed it and have learned
> a lot.
>
> The answers for this week have been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2014/07/set-554.html#answers
>
> Have a great weekend everyone!
>
>
> Rob
Return when you can , we'll miss you . Your posts on thursday have been a
high point to my week since the first time I saw one .
--
Snag
On 7/23/2014 2:38 PM, William Bagwell wrote:
>
> Thank you and enjoy your time off. Looking forward to your return in a
> few months!
>
> Have a couple of rejected submissions I may post during your time off.
>
If you've got the web making skills, I may offer
to send you pictures of odd items in my life.
Xray of my brain, to start. Not that I ever use
it, of course.
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On 7/17/2014 4:19 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with 3236 and 3237 in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Larger images:
>
> http://imgur.com/gallery/NhBjx/new
>
>
> Rob
>
Posting from my desk top PC in the living
room, as always.
3235 is a paint thickness gauge. The probe
pressed into the paint, and the indicator
shows how thick is the paint. This is used
for QC, mostly in commercial paint jobs, for
example defense department. (This is entirely
a guess, and probably totally wrong.)
3236, table clamp.
3237, tool for mixing butter. Spatula.
3238, roof spike for running heater tape.
3239, the one on the left appears to be a
dent puller for automotive. On the right is
a tie rod separator, fondly called a pickle
fork.
3240, not sure.
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