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> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames=
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> 1646: Fish pacifier.
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> 1647: Shingler's hammer.
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> Ed Huntress
1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
knocker" for checking truck tires.
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1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames.
1646: Fish pacifier.
1647: Shingler's hammer.
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> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames.
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> 1646: Fish pacifier.
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>1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
>knocker" for checking truck tires.
>Nahmie
I don't know which was its original purpose, but I've seen one exactly like
that used for subduing bluefish, on a head boat. Since I have an engine
lathe I prefer my all-aluminum model. <g>
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:37:16 -0700 (PDT), riverman
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>> >> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames.
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>> >> 1646: Fish pacifier.
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>> >> 1647: Shingler's hammer.
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>> >> Ed Huntress
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>> >>1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
>> >>knocker" for checking truck tires.
>>
>> >>Nahmie
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>> >I don't know which was its original purpose, but I've seen one exactly like
>> >that used for subduing bluefish, on a head boat. Since I have an engine
>> >lathe I prefer my all-aluminum model. <g>
>>
>> 1646. that's what it is. it is called a "priest". it gives the last
>> rights to a fish. whack! :-)
>
>I don't think its a priest. They are usually smaller, and almost
>always have a significantly heavier head or else are made of something
>with much more mass than wood, such as brass. This looks to be a tire
>knocker (which looks very similar to a priest).
>
>--riverman
I'll buy that.
surely though its use as a tyre knocker is nearly useless.
the pressure can be easily read directly, which is what you want.
tyres fail through a process that gets them hot so a hand on the tread
to feel for a warm one is surely more effective? that's what I use.
Stealth Pilot
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> 1650 resembles an escape from your seatbelt in a burning car knives.
agreed.
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1645: make still pictures from film (16mm or so)
1647: Planing, splitting and nailing wood shingles (or siding)
1650: seatbelt cutter
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> >> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film fra=
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> >> 1646: Fish pacifier.
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> >> 1647: Shingler's hammer.
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> >> Ed Huntress
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> >>1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
> >>knocker" for checking truck tires.
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> >>Nahmie
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> >I don't know which was its original purpose, but I've seen one exactly l=
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> >that used for subduing bluefish, on a head boat. Since I have an engine
> >lathe I prefer my all-aluminum model. <g>
>
> 1646. that's what it is. it is called a "priest". it gives the last
> rights to a fish. whack! :-)
I don't think its a priest. They are usually smaller, and almost
always have a significantly heavier head or else are made of something
with much more mass than wood, such as brass. This looks to be a tire
knocker (which looks very similar to a priest).
--riverman
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>> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames.
>>
>> 1646: Fish pacifier.
>>
>> 1647: Shingler's hammer.
>>
>> --
>> Ed Huntress
>
> 1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
> knocker" for checking truck tires.
1646: Another possible use:
When I was in grad school, I worked under a research grant from the U. S.
Bureau of Mines. The work involved (not surprisingly) going into various
coal mines. Most of the mines were okay to visit. They were much like a
typical heavy duty manufacturing environment. I.e. protect yourself from
noise and don't get run down by the equipment and you will be alright.
However there was one coal mine that I remember still (35 years later) as
being a major exception. The coal seam was only 3 feet high and since no
one pays to move extra rock, the mine was only 3 feet high. So we were
duck walking around and still banging our helmets on the roof. The mine
was wet so we were duck walking in the mud. On this visit I was with a
MESA (Mine Enforcement and Safety Administration now MSHA) inspector. He
had a stick very much like 1646. One of the problems in coal mines is that
digging a mine exposes rock layers to moisture and temperature changes.
This can cause the rock layers to delaminate and then fall. For instance a
2 inch layer of rock which might be a dozen feet across will weight several
tons and it will ruin your day if it lands on you. The mine inspector would
use his stick to tap the ceiling. If we heard a hollow sound then we would
quickly move somewhere else.
Dan
On Jun 17, 6:42=A0pm, "Ed Huntress" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> 1646: Fish pacifier.
The official name is a 'priest', but I don't think this is one. I
think its a tire knocker.
--riverman
1645 Guess...
It is about 8 inches long = about 200 mm. That makes the front square about
50 mm. square. That makes the vertical distance between the pairs of guide
posts on the front about 16 mm. So one could lay a strip of 16-mm. film
across the front. There seems to be a registration pin. Close the front
with the diffusing glass. With a simple lens and shutter, though I don't
see either, this could be a camera to make enlargements of frames of a
16-mm. film.
1646 Satirical Guess...
Crowd control implement purchased by the DHS for about $1500.
1648 It would be impolite for me to suggest photoshop.
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1650 resembles an escape from your seatbelt in a burning car knives.
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1645 - Looks like an early panoramic camera. Could also be one use for
astronomical exposures.
1646 - "Tire Buddy" brand tire knocker. Used to thump tires on big
trucks looking for low/flat tires by the different sound they make.
Technically illegal in many states as it falls under the "any other
weapon" clause.
1647 - Looks like something a cabinet maker might use to set inlaid panels?
1648 - LARGE iron worker tongs. The pair on the cart look like rail
alignment tongs. The others look like splitter tongs but the lower jaw
isn't real clear.
1649 - Looks like the end of a connector on a rope harness for horses/oxen.
1650 - Boker Cop Tool, I have that exact same tool. Works OK but I like
the folding one they make better. Takes up less space in my turnout
pocket. (Jim Wagner Rescue Knife for those interested)
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Stealth Pilot wrote:
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> I'll buy that.
> surely though its use as a tyre knocker is nearly useless.
> the pressure can be easily read directly, which is what you want.
> tyres fail through a process that gets them hot so a hand on the tread
> to feel for a warm one is surely more effective? that's what I use.
> Stealth Pilot
It's a tire knocker, sold in just about every truck stop in the US,
Canada and Mexico. They run about 15 bucks.
When you do your pre-trip you walk around the rig and thump every tire.
(there are at least 19 tires you check at least twice daily) You listen
for the sound of the tire when it is hit. A tire with full pressure
almost rings when you hit it, one that is low will make a lower note and
one that is flat just makes a thud.
Do it a few times and you can tell without a gauge. Heat won't tell you
much on a big rig tire. They ALL get hot when loaded.
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:39:52 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Rob
1645 electron microscope camera?
1646 I'm certain I've held one of these in my hand but CRAFT disease
has hit. removable spoke/handle from some sort of windlass?
1647 at a guess would be a coopers tool for forming wooden barrel
staves and knocking up the barrel.
1648 are two huge crucible tongs. the one on the wheels would be used
to position the crucible near the mould and the underslung handles
used to rotate the holder to tip the melt into the ingate.
the one on the walls maybe to lift a crucible up out of a top loading
furnace.
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:16:32 GMT, Stealth Pilot
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>surely though its use as a tyre knocker is nearly useless.
>the pressure can be easily read directly, which is what you want.
>tyres fail through a process that gets them hot so a hand on the tread
>to feel for a warm one is surely more effective? that's what I use.
>Stealth Pilot
If you are hauling an eight axle dual wheel trailer with a
tandem axle semi-tractor, that makes 42 tires you need to
check several times a day. Do you really think a truck
driver uses a tire gauge on all of them each time :)
If you let one tire of a dual set go soft or worse yet flat
and keep on trucking, you'll have a nice fire going before
long. A tire thumper used regularly will locate that soft
tire before it becomes a flame thrower.
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Leon Fisk
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On 2009-06-17, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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Arrghh! Another one when I wasn't looking for it. At least I
found it before I got much more than an hour into Thursday:
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
1645) For making large negatives (and eventually photoraphic prints)
from a single frame of movie film.
I'm not sure whether it is 8mm or 16mm movie film, but I think
8mm based on the slight offset of the window in the raised pad.
The opal glass in the hinged part is to assure that it is evenly
illuminated.
Hmm ... could it hold Polariod film?
1646) Replaceable handle for something which only needs the handle
used as a lever, since it is missing the usual screw threads
found on push-broom and mop handles, as well as being a bit too
short.
1647) A plane to groove the edge of a board. I would expect it to
just be for smoothing the edge, but the guide pins are too far
apart to work that way. A board which fits the pin spacings
would get a groove cut down the middle of its edge.
You presumably drive it with another hammer, which suggests that
it is for a serious hardwood, not soft pine.
I have no idea what function the other part shown in the patent
drawings serves.
Hmm ... A last-moment thought: Could it be for grooving the
edge of a window frame to clear the spring tape which acts to
counter the weight of the window? (The old cast-iron
counterweights would need a deeper and narrower groove.
In that case, the extra part could be for spreading glazers
putty.
1648) Tongs for moving something hot and heavy at a foundry, probably
moving it from the forge where it is heated to the anvil where
it is beat to shape.
1649) No clue on this one.
1650) At least part of this looks designed for rounding the corners
of a board -- perhaps to eliminate splinters. Not sure of the
function of the other parts, but it looks fairly recent in
manufacture.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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#1648: These are tongs that are used to hold large pieces of steel
that are being forged under a steam hammer. Note the L shaped handles
sticking out the sides of the pair in the cradle.
In use, the tongs are supported close to the pivot point by a crane.
One or more workmen manipulate the reins to close them to hold the
workpiece as it is taken from the furnace. The reins are clamped to hold
the workpiece. A crane operator works in concert with the workmen as
they move the work into place under the steam hammer for forging. As
the crane operator and the workmen at the reins push and pull the
workpiece in and out under the hammer, 2 or more other workmen use those
L shaped handles to rotate the workpiece as needed. The Blacksmith
is the team leader. He is the guy who will be measuring the work as it
proceeds. He may or may not be one of the workmen already described.
One other workman uses a broom to brush scale off the lower die as the
forging proceeds.
The reason I say things like "are used" rather than "were used" is
that these tools are still used in some large forge shops today,
particularly in third world countries.
for heavier work or in more modern forge shops, the tongs have been
replaced by a machine called a "manipulator". It replaces both crane
and tongs. It looks like a fork lift with jaws that can rotate 360° of
thereabouts. It's still amazing to me to watch those teams work
together to get large parts forged to very close dimensions.
You can still see these processes around the Chicago area. We visited
one of them last summer.
Pete Stanaitis
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>> 1645: Still copy camera for making copies of individual movie-film frames.
>>
>> 1646: Fish pacifier.
>>
>> 1647: Shingler's hammer.
>>
>> --
>> Ed Huntress
>
>>1646: Fish pacifier sounds like a good guess. I'm thinking a "tire
>>knocker" for checking truck tires.
>
>>Nahmie
>
>I don't know which was its original purpose, but I've seen one exactly like
>that used for subduing bluefish, on a head boat. Since I have an engine
>lathe I prefer my all-aluminum model. <g>
1646. that's what it is. it is called a "priest". it gives the last
rights to a fish. whack! :-)