On Thu, 29 May 2008 03:59:38 -0400, "R.H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers might
>be a little later than usual.
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
1313 looks like the variable inductors in the radios my
great-grandfather built, probably in the teens and twenties of the
last century.
An neighbor of his told me she could remember as a child waiting her
turn in a queue of kids at my great-grandparent's door to listen to
the only radio in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.
--
Ned Simmons
On May 29, 3:59=A0am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers migh=
t
> be a little later than usual.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1316: Printers' quoins. Used in pairs as wedges to lock up forms of
letterpress type. I've got a box of them that my grandfather, who got
his journeyman printer's card around 1905, labelled "coins". Some of
this exact type, some of a fancier type with clips to hold them in
pairs. Marked Hempl (by Hempel), Monarch, American Wood Type, F.X.
Smith. All interchangeable.
The fancier ones are machined. They have a pawl which allows the
quoins to expand only, unless the key is inserted.
1317: A quoin key. Works all types of quoins.
I'll occasionally use the quoins as packing pieces on milling or
shaper setups, or in woodworking clamping situations. Not much
travel, though.
John Martin
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>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
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>
> Rob
Andrew Erickson is correct and the term was Hemple Quoin or Hempel Quoin,
can't remember which spelling.
"Quoins" were devices to "lock-up" the type in a "chase" or steel fram for
inserting into a letterpress printing machine.
Wooden quoins preceeded the hemple and were tightened with a "shooting
stick" and later quoins were made up of four parts, a pair of wedges with a
third wedge tightened with a "quion key", forcing the two wedges apart,
subsequently "locking the job up" --- aaah, happy days.
Ron (Printers Devil) Wood
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> In article <[email protected]>,
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers
>> might
>> be a little later than usual.
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> As luck would have it, it'll probably take a little longer than usual to
> figure out what these could possibly be--at least if everybody else is
> as clueless as I am this time.
>
> 1313 - Although this initially looks like a butterfly valve, the details
> don't work out very well for that (no way to connect pipes, overly thick
> valve limiting flow in the open state, etc). The insignia in the
> middle, after some image manipulation and googling, would appear to be
> for the Dayton Fan & Motor Company, which suggests this may be a
> electrical control, presumably an early variable speed control
> (presumably acting by varying inductance or, more likely, magnetic
> coupling in a transformer).
>
> 1314 - Was this maybe for an engine mechanic, to carry spark plugs etc.
> about?
>
> 3415 - Self-heated device, with a built-in torch for the heating. What
> you'd do with a shallow heated cone or funnel I've no good idea. Maybe
> strip paint from curved surfaces like cornices or other architectural
> moldings...maybe not.
>
> 1316 - I think I actually know this, although I don't have the proper
> name handy. It's half of a pair of wedges used by printers to keep type
> in place. A key is used in the toothed portion to adjust the tension.
> Being a printer's thing, it must have a strange and slightly fanciful
> name other than "wedge" or "clamp."
>
> 1317 - Possibly a key for 1316, with the added advantage of having a
> hammer head to perform other gentle adjustments on the type or the press.
>
> 1318 - A device for rolling an edge in sheet metal to strengthen it or
> interlock two pieces (for e.g. roofing)?
>
> 1319 - Spring clip to keep the leaves of a book open to the proper spot,
> possibly for musicians. Anybody who has tried to play out of a
> (non-spiral-bound) hymn book would appreciate the utility of such a
> device.
>
> 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
1316 Is a Hemple Quoin, indeed used for locking up type in a chase and,
1317 is the key which was used, the hammer end to the handle was to exert
extra expansion (with the help of a hammer) when required.
Ron (Printers Devil) Wood
> 1319) Does the round thingy with the handle flap into the cut-out (the
> small notch seems to match the projection off the handle).
No, the round part doesn't fold into the cut-out; this one is a bookmark.
The rest of the answers for this week can be seen here:
http://pzphotosans234n.blogspot.com/
Rob
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On May 29, 3:59 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers
> might
> be a little later than usual.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1316: Printers' quoins. Used in pairs as wedges to lock up forms of
letterpress type. I've got a box of them that my grandfather, who got
his journeyman printer's card around 1905, labelled "coins". Some of
this exact type, some of a fancier type with clips to hold them in
pairs. Marked Hempl (by Hempel), Monarch, American Wood Type, F.X.
Smith. All interchangeable.
The fancier ones are machined. They have a pawl which allows the
quoins to expand only, unless the key is inserted.
1317: A quoin key. Works all types of quoins.
I'll occasionally use the quoins as packing pieces on milling or
shaper setups, or in woodworking clamping situations. Not much
travel, though.
John Martin
They were wedged quite tight prior to expansion so that usually they
expanded not much more than 12pt (12/72") or so.
1313 Variometer. The word has two meanings. One is some aircraft
instrument. The one that applies to this thing refers to a variable
inductor with a fixed coil and and internal coil that can rotate around an
axis perependicular to the axis of the fixed coil. Old radio tuning
component.
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> Rob
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1314 is a tube caddy for a radio/TV repairman.
1319 is a book holder-opener for infirm/lazy readers
LLoyd
On May 29, 6:18=A0pm, "Ron Wood" <[email protected]> wrote:
> <snip>
> 1317: =A0A quoin key. =A0Works all types of quoins.
> <snip>
>
> Only Hempl, Hemple or Hempel :-) type coins or quions.
>
> Square ended keys were used for Cornerstone Quoins.
>
> Ron
Sorry, Ron. What I meant to say was that the one key works both of
the quoin types that I have - all of the Hempl-type quoins, by
whatever manufacturer, plus the Ajax quoins. The Ajax quoins are the
ones with the spring loaded pawl and ratchet that allow the quoins
only to expand unless the key is in place. They don't come apart, as
do the Hempls.
John Martin
1313) Continuously variable inductance - those were good days...
1314) Make-up artists' box
1315) Looks like some kind of lamp - not sure...
1316) Even with multiple answers already posted I haven't a clue what it is
supposed to do
1317) Key/screwdriver combined with a hammer
1318) A very slow spaghetti maker...No, seriously is this used to draw a
wire?
1319) Does the round thingy with the handle flap into the cut-out (the small
notch seems to match the projection off the handle). Even then...Lord knows!
--
Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC
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>
>
> Rob
#1313 is a variable coil, probably used for tuning
a radio set. Pre-1950 lots of radios used tuned RF,
and a single variable coil is good for that. More modern
radios needed to tune more than one circuit at a time
(RF and local oscillator) so would have several such
variable elements geared to move together.
#1318: sheet metal seaming tool?
1318 and 1319 are beading machines.
Steve
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> Rob
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers might
> be a little later than usual.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
As luck would have it, it'll probably take a little longer than usual to
figure out what these could possibly be--at least if everybody else is
as clueless as I am this time.
1313 - Although this initially looks like a butterfly valve, the details
don't work out very well for that (no way to connect pipes, overly thick
valve limiting flow in the open state, etc). The insignia in the
middle, after some image manipulation and googling, would appear to be
for the Dayton Fan & Motor Company, which suggests this may be a
electrical control, presumably an early variable speed control
(presumably acting by varying inductance or, more likely, magnetic
coupling in a transformer).
1314 - Was this maybe for an engine mechanic, to carry spark plugs etc.
about?
3415 - Self-heated device, with a built-in torch for the heating. What
you'd do with a shallow heated cone or funnel I've no good idea. Maybe
strip paint from curved surfaces like cornices or other architectural
moldings...maybe not.
1316 - I think I actually know this, although I don't have the proper
name handy. It's half of a pair of wedges used by printers to keep type
in place. A key is used in the toothed portion to adjust the tension.
Being a printer's thing, it must have a strange and slightly fanciful
name other than "wedge" or "clamp."
1317 - Possibly a key for 1316, with the added advantage of having a
hammer head to perform other gentle adjustments on the type or the press.
1318 - A device for rolling an edge in sheet metal to strengthen it or
interlock two pieces (for e.g. roofing)?
1319 - Spring clip to keep the leaves of a book open to the proper spot,
possibly for musicians. Anybody who has tried to play out of a
(non-spiral-bound) hymn book would appreciate the utility of such a
device.
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
In article <[email protected]>,
Ted Schuerzinger <[email protected]> wrote:
>For 1317, my first thought was that the arms on the Philips head
>screwdriver were for torque; I *know* I've seen bigger screwdrivers
>somewhere (designed to be used standing up with a screw in the ground).
>But the handles aren't identical; one of them looks as though it's to be
>used as a tiny hammer.
Yeah, it's a multi-tool of some sort. But that cross screwdriver
isn't a Philips.
--
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can
result in a fully-depreciated one.
On Thu, 29 May 2008 10:16:15 -0400, Andrew Erickson wrote:
> 1316 - I think I actually know this, although I don't have the proper
> name handy.
"Dogs", at least that's what the (printing) shop teacher called them.
Although, by "dogs", he could have meant "cogs"; and the thing is just
a "wedge".
Cheers!
Rich
On Thu, 29 May 2008 03:59:38 -0400, R.H. wrote:
> I'm going to be away from my computer all day tomorrow so the answers
> might be a little later than usual.
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
1315 is a lamp; you've rotated the photo 90 degrees. :-)
For 1317, my first thought was that the arms on the Philips head
screwdriver were for torque; I *know* I've seen bigger screwdrivers
somewhere (designed to be used standing up with a screw in the ground).
But the handles aren't identical; one of them looks as though it's to be
used as a tiny hammer.
1318. My first guess was to grind knife blades, but the tool looks to
be a bit dangerous for that; the knife blade would constantly be
slipping.
--
Ted S.
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Now blogging at http://justacineast.blogspot.com