In article <[email protected]>, Leo
Lichtman <[email protected]> wrote:
> "R.H." wrote: Several different people told me that it was for pulling
> long tape measures, but most likely it was also used for surveyor's tape.
> (clip)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Surveyors stretch their tape horizontally for measuring. The ground is
> generally not level, so one end of the tape has to be held above the ground,
> and the tape sags a little. The amound to sag is controlled by pulling the
> tape to the correct tension--the "brass knuckles" gripper tool is used to
> apply the tension. We did this in my college surveying class about 60 years
> ago. (You drop a plumb bob from the raised end to get a reading.) By now it
> is probably all digitized.
I worked on a survey crew about 30 years ago and we used a laser
transit then. No tapes.
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"Leo Lichtman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 986--It closes on a steel surveyor's tape, so the correct tension can be
> applied.
Several different people told me that it was for pulling long tape measures,
but most likely it was also used for surveyor's tape. I couldn't find any
info on the web about it.
The rest of the answers have been posted here:
http://pzphotosan170-xr.blogspot.com/
Rob
983. Hammer for posting notices overhead.
Lower brass(?) clip holds the bottom of the poster,
upper clip holds the tack & top of the poster.
Art
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
An interesting (and puzzling) set.
983) An interesting variety of long-handled hammer, apparently
designed for reaching up high overhead and starting a tack or
broad-headed nail (perhaps a shingling nail?) using the spring
clip on the side, and then rotating the hammer head to use it
normally for driving in fully. I expect that it would be a bit
of a job to control accurately that far from your hands.
Given the second clip about six inches below the nail clip, it
could have been used to start hanging a notice "bill" already
started on the nail in the clip and with the bottom edge held by
the clip until the hammer is eased down off of it. Perhaps even
for enameled metal advertising signs, such as those which
advertised sodas.
984) The base holds onto something round like a log, while the jaws
close to hold something thin upright with a rope passing around
the log and affixed to the two arms. Perhaps for a red
clearance flag when towing or carrying something longer than the
vehicle?
985) Perhaps for removing bark from logs?
986) The round ends are on eccentric pins, so when the two "scissors
handles" are brought together, they grip something between the
two round ends. If they are fairly new, then I would suspect
lead, and they serve as a clip-on weight for some purpose.
Otherwise, I would think cad or zinc plated steel, and for
fixturing something as you work on it.
987) This seems to be missing a matching top half. But it looks as
though its function is to crimp sleeves onto cables by laying
them in the grooves (cable in the round bottomed side, sleeve in
the V-bottomed side, and striking the upper half with a heavy
hammer (probably with the whole thing resting on an anvil).
988) Depth gauge of some sort -- and double ended, so probably for
measuring two different things. One end could be for measuring
the depth of fuel in the fuel tank of a vehicle, while the other
end would be for measuring the cooling water in the radiator.
Both depths are relative to the metal flange sticking out at
about the 2/3 point along the length.
And the differing scales are perhaps to handle the liquids at
different temperatures.
Or -- it could be for measuring depth of beans or grain with the
differing scales showing the weight of a given depth for the
different types of product.
Now -- to see what others have guessed.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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oops, i´m comming late this week ...
988 maybee i am wrong, but i think i can remember my grandma had some
similar thing and that she used it for tailoring and measuring her skirts.
986 i would guess the same as don, the two "scissors handles" seem to be
eccentric, clip on weight, to squeeze, or to make something thinner.
greetings from germany
chris
In article <[email protected]>,
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> A new set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
987. Very small swage block?
"R.H." wrote: Several different people told me that it was for pulling
long tape measures, but most likely it was also used for surveyor's tape.
(clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Surveyors stretch their tape horizontally for measuring. The ground is
generally not level, so one end of the tape has to be held above the ground,
and the tape sags a little. The amound to sag is controlled by pulling the
tape to the correct tension--the "brass knuckles" gripper tool is used to
apply the tension. We did this in my college surveying class about 60 years
ago. (You drop a plumb bob from the raised end to get a reading.) By now it
is probably all digitized.