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2095. Optical Pyrometer. Measures high temperatures by comparing the
color of the object to be measured with the filament of a calibrated
lamp fed by a variable current supply.
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2097 looks like my pen container
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2095 some sort of range finder?
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2095 could be an early Theodolite piece
2096 looks like part of a drill which you lean into with your chest or hand
for more pressure
2097: Pass
2098: section of a wheel balancer unit
2099: is part of my Grandfathers whiskey still
2100: is a pair of fencing pliers/cutters/hammer/axe
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2097 is a toilet bottom from the Smurfs?
Mark
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2095. Some kind of photography exposure meter or maybe sound level meter.
2097. Something about the shape of this and the obvious soft rubber material
reminded me of an adaptor I once had to push connect a hose pipe or shower
pipe over a tap (faucet). After a bit of inspired Googling I came up with
the Tapi Drinking Fountain Faucet adapator.
http://gizmodo.com/5618588/tapi-a-rubber-adapter-that-turns-your-faucet-into-a-drinking-fountain
What will they think of next?
2098. Pro-Mark seem to make drumming equipment but god knows what this thing
is.
2100. Fencing or general woodworking pliers. Pincers, hammer, axe head and
screwdriver all in one tool.
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2096. The only reference I can find is to pattern makers tooling for casting
moulds. This looks like it could be used to set the depth of casting sand in
a sand box to a given height below the top edge. However it's certainly a
depth gauge of some kind if not in that industry.
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2095 Director's Viewfinder
2096 Height or thickness gage
2097 Brix syrup separator
2098 Wheel balance
2099 Casting for a piston
2100 Leatherman Tool (first edition)
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> 2098: section of a wheel balancer unit
Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of wheels
it's for.
> 2100: is a pair of fencing pliers/cutters/hammer/axe
Correct.
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> 2095. Some kind of photography exposure meter or maybe sound level meter.
None of the guesses so far for this one are correct.
> 2097. Something about the shape of this and the obvious soft rubber
> material reminded me of an adaptor I once had to push connect a hose pipe
> or shower pipe over a tap (faucet). After a bit of inspired Googling I
> came up with the Tapi Drinking Fountain Faucet adapator.
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5618588/tapi-a-rubber-adapter-that-turns-your-faucet-into-a-drinking-fountain
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> What will they think of next?
Good answer!
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> 2096 Height or thickness gage
Yes, but I don't know exactly what it was supposed to measure. The owners
description of it:
...pictures of a tool I bought several years ago at a flea market in
Germany. The only information I could find was that Wagner was a foundry in
the town of Stekborn (or Steckborn) in Switzerland.The scale on the tool is
in mm from 0 to 100. The tool is correctly assembled - if the head on
left-hand side in the photographs is turned through 180 degrees, it does
look more like a caliper for measuring, but in this case the scale does not
start at zero.
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2098 is a wheel balancer.
2100 looks like an all-in-one wire cutter, hatchet, hammer, screwdriver, and
pry bar.
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>> 2098: section of a wheel balancer unit
It's the entire unit, not a section of one.
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>Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of wheels
>it's for.
I used to own one. It's for automobile wheels. Look at the top plate: there
are numerous circles designated with letters A-M, I think, each letter
appearing in three circles. The device came with three cones, each having a
short peg on the other end, which fit in the holes in the centers of the
labelled circles. The instruction manual showed which circles to put the cones
in, depending on the year, make, and model of the vehicle (or the number and
spacing of the lugs), in order to center the wheel on the top plate by placing
the mounting holes over the cones.
There's a bubble level in the center. The three bolts in the base permit
adjusting the unit perfectly level before placing a wheel on it; an unbalanced
wheel obviously causes the bubble to move off-center.
2095 Optical distance finder.
2096 looks like a bar clamp, but not really sure.
2097 is the replacable tip for a travellers urinal
2097 is a "bubble balancer" for locating the weights on a wheel. I had
something from JC Whitney co, which was a piece of junk. This one
looks reasonable.
2099, totally no clue.
2100. Would be unfair of me to comment.
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The balancer I had, was cone shaped. For auto tires. This balancer
seems to cater to tires with a more flat center. Type? Who knows. Or,
may well balance auto tires also.
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> 2098: section of a wheel balancer unit
Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of
wheels
it's for.
> 2100: is a pair of fencing pliers/cutters/hammer/axe
Correct.
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>> 2098: section of a wheel balancer unit
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> Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of
> wheels it's for.
Whatever you have. There are plastic cone shaped pins that fit into the
holes. The are set so that they fall into the holes on the wheel. You
use the letters to ensure that they are all in the same ones to center
the wheel.
I have one just like that in the shop. Actually works pretty well.
The three bolts in the base allow you to adjust it so it sits level.
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>> 2100: is a pair of fencing pliers/cutters/hammer/axe
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On 11/25/10 1:13 PM, Ned Simmons wrote:
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> 2095. Optical Pyrometer. Measures high temperatures by comparing the
> color of the object to be measured with the filament of a calibrated
> lamp fed by a variable current supply.
>
Found it! http://www.pyrometer.com/PDF_files/Optical.PDF
I'd have never guessed that. So, it's an early version of IR
thermometer?
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> 2095. Optical Pyrometer. Measures high temperatures by comparing the
> color of the object to be measured with the filament of a calibrated
> lamp fed by a variable current supply.
>
Found it! http://www.pyrometer.com/PDF_files/Optical.PDF
>>Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of wheels
>>it's for.
>
> I used to own one. It's for automobile wheels. Look at the top plate:
> there
> are numerous circles designated with letters A-M, I think, each letter
> appearing in three circles. The device came with three cones, each having
> a
> short peg on the other end, which fit in the holes in the centers of the
> labelled circles. The instruction manual showed which circles to put the
> cones
> in, depending on the year, make, and model of the vehicle (or the number
> and
> spacing of the lugs), in order to center the wheel on the top plate by
> placing
> the mounting holes over the cones.
>
> There's a bubble level in the center. The three bolts in the base permit
> adjusting the unit perfectly level before placing a wheel on it; an
> unbalanced
> wheel obviously causes the bubble to move off-center.
Thanks for the information on the balancer, this is the first one of this
type that I have seen.
Four of the six have answered correctly this week, still not sure about the
German measuring device and the second last item, a couple of new photos
have been posted with the answers for this set:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-364.html#answers
Rob
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>>>Yes, it's a wheel balancer though I'm not sure exactly what kind of
>>>wheels
>>>it's for.
>>
>> I used to own one. It's for automobile wheels. Look at the top plate:
>> there
>> are numerous circles designated with letters A-M, I think, each letter
>> appearing in three circles. The device came with three cones, each having
>> a
>> short peg on the other end, which fit in the holes in the centers of the
>> labelled circles. The instruction manual showed which circles to put the
>> cones
>> in, depending on the year, make, and model of the vehicle (or the number
>> and
>> spacing of the lugs), in order to center the wheel on the top plate by
>> placing
>> the mounting holes over the cones.
>>
>> There's a bubble level in the center. The three bolts in the base permit
>> adjusting the unit perfectly level before placing a wheel on it; an
>> unbalanced
>> wheel obviously causes the bubble to move off-center.
>
>
> Thanks for the information on the balancer, this is the first one of this
> type that I have seen.
>
> Four of the six have answered correctly this week, still not sure about
> the German measuring device and the second last item, a couple of new
> photos have been posted with the answers for this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-364.html#answers
>
>
> Rob
I think it could be used for laying stone steps. The end flat part would
rest on lower step and the adjustable part would be set to the height of the
step. Then it would be laid on top of the step with adjustable part standing
up and the end flat piece against the front edge. To measure the depth of
the step by using the marks on the strait edge for the next step.
Robert
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>>> Four of the six have answered correctly this week, still not sure about
>>> the German measuring device and the second last item, a couple of new
>>> photos have been posted with the answers for this set:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-364.html#answers
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> [ ... ]
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>> I think it could be used for laying stone steps. The end flat part would
>> rest on lower step and the adjustable part would be set to the height of the
>> step. Then it would be laid on top of the step with adjustable part standing
>> up and the end flat piece against the front edge. To measure the depth of
>> the step by using the marks on the strait edge for the next step.
>
> If so -- the steps would be rather shallow. 100mm is only 3.937
> inches. Not serious steps if that small -- but perhaps ones which one
> can flow up without breaking stride for some ceremonial purpose. But a
> tool like that would certainly be made to have a range more suitable to
> the extremes of step sizes.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>
How about masonry? You could check each brick as you placed it.
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> On 11/27/10 9:10 PM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>> On 2010-11-27, Robert<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> "Rob H."<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>>> Four of the six have answered correctly this week, still not sure about
>>>> the German measuring device and the second last item, a couple of new
>>>> photos have been posted with the answers for this set:
>>>>
>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-364.html#answers
>> [ ... ]
>>> I think it could be used for laying stone steps. The end flat part would
>>> rest on lower step and the adjustable part would be set to the height of
>>> the step. Then it would be laid on top of the step with adjustable part
>>> standing up and the end flat piece against the front edge. To measure
>>> the depth of the step by using the marks on the strait edge for the next
>>> step.
>>
>> If so -- the steps would be rather shallow. 100mm is only 3.937
>> inches. Not serious steps if that small -- but perhaps ones which one
>> can flow up without breaking stride for some ceremonial purpose. But a
>> tool like that would certainly be made to have a range more suitable to
>> the extremes of step sizes.
>
> How about masonry? You could check each brick as you placed it.
Just today, on "Ask This Old House," they used a string for that. (each
course would line up with the string, etc...)
Cheers!
Rich
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Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
2095) Optical Pyrometer -- for measuring the temperature of things
which are hot enough to glow. I'm absolutely sure of this one.
Measures by passing current through a wire in the field of view
and adjusting until the wire is the same color (temperature) as
the object under study.
These days, an IR temperature gun is a lot more convenient. :-)
2096) If the item is actually calibrated in cm (which is perhaps more
likely, given that "10" instead of "12" is highlighte red, then
it is too small for that -- and is for measuring some shorter
step height. 10 cm is only about 3.937". Perhaps for measuring
the height of heels on women's shoes?
2097) Hmm ... slip the larger hole on the top over a faucet, stick a
small hose in the smaller hole and it could act as some form of
vacuum pump.
2098) A bench-mount tool for balancing a tire -- or perhaps a flywheel?
Marked holes are for balancing weights -- or perhaps for lug-nut
bolts to hold the tire centered?
2099) Heat exchanger? Vent stove heat through the top pipes (perhaps
it goes in one of the pot holes in the top of a wood-burning
stove). Small hole on side is for feeding water through to heat
it?
2100) Perhaps a farrier's hammer? Nippers for trimming hoof, blade
for prying up an old horseshoe?
Now to see what others have suggested (and expect to read more
when I get back home this evening.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2010-11-27, Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Four of the six have answered correctly this week, still not sure about
>> the German measuring device and the second last item, a couple of new
>> photos have been posted with the answers for this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/11/set-364.html#answers
[ ... ]
> I think it could be used for laying stone steps. The end flat part would
> rest on lower step and the adjustable part would be set to the height of the
> step. Then it would be laid on top of the step with adjustable part standing
> up and the end flat piece against the front edge. To measure the depth of
> the step by using the marks on the strait edge for the next step.
If so -- the steps would be rather shallow. 100mm is only 3.937
inches. Not serious steps if that small -- but perhaps ones which one
can flow up without breaking stride for some ceremonial purpose. But a
tool like that would certainly be made to have a range more suitable to
the extremes of step sizes.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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