Five of the six have been identified:
472. One of a pair of magnetic parallels
473. The end of a fluorescent light
474. No correct answers yet, closest guess so far is pipe reamer
475. Boring tool for a barrel
476. Can opener, this one works differently than most, with the small
forked piece going on top of the rim and the blade cutting up from the side
477. Flax tool
Rob
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:18:57 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Another set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#472: Looks like a steel plug gauge set
#473: Receptacle for small appliance recharger or electrical connection.
Maybe for an electric razor
#474: Light bulb changer
#475: looks to be some sort of boring tool. Would probably make a pretty
nasty edge
#476: No idea
#477: Wool card
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472 - Alignment block?
473 - Looks like the connection on an electric skillet
474 - Reaming tool for pipe?
475 - Bung tool for wooden casks
476 - Looks like a can opener but I'm not sure it is. The lower piece
appears to swivel?
477 - Flax breaker. Used like a wool card to break the flax into useable
fibers prior to carding.
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> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
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Howdy!
In article <[email protected]>,
Norman D. Crow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Mark and Kim Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> R.H. wrote:
>>
>>>Another set has been posted:
>>>
>>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> From Rec.woodworking
>>
>> #472: profile gauge??
>> #473: the end of a fluorescent tube
>> #474: a type of needle scaler?
>> #475: hole saw.
>> #476: can opener? hose cutter?
>> #477: another descaler?
>
>476 Can opener
>477 Carding tool. Believe used in the process of making wool into thread
>or yarn.
>
No, it's a wool comb, not a card. Used for aligning the wool fibers
for making worsted yarn (the smooth stuff) instead of woolen yarn
(the fuzzy stuff you're more used to). Cards do the woolen thing.
yours,
Michael
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Howdy!
In article <[email protected]>,
Norman D. Crow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Howdy!
>>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> Norman D. Crow <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>"Mark and Kim Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>> R.H. wrote:
>>>>
[snip]
>>>
>>>476 Can opener
>>>477 Carding tool. Believe used in the process of making wool into
>>>thread
>>>or yarn.
>>>
>> No, it's a wool comb, not a card. Used for aligning the wool fibers
>> for making worsted yarn (the smooth stuff) instead of woolen yarn
>> (the fuzzy stuff you're more used to). Cards do the woolen thing.
>
>Well, at least I was in the right church, just hadn't found the right pew
>yet.
>
Yep...I'm a bit of a fiber geek, so I'm picky about it...
yours,
Michael
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Howdy!
In article <[email protected]>,
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> >> No, it's a wool comb, not a card. Used for aligning the wool fibers
>> >> for making worsted yarn (the smooth stuff) instead of woolen yarn
>> >> (the fuzzy stuff you're more used to). Cards do the woolen thing.
>> >
>> >Well, at least I was in the right church, just hadn't found the right pew
>> >yet.
>> >
>> Yep...I'm a bit of a fiber geek, so I'm picky about it...
>
>
>I found quite a few flax tools that look much like this one, do you know if
>there is a difference between wool and flax combs?
>
It might be a flax tool. It isn't a card, though.
yours,
Michael
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:18:57 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>Another set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#476: can opener
#477: I think it's a comb for flax or hemp fiber, used prior ro
spinning. The needles are too long and too coarse and the head is too
small for it to be for wool.
Barbara
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:18:57 GMT, "R.H."
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Another set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
r.w
474 is a fishing spear or 'sling'
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"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Another set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
472. Set of pins for measuring hole diameters.
473. The end of the light at the tunnel.
474. Stirrer.
475. Makes holes (perhaps in barrels).
476. Tool used to cut off lengths of wooden dowels.
477. Card used in spinning.
Carl G.
"Mark and Kim Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> R.H. wrote:
>
>>Another set has been posted:
>>
>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>
>>
> From Rec.woodworking
>
> #472: profile gauge??
> #473: the end of a fluorescent tube
> #474: a type of needle scaler?
> #475: hole saw.
> #476: can opener? hose cutter?
> #477: another descaler?
476 Can opener
477 Carding tool. Believe used in the process of making wool into thread
or yarn.
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"Mark and Kim Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> R.H. wrote:
>
>>Another set has been posted:
>>
>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>
>>
> From Rec.woodworking
>
> #472: profile gauge??
> #473: the end of a fluorescent tube
> #474: a type of needle scaler?
> #475: hole saw.
> #476: can opener? hose cutter?
> #477: another descaler?
477 Or maybe making flax into linen.
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Nahmie
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According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> Another set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again.
472) Hmm ... it looks like a variation on a magnetic parallel
for holding things higher than the surface of the magnetic chuck
on a surface grinder.
Most that I have seen had the aluminum (or brass or bronze) body
the full height of the magnetically soft (mild steel) pole
pieces. In any case, they transfer the magnetic poles of the
chuck to the higher level. (There are also V-blocks made
similarly.)
Others are alternating plates of brass and steel, riveted
together by brass rods.
I would guess that "J. BRACKEN" is the name of the person who
made this as part of his apprenticeship program.
473) contact pins and shell end of a fluorescent lamp tube.
474) I think that this is an internal remote grabber. It probably
has a spring loaded plunger which expands the fingers unless
the plunger is depressed from the other end, allowing it to be
inserted into the object being grabbed, or to release said
object.
475) A trepaning wood bit. The screw tip at the center pulls
it into the wood workpiece, and the outside legs cut a circular
groove until it falls through the workpiece. It is limited as
to how deep it will make a hole, simply because it does not have
the sharp edges between the center screw and the outer cutters
of a typical auger bit to shave wood out of the center of the
hole, so the cross-pieces will eventually hit and prevent any
farther progress.
However, the lack of those center cutters will reduce the amount
of torque which the operator will need to apply to the handles.
476) This looks like yet another variety of can opener.
477) A "card" for wool, perhaps? Designed to straighten out the
fibers prior to spining, and to make it easier to separate
from the dirt which comes with the sheep.
Now -- to see what others have guessed.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"Michael Houghton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Howdy!
>
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Norman D. Crow <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>"Mark and Kim Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>> R.H. wrote:
>>>
>>>>Another set has been posted:
>>>>
>>>>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Rob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> From Rec.woodworking
>>>
>>> #472: profile gauge??
>>> #473: the end of a fluorescent tube
>>> #474: a type of needle scaler?
>>> #475: hole saw.
>>> #476: can opener? hose cutter?
>>> #477: another descaler?
>>
>>476 Can opener
>>477 Carding tool. Believe used in the process of making wool into
>>thread
>>or yarn.
>>
> No, it's a wool comb, not a card. Used for aligning the wool fibers
> for making worsted yarn (the smooth stuff) instead of woolen yarn
> (the fuzzy stuff you're more used to). Cards do the woolen thing.
Well, at least I was in the right church, just hadn't found the right pew
yet.
--
Nahmie
Stupidity is not considered a handicap, park elsewhere.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Another set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
472. Heavy-duty toothbrush head for scrubbing Cliff's foul mouth out with
soap.
473. High-voltage probes for Cliff's electro-shock psycho-therapy.
474. Mini-roto-rooter for clearing the detritus out from the hollow between
Cliff's ears.
475. A screw-pull for extracting Cliff's head from his arse.
476. A tool for prying open Cliff's eye lids so that he might one day see
reality.
477. A spanking paddle to be applied to Cliff's backside each and every time
he spams these newsgroups.
> >> No, it's a wool comb, not a card. Used for aligning the wool fibers
> >> for making worsted yarn (the smooth stuff) instead of woolen yarn
> >> (the fuzzy stuff you're more used to). Cards do the woolen thing.
> >
> >Well, at least I was in the right church, just hadn't found the right pew
> >yet.
> >
> Yep...I'm a bit of a fiber geek, so I'm picky about it...
I found quite a few flax tools that look much like this one, do you know if
there is a difference between wool and flax combs?
Rob
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 21:05:57 -0700, woodworker88 wrote:
> #472 are a set of transfer punches. Used for aligning given sizes of
> holes in different workpieces.
No, it's clearly not a set of transfer punches, or gage pins - if it
were either of these, the pins wouldn't all be the same size.
I think the answer to this one has been given - it's a thing that
you set on top of the magnetic holding plate of a surface grinder.
Thanks,
Rich
"William Wixon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> oops. i meant "number 474..." and "...off the INSIDE of the tubes in a
> steam engine...." did/do heat exchanger tubes in a steam engine get
cruddy?
> or i guess maybe even a stationary boiler.
Nope, not for steam engines. Also it wasn't made to have extensions added
to it.
> i went to china in 1986 and they were still using steam engines there. it
> was marvelous to ride through the terraced hills of china on a fire
> breathing dragon. i WISH i had the presence of mind to have begged or
> bribed a ride in the engine!!! one night i stayed in a hotel near a train
> yard and it was wonderful to hear a steam engine starting up with a heavy
> load ("CHUFF CHUFF CHUFF") then the drive wheels breaking loose
> ("chuffchuffchuffchuffchuff") and the engineer cutting the power and
> starting up again ("CHUFF CHUFF CHUFF") was wonderful. like time
travel.
Sounds like fun.
Rob