RH

"Rob H."

10/02/2011 5:40 AM

What is it? Set 375

I need some help with the last item in this set:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html


Rob


This topic has 38 replies

hm

humunculus

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 6:34 AM

On Feb 10, 6:40=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> Rob

Please don't tell me that #2161 is a 'flesh plug' like this one
http://tinyurl.com/4vsnhhg Ugh...

ww

whit3rd

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 6:01 PM

2163: This is about the right configuration for clamping leather
belts' glue
joints in old-fashioned power belting

hm

humunculus

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 3:12 AM

On Feb 10, 6:40=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> Rob

2161:The ubiquitous 'bent nail'. Also part of a bar puzzle.
2162:: The construction looks very much like a PA or speaker cabinet,
so I'm going to guess that its something for a musical instrument.
Maybe a storage/carrying case for parts of a drum kit? All the optics
stuff laying around it tells me I'm probably wrong, though.
2163:: A flower press
2164:: A device a doctor uses to check the nerve conductivity in your
muscles. He touches the device to your arm, and it sends a very mild
current between the ends, of which the transit time is measured to see
if you have nerve damage between the points.
2165:: That would be a very dull axe, or maybe something for chipping
out ice blocks.
2166:: It held a flat razor?

Now lets see if any of my wild guesses were even close to the mark...

--riverman

WK

Walter Kraft

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 12:06 PM

Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob



2162 Is a Case to carry Handguns and Amunition and such Stuff to the
range. Made by Pachmayr.

regards
Walter

WK

Walter Kraft

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 12:17 PM

Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob
2164 might be a electric cattle stunning device?

Walter

WK

Walter Kraft

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 3:39 PM

Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob


2166 Reminds me at something, looks like some foldet Music Stands.

Regards
Walter

UB

"Uffe Bærentsen"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 1:11 AM


"Rob H." <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html

2161 is a bottle opener.



--
Uffe Bærentsen

Ss

"Snag"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 7:52 PM

Mouse wrote:
> On 2/10/2011 8:01 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> "Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>> "Rob H." <> wrote in message >
>>>> 2163:: A flower press
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>>
>>
>> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>>
>>
> Maybe a mouse press.
>
> --
> <:3 )~

Nope , my money is on tie press

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Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

GW

"George W Frost"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 11:04 PM


"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob

2164:
an immersion water heater

2165: is a wood splitter for someone else to hold the long bar and the
striker to hit the wedge

hm

humunculus

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 6:42 AM

On Feb 10, 10:23=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Walter Kraft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]...
>
> > Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
> >> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> >>http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> >> Rob
> > =A0 2164 =A0might be a electric cattle stunning device?
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Walter
>
> Yes, I'm almost positive that it's a cattle prod.
>
> Rob

2166 is interesting. Looks like it has a curved 'holder' running the
length, and I can imagine a rod-shaped handle that allows it to be
twisted, however it releases when the rod is twisted the other way.
Maybe it is some sort of hair curler, or maybe something for coiling
up film or something. Not sure what the little thumb-lever is on the
right side.

Mm

Markem

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 7:25 PM

On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:01:56 -0500, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Rob H." <> wrote in message >
>>> 2163:: A flower press
>>>
>>>
>>> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>
>
>Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>

Tis a letter press then

Mark

KM

"Kerry Montgomery"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 10:04 PM


"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>>>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Maybe a mouse press.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> <:3 )~
>>>
>>> Nope , my money is on tie press
>>
>>
>> That's it!
>>
>
> But it's filthy?

Because of all the creosote.

hm

humunculus

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 6:23 AM

On Feb 10, 6:40=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> Rob

2164 is an electric cattle prod. A google.image search will show
dozens of them

--riverman

ww

whit3rd

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 5:59 PM

2166: Some kind of cigarette roller? One lever adjusts diameter
and another is the pusher to eject the product.

am

axolotl

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 6:14 AM

On 2/10/2011 5:40 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob

2165 is a hawsing iron, used to set caulking in a ship's planking.

For the last item? Perhaps industrial strength hair curlers?

Kevin Gallimore

Mm

Mouse

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 8:38 AM


2163 a flower press?

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RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:17 AM


"Walter Kraft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
>> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
>
> 2162 Is a Case to carry Handguns and Amunition and such Stuff to the
> range. Made by Pachmayr.
>
> regards
> Walter


Correct, it's a Pachmayr case for pistols and ammo.


Rob

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:18 AM


2163:: A flower press


The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.


Rob

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:22 AM


"axolotl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2/10/2011 5:40 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2165 is a hawsing iron, used to set caulking in a ship's planking.


Good answer.


> For the last item? Perhaps industrial strength hair curlers?


These were in a glass case so I didn't have a chance to handle them, seems
like they would be a little heavy for curlers but I guess you never know.


Rob

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:23 AM


"Walter Kraft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
>> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>>
>>
>> Rob
> 2164 might be a electric cattle stunning device?
>
> Walter


Yes, I'm almost positive that it's a cattle prod.


Rob

PK

"Paul K. Dickman"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 8:26 AM

I think 2166 is a cigarette rolling machine.

Paul K. Dickman

"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 11:28 AM


"humunculus" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0507bedf-ea44-42ec-a53b-e8a4d3b2e738@r19g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 10, 6:40 pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> Rob

>Please don't tell me that #2161 is a 'flesh plug' like this one
>http://tinyurl.com/4vsnhhg Ugh...


No, it's not a flesh plug, whatever that is, I'm having lunch right now so I
decided to pass on the link since it doesn't sound very good.


Rob

PK

"Phil Kangas"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 7:20 PM


"Rob H." <> wrote in message >
> 2163:: A flower press
>
>
> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for
> flowers.
>
>
> Rob
>
Then it must be for leaves....phil k.


RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 8:01 PM


"Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rob H." <> wrote in message >
>> 2163:: A flower press
>>
>>
>> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.


Nope, it's not for any type of plant.

LD

"Lobby Dosser"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 5:05 PM

"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob


2163 - tobacco leaf press?

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Mouse

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 8:33 PM

On 2/10/2011 8:01 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> "Phil Kangas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Rob H." <> wrote in message >
>>> 2163:: A flower press
>>>
>>>
>>> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>
>
> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>
>
Maybe a mouse press.

--
<:3 )~

BB

Bill

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:03 PM

Rob H. wrote:
>
> "Walter Kraft" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Am 10.02.2011 11:40, schrieb Rob H.:
>>> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob

2161 Looks perfect for a homemade shower-curtain hook.

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 9:10 PM


>>>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>>>
>>>
>>> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>>>
>>>
>> Maybe a mouse press.
>>
>> --
>> <:3 )~
>
> Nope , my money is on tie press


That's it!




RG

Rich Grise

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 8:16 PM

DoN. Nichols wrote:
> On 2011-02-11, whit3rd <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2163: This is about the right configuration for clamping leather
>> belts' glue
>> joints in old-fashioned power belting
>
> Far too pretty a wood veneer on the top to be used for such a
> work-a-day function.
>
What's that object in the inset at the upper left of the second pic?

Thanks,
Rich

LD

"Lobby Dosser"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

10/02/2011 10:00 PM

"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>>>>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Maybe a mouse press.
>>>
>>> --
>>> <:3 )~
>>
>> Nope , my money is on tie press
>
>
> That's it!
>

But it's filthy?

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 7:33 AM


"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>> On 2011-02-11, whit3rd <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 2163: This is about the right configuration for clamping leather
>>> belts' glue
>>> joints in old-fashioned power belting
>>
>> Far too pretty a wood veneer on the top to be used for such a
>> work-a-day function.
>>
> What's that object in the inset at the upper left of the second pic?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
>

That's the latch, the teeth allow it to be closed tight with different
thicknesses inside the press.

SW

"Steve W."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 2:12 PM

Rob H. wrote:
>
> 2163:: A flower press
>
>
> The word 'press' is correct but it's not for flowers.
>
>
> Rob
>

Cigar press?



--
Steve W.

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 5:47 PM


> 2166: Some kind of cigarette roller? One lever adjusts diameter
> and another is the pusher to eject the product.


Still no answer for this one, I'm expecting to hear back from the museum on
Monday or Tuesday, 2166 was part of a display that was loaned to the museum
by a local tool collector, I'm hoping that he will be able to identify it.

The rest of them were all answered correctly this week:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html#answers


Rob

RH

"Rob H."

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 5:49 PM


"Uffe Bærentsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:[email protected]...
>>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
> 2161 is a bottle opener.
>


Correct!

LD

"Lobby Dosser"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

14/02/2011 8:09 PM

"Kerry Montgomery" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>>>>> Then it must be for leaves....phil k.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nope, it's not for any type of plant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe a mouse press.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> <:3 )~
>>>>
>>>> Nope , my money is on tie press
>>>
>>>
>>> That's it!
>>>
>>
>> But it's filthy?
>
> Because of all the creosote.
>

LOL!!

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in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

12/02/2011 9:40 AM


"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html
>
>
> Rob


2161: a piercing ornament, nose, ear, whatever ?

2163: letter or a paper press?

DN

"DoN. Nichols"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 12:40 AM

On 2011-02-10, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with the last item in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/02/set-375.html

Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2161) Hmm ... a cut nail, bent into a loop, polished, and apparently
chrome plated. The size is about right for shower curtain
rings, but they would have to be slipped on over the end of the
rod.

I would guess that it is a hook for hanging something, but not
sure why a cut nail was the starting point.

2162) The size looks about right for the top two bins to hold 45-RPM
records, and the bottom shelf -- might hold a few selected ones.
This would make it useful for a traveling DJ's setup rig, back
in the days that dances were handled by records, not CDs or
iPods loaded with selected songs.

However, the things nearby look more like explorer's gear. A
folding sighting compass to the left and a case for binoculars
(with part of the binoculars visible) to the right of the case
in question. Not sure what the foreground leather case might
hold. Perhaps a holster for a firearm -- or a machete?

2163) Usually, I would expect something like this to be hollowed out
to hold some kind of measuring instrument or something of the
like.

However, the strange hinges, plus the interesting latch suggest
that it is a press to hold something flat-- perhaps leaves or
something similar. The hinges could spring to accommodate
greater thickness, and the latch will hold at a fairly wide
range of thicknesses.

2164) This looks like some sort of probe for measuring resistance,
perhaps to measure moisture content, such as in the ground. The
connector is a twistlock one which *could* have been used for
power, but is an uncommon one -- perhaps to prevent someone from
plugging it into the wall, as it would be rather dangerous.

It looks as though there is a pushbutton to apply power only
when the button is pressed, which might suggest fairly high
voltage anyway -- from whatever portable measuring instrument
was used with it.

2165) Looks as though it is normally mounted on a pivot and hit with
a hammer. Given how blunt the edge is, I suspect that it was
intended to be used to break something brittle like slate or
stone.

2166) Well ... "Realistic" was a brand for Radio Shack audio gear,
but the 2 cents price at the bottom suggests that it predates
Radio Shack.

It looks as though it unfolds, and locks onto other similar
things, perhaps to make a tabletop camera tripod -- but I would
really like to see an view of it unfolded (unlikely, given that
they live in a museum. :-)

Now to send this off and then see what others have suggested.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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"DoN. Nichols"

in reply to "Rob H." on 10/02/2011 5:40 AM

11/02/2011 2:42 AM

On 2011-02-11, whit3rd <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2163: This is about the right configuration for clamping leather
> belts' glue
> joints in old-fashioned power belting

Far too pretty a wood veneer on the top to be used for such a
work-a-day function.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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