1949 is used with a brace to cut a uniform taper on a piece of
wood. They're sold with a smooth shank for use in a modern drill,
even today, for people making "primitive" furniture from tree
branches.
1948's use is obscure, but it's designed to collapse, with each
ring fitting inside the adjoining one. I've seen drinking cups
made like this.
Nonny
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> 1945. An insect trap. Saw one of these that demonstrated how smart and
> adaptable some animals are - a spider had built a web across the opening!
> Kerrry
30" long? Those must be some mighty big insects!
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Ya' can't fool me. That thing with the blue trap in it is called a tree.
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1946. Ye old butcher block table used to cut up a lot of meat. I saw a lot
of them growing up. I wanted to make one but never got around to it.
1950. On half of the symbols used on the old USSR flag. I am not sure if the
russians still use it. Remember the old "hammer and sickle"? And the
symbology/philosophy it represented?
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1945. 'Looks like a gypsy moth trap. But the tree looks like an ash, so it's
probably for emerald ash borers.
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1945 is an insect trap, often designed to catch a specific species
(with a pre-determined scent/bait), in order to determine whether that
species is present in a certain area. I believe that these are for the
Asian ash borers, an invasive species that is destroying all of the
ash trees in the Midwest.
1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with end-
grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
1949 could be a crayon or pencil sharpener, although I would say it is
missing the "handle" or the part that would give the user some
leverage in performing the sharpening operation.
1950 is a hand-held scythe, to cut a crop or hay. Whether it was
designed for a specific crop, I don't know.
Pierre
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>
>> 1950 OK, I'll bite... What is special, or unusual about these sickles?
>
>Nothing really special about them, several people had mentioned to me that
>they look at the web site with their grade school aged kids, so I thought
>I'd post an easier item once in a while that they might be able to answer.
Anybody should be able to tell that 1950 is _a_ bi-sickle. Hard to ride it,
though. <grin>
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>
>>1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with end-
>>grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
>
>Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on purpose.
>This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat surface, but
>I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that much loss of wood.
Yes, it does. Takes a lot of use and time, but a butcher block _is_
virtually indestructable. Not all that uncommon to find ones that have
been in use for over (and sometimes _far_ over) 30 years.
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1945: Target practice? Should it be up the tree, or does it just happen
to have ended up there?
1946: A very worn butcher's block?
1947: Either lighthouse bulbs were wrapped in it, or it's used to polish
lighthouse bulbs/lenses
1948: Dunno, looks painful. Poor man's Tower of Hanoi puzzle?
1949: Looks like a wire guide to "aim" wire coming off a spool into a
straightener.
1950: A pair of sickles.
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1945 Insect trap
1946 Butcher block
1947 used to record records for a light house
1948 still condenser
1949 metal funnel, where would it be used? Steam powered car refueling
funnel?
1950 sickles, for hay, wheat or weeds.
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>
>>1945 is an insect trap, often designed to catch a specific species
>>(with a pre-determined scent/bait), in order to determine whether that
>>species is present in a certain area. I believe that these are for the
>>Asian ash borers, an invasive species that is destroying all of the
>>ash trees in the Midwest.
>
>Correct, it a trap for catching ash borers.
>
>>1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with end-
>>grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
>
>Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on
>purpose. This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat
>surface, but I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that much
>loss of wood.
It does when "normal wear and tear" involves being struck repeatedly
with a chopper, day after day.
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1945 looks like a BIG Gypsy Moth Trap
1946 is a well-worn butcher's block
1948 looks like an old and weird implementation of a sausage-stuffer
1950 is a pair of Sickles, or "hand scythes" for hand-harvesting grain or
hay
LLoyd
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> Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on
> purpose. This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat
> surface, but I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that
> much loss of wood.
Rob I can certify from personal experience that they will, indeed, lose
that much wood over 20-30 years of use.
LLoyd
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>>
>>1945 looks like a giant moth trap, but perhaps not.
>>
>>1946 common butchers block.
>>
>>1950 a pair of sickles, though they look skinnier then the ones I used as
>>a
>>kid
>>
> They have been subject to many years of wear.
> Gerry :-)}
> London, Canada
I did my best to wear one out. Fortunately the folks bought a lawnmower! :)
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1947 was for clean light house lens.
Mark
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>> Rob
>
>
>1945 looks like a giant moth trap, but perhaps not.
>
>1946 common butchers block.
>
>1950 a pair of sickles, though they look skinnier then the ones I used as a
>kid
>
They have been subject to many years of wear.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada
1946 This looks like a common, well-worn, butcher block. (For people who
have never seen a butcher cut up meat... this is the table he uses.)
1947 I'll guess this is the rag used to clean the lenses in a United States
Light House Ship.
1949 Chamfering tool. Used in a brace to put a diagonal chamfer on the end
of a cylindrical piece of wood.
1950 OK, I'll bite... What is special, or unusual about these sickles?
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1949 I was a bit wrong... this is a spoke pointer.
http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/bitstock.htm About 1/3 of the way
down.
http://jonzimmersantiquetools.com/tools/point_1.jpg
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> 1946 This looks like a common, well-worn, butcher block. (For people who
> have never seen a butcher cut up meat... this is the table he uses.)
>
> 1947 I'll guess this is the rag used to clean the lenses in a United
> States Light House Ship.
>
> 1949 Chamfering tool. Used in a brace to put a diagonal chamfer on the
> end of a cylindrical piece of wood.
>
> 1950 OK, I'll bite... What is special, or unusual about these sickles?
>
>
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>
> 1947 I'll guess this is the rag used to clean the lenses in a United
> States
> Light House Ship.
This answer is correct although the last word in the acronym isn't ship.
> 1950 OK, I'll bite... What is special, or unusual about these sickles?
Nothing really special about them, several people had mentioned to me that
they look at the web site with their grade school aged kids, so I thought
I'd post an easier item once in a while that they might be able to answer.
Rob
1945 looks like a Pantry Pest Trap from www.gardensalive.com but the
color is wrong, and the size is a bit out of scale.
1946 I recognize as a butcher's cut table. A very successful design,
for sure.
1947. This item was probably used in place of the tacky plastic bag
that said "Patients Belongings", as needed. I'll let others answer, of
course.
1948 totally no clue.
1949 The blade on the side is the clue. Some kind of pencil sharpener,
or rod pointer.
1950. Are these two separate but similar items, or do the join some
how?
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> 1947 I'll guess this is the rag used to clean the lenses in a
> United
> States
> Light House Ship.
This answer is correct although the last word in the acronym isn't
ship.
Rob
It opens up the conversation of what is a sickle, or it's larger
brother the scythe. And how crops are sometimes harvested by hand.
With the US being unstable, they might be harvested by hand again some
time.
Thanks for the occasional easy one.
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> 1950 OK, I'll bite... What is special, or unusual about these
> sickles?
Nothing really special about them, several people had mentioned to me
that
they look at the web site with their grade school aged kids, so I
thought
I'd post an easier item once in a while that they might be able to
answer.
Rob
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1945 - Handy target?
1946 - Very well used kneading bench?
1947 - Something to do with an overhead projector?
1948 -
1949 - You didn't have the complete set available? Anyway it's a taper
cutter for starting the process of cutting a tenon on the end of a piece
of wood. This tool shapes the end so the cutter can start in the center
and cut true.
1950 - Grass Sickles, Also used for cutting just about anything else
where a hand sickle can be used. I use mine to cut the weeds on the back
bank.
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> 1946. Ye old butcher block table used to cut up a lot of meat. I saw a lot
> of them growing up. I wanted to make one but never got around to it.
>
> 1950. On half of the symbols used on the old USSR flag. I am not sure if the
> russians still use it. Remember the old "hammer and sickle"? And the
> symbology/philosophy it represented?
FWIW, there's an extensive wikipedia entry on "hammer and sickle" that
shows a number of flags and other emblems where it is still used.
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>1945 is an insect trap, often designed to catch a specific species
>(with a pre-determined scent/bait), in order to determine whether that
>species is present in a certain area. I believe that these are for the
>Asian ash borers, an invasive species that is destroying all of the
>ash trees in the Midwest.
Correct, it a trap for catching ash borers.
>1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with end-
>grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on purpose.
This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat surface, but
I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that much loss of wood.
Rob
1946 is a well worn butchers block. My dad had a butcher shop when I was
four years old. He would have me rub salt on it to clean it at night.
That one has many years of use. I would love to have that one.
Jerry
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> 1946 is a well worn butchers block. My dad had a butcher shop when I was
> four years old. He would have me rub salt on it to clean it at night.
> That one has many years of use. I would love to have that one.
> Jerry
The price on the butcher block was $395, it's in a shop in SW Ohio, send me
an email it you want more info.
Rob
>> Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on
>> purpose. This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat
>> surface, but I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that
>> much loss of wood.
>
>
> Rob I can certify from personal experience that they will, indeed, lose
> that much wood over 20-30 years of use.
>
> LLoyd
I guess all that chopping would take its toll over the years, all the ones
that I've seen probably had minimal use.
Thanks
Rob
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>>1945 is an insect trap, often designed to catch a specific species
>>(with a pre-determined scent/bait), in order to determine whether that
>>species is present in a certain area. I believe that these are for the
>>Asian ash borers, an invasive species that is destroying all of the
>>ash trees in the Midwest.
>
> Correct, it a trap for catching ash borers.
>
>>1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with end-
>>grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
>
> Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on purpose.
> This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat surface, but
> I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that much loss of wood.
>
>
> Rob
>
You sure it's not the Headsman's Block?
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> O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
>
> 1945) looks like some form of kite to me. Interesting shape.
>
> 1946) Some form of butcher's table? The curvature of the top would
> help keep things from sliding off at least.
>
> 1947) At a guess -- it was for cleaning the Fresnell lenses (and
> perhaps reflectors as well) in a lighthouse.
>
> 1948) Interesting. It sort of looks like something for generating
> and burning acetylene for lighting or cooking.
>
> 1949) This is mounted in a drill brace (of Brace & Bit fame) and used
> for forming a conical point on wood. Exactly *why* I don't
> know, however. :-)
Making Pointy Sticks, of course! :o)
>
> 1950) sickles -- for harvesting (by hand) wheat or something similar.
>
> Or -- one half of what you need to make two copies of the Soviet
> flag emblem. :-)
>
> Now to see what others have suggested.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
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>1946 looks like a stand-alone (and well-worn) butcher block, with
>end-
>grain facing up. Why it was varnished is unclear.
Yes, it's a butcher block, though I was thinking it was sloped on
purpose.
This is the first one that I've seen that didn't have a flat surface,
but
I'm not sure if normal wear and tear would cause that much loss of
wood.
Rob
> 1945) looks like some form of kite to me. Interesting shape.
When I first saw it I thought someone had lost a box kite, until I found two
similar ones a few miles down the road.
They've all been answered correctly this week, although I don't think anyone
got the specific type of lamp for number 1948.
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/06/set-339.html#answers
Rob
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#1945
thanks Rob
there's one near my house
I was curious about what it is
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>
>> 1945) looks like some form of kite to me. Interesting shape.
>
>
> When I first saw it I thought someone had lost a box kite, until I found
> two similar ones a few miles down the road.
>
> They've all been answered correctly this week, although I don't think
> anyone got the specific type of lamp for number 1948.
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2010/06/set-339.html#answers
>
>
> Rob
>
The box trap is a Jackson Trap. A county bug guy was complaining about the
cost of test traps and his wife said use milk cartons and that is the idea
behind the trap.
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"Lobby Dosser" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On 2010-06-03, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> next
> >> week.
> >>
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> >
> > O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
> >
> > 1945) looks like some form of kite to me. Interesting shape.
> >
> > 1946) Some form of butcher's table? The curvature of the top would
> > help keep things from sliding off at least.
> >
> > 1947) At a guess -- it was for cleaning the Fresnell lenses (and
> > perhaps reflectors as well) in a lighthouse.
> >
> > 1948) Interesting. It sort of looks like something for generating
> > and burning acetylene for lighting or cooking.
> >
> > 1949) This is mounted in a drill brace (of Brace & Bit fame) and used
> > for forming a conical point on wood. Exactly *why* I don't
> > know, however. :-)
>
> Making Pointy Sticks, of course! :o)
So there's something to be better than a poke in the eye with?
>
> >
> > 1950) sickles -- for harvesting (by hand) wheat or something similar.
> >
> > Or -- one half of what you need to make two copies of the Soviet
> > flag emblem. :-)
> >
> > Now to see what others have suggested.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > DoN.
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1945 looks like a giant moth trap, but perhaps not.
1946 common butchers block.
1950 a pair of sickles, though they look skinnier then the ones I used as a
kid
On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:44:43 -0700, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 1947 I'll guess this is the rag used to clean the lenses in a United
>> States
>> Light House Ship.
>
>
> This answer is correct although the last word in the acronym isn't ship.
United States Light House Service. Responsible for light houses and
lightships as well as some other aids to navigation. Became part of the
Coast Guard sometime in the late '30s IIRC.
WayneJ
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O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always:
1945) looks like some form of kite to me. Interesting shape.
1946) Some form of butcher's table? The curvature of the top would
help keep things from sliding off at least.
1947) At a guess -- it was for cleaning the Fresnell lenses (and
perhaps reflectors as well) in a lighthouse.
1948) Interesting. It sort of looks like something for generating
and burning acetylene for lighting or cooking.
1949) This is mounted in a drill brace (of Brace & Bit fame) and used
for forming a conical point on wood. Exactly *why* I don't
know, however. :-)
1950) sickles -- for harvesting (by hand) wheat or something similar.
Or -- one half of what you need to make two copies of the Soviet
flag emblem. :-)
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
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1945. It looks like a larger version of the fruit fly trap in my orange
tree. It catches those pesky flying squirrels (or moths). :-) If not a
trap, perhaps it is a bat or bird habitat ("To the Bat-Tent Robin!").
1946. A butcher table that slopes to allow the easy collection of blood and
entrails?
1947. I need one of these. It is a surrender flag for the United States
Lost Hope Society (U.S.L.H.S.).
1948. Oil lamp? My guess is that the container on the right is filled with
oil. The oil flows through the horizontal tube to the nozzle on the left.
The oil burns on the tip of the nozzle.
1949. Attaches to a brace. Used to make conical points on wooden
cylinders. I think I saw one used on the "The Woodwright Shop".
1950. Mom and Pop-sickles. :-)
Carl G.