RH

Rob H.

25/07/2013 3:11 AM

What is it? Set 503

Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
hours
ago.

This week's set has been posted:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/


Rob


This topic has 22 replies

jj

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 7:14 AM


> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

2929 - Buffing wheel rake. I've got two of these ... When the wheel gets too loaded with buffing compound, I clean it with the rake and apply fresh compound.

Joel

mM

[email protected] (Mark Brader)

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 7:15 AM

Rob H.:
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

2931 - For putting rented beehives into?

2934 - Conveyor belts.

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BL

"Bruce L. Bergman (munged human readable)"

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

26/07/2013 11:00 PM

On 25 Jul 2013 11:23:58 -0700, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>>2934 Pieces of pretty-much-standard chain conveyor belt.
>
>Correct, I'm told it's called hook chain.
>
>>What is unusual about these?
>
>Not much, but in the nine years that I've been doing this site these are the
>only
>chain conveyors that I've seen that were not hooked up to a machine.

Go to any County Fair or theme park and order a Churro. Then go look
at the ovens they come out of...

It's weird, things like that you should be able to "pick up anywhere"
but I've never seen a catalog where they list things like that. You
used to get the various twist and link chains and sprockets with
Erector Sets and would be useful for many Rube Goldberg-ing projects.

--<< Bruce >>--

DB

David Billington

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 11:53 AM

On 25/07/13 11:11, Rob H. wrote:
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
2929 is for cleaning/dressing buffing wheels when they get loaded. I've
got one in the workshop.
http://www.mscdirect.co.uk/ABW-51573L/SEARCH:KEYWORD/product.html

Bb

Bluey69

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 8:07 PM

On 25/07/2013 7:44 PM, Alexander Thesoso wrote:
> I didn't see the earlier post.
>
> 2929 Comb for some tough coarse fibrous material. (hemp?)
>
> 2931 Beehive boxes for an environment where it is important to assure
> no tampering with the hives???
>
> 2932 Horn. Steam foghorn? Siren?
>
> 2933 Map route measuring device.
> I have one of these, in cheap plastic.
> The little wheel at the lower right is geared to a full-face dial
> indicator on the other side.
> You roll it along a route on a map and read total distance.
>
> 2934 Pieces of pretty-much-standard chain conveyor belt. What is
> unusual about these?
>
>
>
>
> On 7/25/2013 6:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I
>> made two
>> hours
>> ago.
>>
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
2929 a hand operated device for carding wool

2933 is a percussion cap box , which is als0 used to place the a
percussion cap on the nipple of a caplock firearm

2934 conveyor chain

Gg

Gonadicus

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 8:25 PM

On 25/07/2013 6:14 PM, Alexander Thesoso wrote:
> I didn't see the earlier post.
>
> 2929 Comb for some tough coarse fibrous material. (hemp?)
>
> 2931 Beehive boxes for an environment where it is important to assure
> no tampering with the hives???
>
> 2932 Horn. Steam foghorn? Siren?
>
> 2933 Map route measuring device.
> I have one of these, in cheap plastic.
> The little wheel at the lower right is geared to a full-face dial
> indicator on the other side.
> You roll it along a route on a map and read total distance.
>
> 2934 Pieces of pretty-much-standard chain conveyor belt. What is
> unusual about these?
>
>

It's unusual if you aren't familiar with it.

Ll

Leon

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 9:33 AM

On 7/25/2013 5:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>


2931 Fireworks storage units

Ll

Leon

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 9:31 AM

On 7/25/2013 5:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>


2934 Delivery Conveyor for hamburger patties over an open flame at
Burger King. ;!)

LE

"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 7:03 PM

j Burns <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:kssd84$gs1$1@dont-
email.me:

> thought, "Of course!"
>
> But then...
>
> I'd expect fireworks boxes to have rain-shedding roofs. I'd expect
them
> to have air circulation below to keep the insides dry. By the look of
> the door, they seem to be simple plywood enclosures. White plywood
> boxes of fireworks surrounded by a chain link fence on an open field
> would invite mischief by vandals with firearms.

Display fireworks must be stored in a minimum of a Type 4 magazine.
Plywood boxes don't even come close to the required metal or masonry
construction required for a Type 4. Consumer fireworks require no kind
of magazine at all, and would normally just be stored in a locked
warehouse.

Lloyd

AT

Alexander Thesoso

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 6:14 AM

I didn't see the earlier post.

2929 Comb for some tough coarse fibrous material. (hemp?)

2931 Beehive boxes for an environment where it is important to assure
no tampering with the hives???

2932 Horn. Steam foghorn? Siren?

2933 Map route measuring device.
I have one of these, in cheap plastic.
The little wheel at the lower right is geared to a full-face dial
indicator on the other side.
You roll it along a route on a map and read total distance.

2934 Pieces of pretty-much-standard chain conveyor belt. What is
unusual about these?




On 7/25/2013 6:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>

RH

"Robin Halligan"

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 10:41 PM

Ok I know 2934 looks like the belt conveyor for an industrial washing
machine
we had one at an old job and was used for washing machined metal parts.


"Rob H." wrote in message news:[email protected]...

Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
hours
ago.

This week's set has been posted:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/


Rob

AT

Alexander Thesoso

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 6:59 AM

On 7/25/2013 6:37 AM, Bluey69 wrote:

> 2933 is a percussion cap box , which is als0 used to place the a
> percussion cap on the nipple of a caplock firearm

I'm sure Bluey69 is right and I was wrong.
For reference, what I was talking about is a "chartometer".

PK

"Paul K. Dickman"

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 7:05 AM


"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made
> two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
2929 is a buffing rake. it is used to remove excess buffing compound from
cloth buffing wheels.
2933 is a capper for holding percussion caps and putting them on the nipples
of a cap and ball revolver.

Paul K. Dickman

RH

Rob H.

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 11:23 AM


>2934 Pieces of pretty-much-standard chain conveyor belt.

Correct, I'm told it's called hook chain.

>What is unusual about these?

Not much, but in the nine years that I've been doing this site these are the
only
chain conveyors that I've seen that were not hooked up to a machine.

RH

Rob H.

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 11:26 AM


>2933 is a percussion cap box , which is als0 used to place the a
>percussion cap on the nipple of a caplock firearm


Correct, the patent for it is from 1839.

RH

Rob H.

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 11:28 AM


>Ok I know 2934 looks like the belt conveyor for an industrial washing
>machine
>we had one at an old job and was used for washing machined metal parts.


I haven't seen any industrial washing machines recently so I'll take your word
for
it, they are also used on harvesting equipment.

RH

Rob H.

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 11:40 AM


>2929 is for cleaning/dressing buffing wheels when they get loaded. I've
>got one in the workshop.
>http://www.mscdirect.co.uk/ABW-51573L/SEARCH:KEYWORD/product.html


Didn't realize they still made these, for some reason I thought it might be an
antique.

jB

j Burns

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 7:50 PM

On 7/25/13 10:33 AM, Leon wrote:
> On 7/25/2013 5:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I
>> made two
>> hours
>> ago.
>>
>> This week's set has been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>>
>
>
> 2931 Fireworks storage units

I thought, "Of course!"

But then...

I'd expect fireworks boxes to have rain-shedding roofs. I'd expect them
to have air circulation below to keep the insides dry. By the look of
the door, they seem to be simple plywood enclosures. White plywood
boxes of fireworks surrounded by a chain link fence on an open field
would invite mischief by vandals with firearms.

It's peculiar that the numbers are on the opposite side from the doors,
and they're too small to read from across the field. The door seems to
have a handle on the inside. Why would somebody want to go in and shut
the door?

The pole appears to be about 6" in diameter and 25' high. Why would it
have been erected?

BB

Bill

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 8:44 PM

j Burns wrote:
> On 7/25/13 10:33 AM, Leon wrote:
>> On 7/25/2013 5:11 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I
>>> made two
>>> hours
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> This week's set has been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>
>>
>> 2931 Fireworks storage units
>
> I thought, "Of course!"
>
> But then...
>
> I'd expect fireworks boxes to have rain-shedding roofs. I'd expect
> them to have air circulation below to keep the insides dry. By the
> look of the door, they seem to be simple plywood enclosures. White
> plywood boxes of fireworks surrounded by a chain link fence on an open
> field would invite mischief by vandals with firearms.

Thought I've never seen any up close, they reminded me of the boxes that
might be used in throwing birds in skeet shooting.
Maybe the tall pole is a wind vane?

Bill


>
> It's peculiar that the numbers are on the opposite side from the
> doors, and they're too small to read from across the field. The door
> seems to have a handle on the inside. Why would somebody want to go
> in and shut the door?
>
> The pole appears to be about 6" in diameter and 25' high. Why would
> it have been erected?

jB

j Burns

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

26/07/2013 1:55 PM

On 7/25/13 8:03 PM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> j Burns <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:kssd84$gs1$1@dont-
> email.me:
>
>> thought, "Of course!"
>>
>> But then...
>>
>> I'd expect fireworks boxes to have rain-shedding roofs. I'd expect
> them
>> to have air circulation below to keep the insides dry. By the look of
>> the door, they seem to be simple plywood enclosures. White plywood
>> boxes of fireworks surrounded by a chain link fence on an open field
>> would invite mischief by vandals with firearms.
>
> Display fireworks must be stored in a minimum of a Type 4 magazine.
> Plywood boxes don't even come close to the required metal or masonry
> construction required for a Type 4. Consumer fireworks require no kind
> of magazine at all, and would normally just be stored in a locked
> warehouse.
>
> Lloyd
>
That pole looks just like the flagpole in front of an office building a
block from here. I know where it is! It's a defunct military base.

Some soldiers would try to be indoors during colors so they wouldn't
have to stop and stand there saluting. Evening colors could catch them
by surprise because it happened at a different time every day. Those
boxes were built for such emergencies. Beetle Bailey could jump in and
close the door so he wouldn't have to salute. It would be a breach of
etiquette for an E-1 to jump in on top of an E-6. So they're marked, 1-6.

RH

Rob H.

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

26/07/2013 1:13 PM

>That pole looks just like the flagpole in front of an office building a
>block from here. I know where it is! It's a defunct military base.


You're correct about it being on an old military base, it's actually a park now,
this is on the same land as the Voice of America switch matrix from last week.
If
you look at the last photo of the matrix you can see some of the boxes on the
right.

I don't think anyone identified the fourth item, but the rest of this set were
all
properly answered:

http://55tools.blogspot.com/2013/07/set-503.html#answers


Rob

DN

"DoN. Nichols"

in reply to Rob H. on 25/07/2013 3:11 AM

25/07/2013 8:16 PM

On 2013-07-25, Rob H <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hopefully this won't be a double post but I'm not seeing the one I made two
> hours
> ago.
>
> This week's set has been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/

Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2929) Perhaps a flax card -- or something similar for other
natural fibers?

Rather painful as a back scratcher. :-)

2330) Looks like something to clamp a picture frame of the like
while gluing.

2331) Strange. If the front were more beat up, I would think that
it might be some kind of firearms skills targets.

But there really does not seem to be too much obvious to
me that they could be used for -- unless they are used to store
something during some kind of event and empty the rest of the
time.

2332) A forghorn -- either on a watercraft or on a lighthouse.

2333) A dispenser for some component of ammunition for a
muzzle-loading firearm. Not sure whether it is powder (a bit
small for that I think), or patches, or balls (projectiles).

Given how small it is, it may be the finer powder for the pan of
a flintlock rifle.

Or -- it could be caps.

It appears to be missing some nose piece which controls the
distribution of whatever it is.

But Colt was (and is) a major firearms manufacturer.

2334) Looks like temporary traction over mud. Either laid down
as a pair of tracks, or something formed in loops over the front
and rear tires to work like the tracks on a tank.

Now to post and then see what others have suggested.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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