On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 04:11:52 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
I'm surprised that nobody else has even guessed clock weight for #1744
yet. I presume I'm not even close, but I would have thought that at
least one other person would come to the same conclusion as me.
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1743 is an old WWII era life jacket light! I used to have two of them.
Steve R.
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> 1745 Drop Forge Hammer. Small engine slowly winds cable, lifting the
> weights. At top, cable is released and weights drop down the rails to
> smash the workpiece. I suspect this is wheeled up to an anvil or dieset
> on an anvil, as the bottom horizontal rail doesn't look robust enough to
> serve as the anvil.
>
It looks so much like a pile driver (as used to build boat piers and such),
I'd have guessed a fence post driver.
Ed
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
1741: A winding key for a clock, perhaps. A bit different than the
usual square-drive though.
1742: Maybe a live animal trap of some sort. Animal goes in, finds the
box too narrow to turn around in, gets stuck. Maybe for a rat, though
I'd think a rat could back out.
1743: Some sort of test probe.
1744: Odd sort of metronome
1745: Well, if you lifted the weight somehow (I don't see a crank on
the wheel), you could control its descent with the brake or by
changing the angle of the tall section. Not sure why you'd want to.
My first thought was some sort of lift, but it doesn't seem to be set
up as a counterweight system.
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is 1746 used to transport pigeons?
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
Bill <[email protected]> writes:
>Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
>
>1742: Maybe some sort of bird house (note the ease with which one can
>remove used nests)?
>
1742: Vote box (used with colored marbles/stones)?
On Oct 8, 5:56=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> > #1741: =A0 end of a putter (for golf)?
>
> > Bill
>
> Correct, it's a detachable putter blade.
Does it come with a golf ball with detachable aerilons? ;)
I could see a golf buddy bringing a little screwdriver to
surreptitiously loosen the set screw and watching your face while you
putted.
R
On Oct 8, 3:11=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
1742 Might be a butter mold. Most I remember were a lot betterquality
than the one shown.
DL
In article <[email protected]>, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
My guesses, before seeing others:
1741 - The actuator end seems to slip over a ball or flared fitting of
some sort. Perhaps this is a window adjuster/opener for an old style of
(casement?) window.
1742 - Perhaps a bottle is inserted, with the neck projecting through
the hole in the top, to provide a handle for easier pouring of the
contents.
1743 - A very strange device. Perhaps it's some sort of a pyrotechnic
launcher/starter, activated by electricity, with the top of the cylinder
opening to insert a canister of the pyrotechnic material. (Flares,
perhaps?)
1744 - Looks like something I should recognize, but don't right offhand.
The only thing that comes to mind is from Knight's dictionary where he
talks of praying machines, where (in parts of Tibet and perhaps
elsewhere) prayers were written on paper and attached to a rotating
apparatus, the prayer believed to be "read" by the idol or god or
whatever once for each rotation of the wheel.
1745 - This appears to be a small, light-duty pile driver; perhaps it
was intended to be used to drive well points. The gasoline engine would
seem to be a later addition, replacing what I presume was man or horse
power to raise the ram.
1746 - This looks vaguely like a (homemade) box I saw once some time ago
in which a magician transported the bunny he would pull out of his hat
during his act--the bunny, of course, being a live pet, and I think a
dwarf or at least small breed. So maybe this is a livestock/pet carrier.
Now to see other guesses...
--
Andrew Erickson
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot
lose." -- Jim Elliot
1745 Drop Forge Hammer. Small engine slowly winds cable, lifting the
weights. At top, cable is released and weights drop down the rails to smash
the workpiece. I suspect this is wheeled up to an anvil or dieset on an
anvil, as the bottom horizontal rail doesn't look robust enough to serve as
the anvil.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
#1741: end of a putter (for golf)?
Bill
> 1743) Clip-on rescue light for finding someone in the water?
>
> Either there is a plain battery in the cylinder and the
> projecting red cylinder is a button, or it is one of the
> water-activated batteries which has to be below the water while
> the light is clipped on at a point above the water for
> visibility.
Good answer, it was made to clip onto a life vest to help searches find
downed airmen.
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1744 - Tibetan Prayer Thingie
Rob H. wrote:
> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
would cause the door to fall off.
I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting season,
secured with the "handle" down.
1746: If the vents are big enough for mice, it could be for an
exterminator. It could have a glue board in the center. He leaves it a
few days, then carries off the dead mice with the vents closed.
If the vents are too small for mice, could be to monitor for roaches or
other insects.
It could also hold stinky bait to lure larger animals to a trap. You
would close the vents for transport.
>
> 1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
> would cause the door to fall off.
>
> I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting season,
> secured with the "handle" down.
Doesn't really affect the bird house idea one way or the other, but there
was enough friction that the sliding part wouldn't fall out on its own.
Still not sure about either of the two boxes, but the other four have all
been answered correctly:
http://answers305r.blogspot.com/
Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
>>
>> 1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
>> would cause the door to fall off.
>>
>> I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting season,
>> secured with the "handle" down.
>
For what it's worth, I am told ALL birdhouses are only used during the
nesting season
(my wife is a bird expert).
>
> Doesn't really affect the bird house idea one way or the other, but there
> was enough friction that the sliding part wouldn't fall out on its own.
>
> Still not sure about either of the two boxes, but the other four have all
> been answered correctly:
>
> http://answers305r.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> Rob
Bill wrote:
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> 1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
>>> would cause the door to fall off.
>>>
>>> I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting season,
>>> secured with the "handle" down.
>
> For what it's worth, I am told ALL birdhouses are only used during the
> nesting season
> (my wife is a bird expert).
>
The box looks cheap to produce and could be attractive to the desired
species, but how long would it stand sun, rain, and ice? What about
undesired birds or bushy-tailed rats?
I had a similar-looking house for bluebirds, who used it a couple of
times the first year but never again. It might have been wise to take
it down except in bluebird season.
"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:48:46 -0400, E Z Peaces wrote:
>> Bill wrote:
>>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> 1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
>>>>> would cause the door to fall off.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting
>>>>> season, secured with the "handle" down.
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I am told ALL birdhouses are only used during the
>>> nesting season
>>> (my wife is a bird expert).
>>>
>> The box looks cheap to produce and could be attractive to the desired
>> species, but how long would it stand sun, rain, and ice?
Long enough for an interested bird? By the way, I have been informed that
some birds will "roost" in a birdhouse, packed in tight, for warmth.
Bill
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:48:46 -0400, E Z Peaces wrote:
> Bill wrote:
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> 1742: The "handle" isn't shaped like a handle, and picking up that way
>>>> would cause the door to fall off.
>>>>
>>>> I think it's a bird house designed to be up only during nesting
>>>> season, secured with the "handle" down.
>>
>> For what it's worth, I am told ALL birdhouses are only used during the
>> nesting season
>> (my wife is a bird expert).
>>
> The box looks cheap to produce and could be attractive to the desired
> species, but how long would it stand sun, rain, and ice? What about
> undesired birds or bushy-tailed rats?
>
> I had a similar-looking house for bluebirds, who used it a couple of times
> the first year but never again. It might have been wise to take it down
> except in bluebird season.
I'd have just cleaned it out.
Cheers!
Rich
In article <[email protected]>, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It looks so much like a pile driver (as used to build boat piers and
>> such), I'd have guessed a fence post driver.
>
>
>Yes, it's for driving in fence posts or other similar work.
Amazing how many problems can be solved by dropping something heavy on
them repeatedly :-)
--
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someone with less ability and more need.
On 2009-10-08, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some assistance identifying two different boxes in this set:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
1741) Wrench for something. At a guess, it is a wrench for adjusting
the height of the front sight on some military rifle.
1742) Some kind of flame-powered spotlight? perhaps a candle goes
inside near the back to project a fairly narrow (if dim) beam.
1743) Clip-on rescue light for finding someone in the water?
Either there is a plain battery in the cylinder and the
projecting red cylinder is a button, or it is one of the
water-activated batteries which has to be below the water while
the light is clipped on at a point above the water for
visibility.
1744) I think that this is a wind-up hanger for rotating something
hung below it for display purposes. The small off-center
projection is a mechanical switch to stop or start the rotation
from a remote location.
1745) I think that I see hints of an IC motor under the base shown
in the close-up photos.
And I think that it is designed to repeatedly wind up the weight
to the top and drop it on heated iron to forge it. (This is
based on the discoloration below the sliding weight shown in
close-up 2.)
1746) G.E.R. "Greater Edinburough Railway" or something like that?
I think that this is designed for carrying some small critters
during a reailway trip without any risk of them getting out.
Perhaps something like hamsters, or chicks or something similar.
It looks as though it has provisions for a lock on one of the
hasps, so the carrier or a small kid can't let the critters out
during the trip.
Now to see what others have said.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On 2009-10-10, Bill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> For what it's worth, I am told ALL birdhouses are only used during the
> nesting season
> (my wife is a bird expert).
what else could they be? Pick-up pads for chicks? LOL..
nb (easily amused)