1088: Fire starter - a pot filled 2/3 with kerosene or fuel oil. The
ceramic ball on the end of the rod soaks up the fuel and is placed
under the fire logs and lit, the fuel oil burns long enough to start
the logs and you don't need kindling. We used 'em to light our
fireplace logs for years until we got heat in our house (house was
built in 1890)... Joel in Florida
On Sep 13, 6:36 am, "Snag" <[email protected]> wrote:
> R.H. wrote:
> > The latest set has just been posted:
>
> >http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> > Rob
>
> 1087 looks like a street sign post cap , and 1090 is a pair of gunstock
> checkering cutters .
>
> --
>
> Snag aka OSG #1
> '90 Ultra , "Strider"
> The road goes on forever ...
> none to one to reply
Dang, beat me to the only one I knew-
Dave
On 13 Sep, 11:09, "Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> 1085 Superegg (ellipsoid with higher power than 2) Stands on end. From
> 1960's, described in Scientific American Magazine.
> http://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/HISTORY.HTM
> about 3/4 of the way down.
The "supercircle" (a 2-dimensional projection of the same curve) was
the basis of the custom-designed font used by the ill-fated e-commerce
fashion site boo.com The founders were of course Swedish, and had
grown up surrounded by Piet Hein design work. It was just one of their
attempts (well-intentioned, although finally doomed) to bring the
aesthetic of Scandinavian design to the flat canvas of the Web.
I use it myself as the outline for sword tsuba in cast bronze.
On Sep 13, 3:50 am, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
Number 1090 looks like a tool for removing broken cashew nuts from an
alarm clock.
Joe G
"Ed Huntress" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Most of them have been answered correctly this week, though I'm still not
>> sure about number 1086.
>>
>>
>> http://pzphotosans197-z.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> It looks to me like a device for holding two carbon rods, for creating an
> arc...for some purpose I couldn't fathom.
>
> --
> Ed Huntress
The only other clue for this device is that the former owner was an
electrical engineer, with music and optics as interests. So it could be for
holding carbon rods, as you and Leo suggest.
Rob
I've got a number of things that haven't made it onto the site for some
reason or another, and I'm going to post a few of them in this thread.
These first two were submitted by visitors, I don't know what they are.
1.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1a.jpg
The owner's description:
It appears to be hand-made.
The holes on opposing sides line up when the object is folded flat and when
the object is opened into a square, .
The top part appears to have no function other than holding the piece flat
when it is folded, and the fit when it is folded down is not snug.
Along the inside of the bottom of the object, there is a recessed section
running across all four sides, from the bottom edge to just above the row of
holes; this creates a ledge or lip just above the holes.
For scale, the object is 8" long when folded flat. When opened square, the
outside edge is roughly 4-1/2", and the inside edge is 4". The lip is
recessed 1/4".
-----
2. This device was found in New York:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2b.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2c.jpg
Any ideas on these?
Rob
"Barbara Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:11:16 -0400, "R.H." <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Most of them have been answered correctly this week, though I'm still not
>>sure about number 1086.
>>
>>
>>http://pzphotosans197-z.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>Rob
>
>
> 1085: Not quite. A super-ellipse is two-dimensional. The
> three-dimensional form is specifically called a super-egg.
You're right, looks like I didn't read that page very carefully, I changed
my answer to super ellipsoid. Thanks
Rob
"Christian Stüben" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> hi r.h.,
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:[email protected]...
>> 2. This device was found in New York:
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2.jpg
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2a.jpg
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2b.jpg
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2c.jpg
>
>
> some early prototype of vacuum tube / electrical tube:
> http://www.kleinurl.de/?9s648q5i
>
> traveling wave tube (first picture top left looks similar) with missing
> collector (this seems to be the better silly guess):
>
> http://www.kleinurl.de/?mpqaz37h
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_tube
> http://www.kleinurl.de/?spvwnviy
Thanks for the links, I'll pass them along to the owner of this device.
Rob
>> 1.
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1.jpg
>>
>> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1a.jpg
>>
>
> I can make up a use! Suppose 4" tiles with printed or hand-painted
> designs were used as wall decorations or table coasters. One breaks and
> you can't buy a mass-produced replacement.
>
> The artisan comes with his jig and sets it down as a square with the holey
> sides up. He sets a 4" square of glass in it on the ledge and assembles
> the pieces of the broken tile on the glass. Then he laces thread through
> the holes to make a mesh over the design tile. The handle will be under
> one side, tilting the jig so the surface of the tile will be perpendicular
> to his line of sight.
>
> Now if he has a new tile also marked off in little squares using a similar
> jig or some other method, he can paint a copy.
You're the first person to suggest it could be a tile jig, I've shown it to
a number of people and some thought it could be used in weaving, and someone
said it could be a bag frame, used to hold a bag for some purpose. Still
haven't been able to find anything like it.
Rob
"E Z Peaces" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>> According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>>
>> [ ... ]
>>
>>> You're the first person to suggest it could be a tile jig, I've shown it
>>> to a number of people and some thought it could be used in weaving, and
>>> someone said it could be a bag frame, used to hold a bag for some
>>> purpose. Still haven't been able to find anything like it.
>>
>> Hmm ... if there is any way to connect it to a bag, I could
>> consider it to be the clasp for a handbag. The pivoting block holds it
>> closed, the pinned end hinges are at the edges of the bag, and the metal
>> hinges in the middle where the owner's hand reaches in.
>>
>> But also -- the groove in the bottom edge could hold a tile of
>> some sort with it fully open -- if there is a way to get the forth edge
>> clear.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> DoN.
>>
>>
> I understood it was a ledge or lip. If the inside of the box is a 4"
> square and the outside is 4.5", it sounds as if the ledge would be about
> right for a 4.25" tile.
>
> Now I think this may have been a jig for the tile to be painted, and the
> source image may have been any size. It may have been for a hobbyist or
> somebody making a living painting portraits from b/w photos. The artist
> would partially paint the picture, let it dry, cut the threads, and finish
> it.
>
> Here's a company that will print your photo or design on a tile for $80:
> http://cadeauxphotos.com/Store/WsDefault.asp?One=44
The person who sent me the photos got the device when a family member passed
away, I'll ask him if there were any tile workers in the family.
I talked to my friend about the wood clamp from two weeks ago, he remembers
seeing something similar but can't be sure it was the exact same since it
was a long time ago, so it looks like the answer for it is still unverified.
Rob
1085--Escher is alive and well, and doing photography.
1086--Looks like something I have, which I am guessing holds a pair of
carbons for an arc light--for example, inside an old movie projector.
1090--I was going to say "riffler." Gunstock grooving tool seems like a
better answer--would that be a subset?
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:11:16 -0400, "R.H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Most of them have been answered correctly this week, though I'm still not
>sure about number 1086.
>
>
>http://pzphotosans197-z.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
1085: Not quite. A super-ellipse is two-dimensional. The
three-dimensional form is specifically called a super-egg.
1085 Superegg (ellipsoid with higher power than 2) Stands on end. From
1960's, described in Scientific American Magazine.
http://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/HISTORY.HTM
about 3/4 of the way down.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Most of them have been answered correctly this week, though I'm still not
> sure about number 1086.
>
>
> http://pzphotosans197-z.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
It looks to me like a device for holding two carbon rods, for creating an
arc...for some purpose I couldn't fathom.
--
Ed Huntress
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in news:46e8ebb9$0$17127
[email protected]:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
1090 is a pair of checkering files (or checkering tools), used in
checkering gun stocks and grips. The top tool in the lower picture is a
single-line checker file, the lower tool is a "skip-line" or bordering
tool.
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1. Black and white photo of golden egg laid by Piet Hein's goose.
2. Eyeball adjuster. Used to increase intraocular distance of people with
closely-spaced eyes. Lets people use cheap non-adjustable binoculars.
3. Used to fasten a razorblade onto the end of a hobby horse stick. You
sharpen the blade by riding the hobby horse over a cement sidewalk.
4. Chamber pot with clog remover. Solved the problem of backed-up chamber
pots.
5. Early brass knuckles. You made the victim wear it. Works best when
heated.
6. I have one of these. They are everlasting toothbrushes. The bristles
last longer than your teeth.
7. Inside of a ping-pong ball. Been there.
--Dogstar
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking, as usual.
1085) I would swear that someone made a steel bearing
"darning egg" -- way too heavy to be practical, but it should
last forever. :-)
1086) I would like a closer look at the bracket to the right of
the moving parts. It looks as though it has electrical binding
posts going through it.
If that is what is there, and if the white material is a
porcelain or ceramic, I suspect that this holds a sample in
tension to be broken by some manner or other. One possibility
would be that this is one of two such holders for the start and
stop sensors for a chronograph (for measuring bullet speeds).
1087) part of a folding coatrack, perhaps? This fits inside the
tubular sections which support the coathangers?
1088) for boiling and cleaning socks or other clothing?
1089) Looks like something to rest a hot pot on.
1090) For filing rounded bottom grooves in wood or soft metals?
The part with the teeth is replacable.
Now to see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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hi r.h.,
"R.H." <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> 2. This device was found in New York:
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2a.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2b.jpg
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic2c.jpg
some early prototype of vacuum tube / electrical tube:
http://www.kleinurl.de/?9s648q5i
traveling wave tube (first picture top left looks similar) with missing
collector (this seems to be the better silly guess):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?mpqaz37h
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_tube
http://www.kleinurl.de/?spvwnviy
greetings from germany
chris
R.H. wrote:
> I've got a number of things that haven't made it onto the site for some
> reason or another, and I'm going to post a few of them in this thread.
> These first two were submitted by visitors, I don't know what they are.
>
>
> 1.
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1.jpg
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/album%207/pic1a.jpg
>
>
> The owner's description:
>
> It appears to be hand-made.
>
> The holes on opposing sides line up when the object is folded flat and
> when the object is opened into a square, .
>
> The top part appears to have no function other than holding the piece
> flat when it is folded, and the fit when it is folded down is not snug.
>
> Along the inside of the bottom of the object, there is a recessed
> section running across all four sides, from the bottom edge to just
> above the row of holes; this creates a ledge or lip just above the holes.
>
> For scale, the object is 8" long when folded flat. When opened square,
> the outside edge is roughly 4-1/2", and the inside edge is 4". The lip
> is recessed 1/4".
>
I can make up a use! Suppose 4" tiles with printed or hand-painted
designs were used as wall decorations or table coasters. One breaks and
you can't buy a mass-produced replacement.
The artisan comes with his jig and sets it down as a square with the
holey sides up. He sets a 4" square of glass in it on the ledge and
assembles the pieces of the broken tile on the glass. Then he laces
thread through the holes to make a mesh over the design tile. The
handle will be under one side, tilting the jig so the surface of the
tile will be perpendicular to his line of sight.
Now if he has a new tile also marked off in little squares using a
similar jig or some other method, he can paint a copy.
According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>
[ ... ]
> You're the first person to suggest it could be a tile jig, I've shown it to
> a number of people and some thought it could be used in weaving, and someone
> said it could be a bag frame, used to hold a bag for some purpose. Still
> haven't been able to find anything like it.
Hmm ... if there is any way to connect it to a bag, I could
consider it to be the clasp for a handbag. The pivoting block holds it
closed, the pinned end hinges are at the edges of the bag, and the metal
hinges in the middle where the owner's hand reaches in.
But also -- the groove in the bottom edge could hold a tile of
some sort with it fully open -- if there is a way to get the forth edge
clear.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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DoN. Nichols wrote:
> According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
>
> [ ... ]
>
>> You're the first person to suggest it could be a tile jig, I've shown it to
>> a number of people and some thought it could be used in weaving, and someone
>> said it could be a bag frame, used to hold a bag for some purpose. Still
>> haven't been able to find anything like it.
>
> Hmm ... if there is any way to connect it to a bag, I could
> consider it to be the clasp for a handbag. The pivoting block holds it
> closed, the pinned end hinges are at the edges of the bag, and the metal
> hinges in the middle where the owner's hand reaches in.
>
> But also -- the groove in the bottom edge could hold a tile of
> some sort with it fully open -- if there is a way to get the forth edge
> clear.
>
> Enjoy,
> DoN.
>
>
I understood it was a ledge or lip. If the inside of the box is a 4"
square and the outside is 4.5", it sounds as if the ledge would be about
right for a 4.25" tile.
Now I think this may have been a jig for the tile to be painted, and the
source image may have been any size. It may have been for a hobbyist or
somebody making a living painting portraits from b/w photos. The artist
would partially paint the picture, let it dry, cut the threads, and
finish it.
Here's a company that will print your photo or design on a tile for $80:
http://cadeauxphotos.com/Store/WsDefault.asp?One=44
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:50:21 -0400, "R.H." <[email protected]>
wrote:
>The latest set has just been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
1085 appears to be a three-dimentional representation of the shape
popularized by Piet Hein, the super-ellipse
<http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Superellipse.html>.
It has been sold for a while as a decorative doowhatchie called a
super-egg. This is a super-egg, in what appears to be stainless steel.
1086 looks like the blank-holding jig for a double-copy key-cutting
machine.
1090 are two leather-tooling tools.
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:09:07 +0000, Alexander Thesoso wrote:
> 1085 Superegg (ellipsoid with higher power than 2) Stands on end. From
> 1960's, described in Scientific American Magazine.
>
> http://www.fam-bundgaard.dk/SOMA/HISTORY.HTM
> about 3/4 of the way down.
>
And when you open the lid, does M.C.Escher's hand come out and draw itself?
;-)
Cheers!
Rich
>
> "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> The latest set has just been posted:
>>
>> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has just been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
1096 is a slide-hammer testicle remover.
--
Ed Huntress
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:50:21 -0400, "R.H."
<[email protected]> wrote:
1089 is a "Universal Tool", Patent number 241,893 from May
24, 1881. See:
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=241893
For handling stove-lids, pots, dishes and kitchen
utensils... also as a support for flat irons, coffee pots
and can be used as a meat-tenderer.
--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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