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Rob
2348 ballast resistor
2352 the Arab word Zariba comes to mind
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2347 was the Hunley's torpedo
2352 Palisade
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> 2352 abatis
An Abatis is made of whole felled trees with the (sometimes sharpened)
branches pointing toward the enemy.
The defense shown in the picture can also be called a Fraise, but American
Colonial fighters called it a palisade. Another type of palisade is where
the stakes are upright and close enough together to form a wall.
LLoyd
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>> 2351) This is an interesting version of a Morse taper "key", designed
>> for removing Morse taper tooling from the shanks of drill
>> presses and the tailstock of metal lathes.
>>
>> The extra length allows an alternative way to apply the force,
>> or you can hit the stub on the handle side of the key with a
>> hammer to drive the bit out.
>>
>> I'm not sure that the metal clip on that stub actually is an
>> original part of the tool. It does not appear to serve any
>> purpose -- other than possibly being mounted on the side of the
>> tool as a clip to hold the tool conveniently ready for use.
>>
The outer end of the drift is hinged. Pressing down on the handle gives a
mechanical advantage which loosens the taper.
It is a bit more gentle on the quill bearing as it isn't necessary to whack
it with a hammer
2347. spar torpedo
2348. heater
2352. picket
On Sep 15, 3:09=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted this week's set:
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> Rob
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:09:56 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
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>Rob
2347: Fence wire tensioner
2348: bug zapper
2351: roach clip
2352: row-o-pikes
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:09:56 -0400, "Rob H." <[email protected]>
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>Just posted this week's set:
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>Rob
2352: Fraise
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> Rob
2349 is a seaming stake for making sheetmetal pipe
2351 is an automatic drift for removing machine tapers (Morse 2, B&S 9) as
are used in drill chuck arbors.
My guess on 2348 it that it's a big honkin' resistor.
Paul K. Dickman
>
> On Sep 15, 3:09 am, "Rob H."<[email protected]> wrote:
>> Just posted this week's set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Rob
>
2352 abatis
On 9/15/11 11:46 AM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
> J Burns<[email protected]> fired this volley in news:j4t1nn$n31$1@dont-
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>> 2352 abatis
>
> An Abatis is made of whole felled trees with the (sometimes sharpened)
> branches pointing toward the enemy.
>
> The defense shown in the picture can also be called a Fraise, but American
> Colonial fighters called it a palisade. Another type of palisade is where
> the stakes are upright and close enough together to form a wall.
>
> LLoyd
Thanks. According to the 1836 treatise Dennis Hart Mahan wrote for the
US Military Academy, a palisade was a kind of picket fence, vertical or
nearly vertical. The stakes were triangular split rails 10.5 feet long
with 3" spaces and connected by bars near the top and bottom. Mahan
said a fraise was constructed the same way but was horizontal or nearly
horizontal.
Mahan said an abatis could be made of interlaced branches with the
smaller branches removed and the ends sharpened. It seems to me that if
you want to make an abatis from branches, you might want to start with
pointed stakes firmly in the ground and nearly horizontal.
As it is, it looks to me as if the structure might stop a cavalry
charge, but I don't know what it would be called in that case.
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
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>>
>> Rob
>
> 2349 is a seaming stake for making sheetmetal pipe
Correct, the owner called it a stovepipe anvil.
> 2351 is an automatic drift for removing machine tapers (Morse 2, B&S 9) as
> are used in drill chuck arbors.
Sounds like a good answer, I'll pass this on to the owner of this tool.
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>J Burns <[email protected]> fired this volley in news:j4t1nn$n31$1@dont-
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>> 2352 abatis
>
> An Abatis is made of whole felled trees with the (sometimes sharpened)
> branches pointing toward the enemy.
>
> The defense shown in the picture can also be called a Fraise, but American
> Colonial fighters called it a palisade. Another type of palisade is where
> the stakes are upright and close enough together to form a wall.
>
> LLoyd
The web site where I got the image refers to it as an abatis, palisade is
correct but I think a lot of people don't go by the strict definition and
use both words interchangably.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>>
>> 2349 is a seaming stake for making sheetmetal pipe
>
> Correct, the owner called it a stovepipe anvil.
>
>> 2351 is an automatic drift for removing machine tapers (Morse 2, B&S 9)
>> as are used in drill chuck arbors.
>
> Sounds like a good answer, I'll pass this on to the owner of this tool.
>
Here's a photo of a modern equivalent.
http://www.nolansupply.com/bysubcategory.asp?category=Machinery&supercategory=Milling+Machine+Accessories+-+Drill+Drifts&subcategory=XACT+Semi-Automatic+Drill+Drifts%26nbsp%3B&type=False&specs=True
Hope the link works.
Paul K. Dickman
Nova wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:09:56 -0400, "Rob H."<[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Just posted this week's set:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2352: Fraise
2351 Fingernail maintenance implement (file, etc.)?
Bill
> 2351) This is an interesting version of a Morse taper "key", designed
> for removing Morse taper tooling from the shanks of drill
> presses and the tailstock of metal lathes.
>
> The extra length allows an alternative way to apply the force,
> or you can hit the stub on the handle side of the key with a
> hammer to drive the bit out.
>
> I'm not sure that the metal clip on that stub actually is an
> original part of the tool. It does not appear to serve any
> purpose -- other than possibly being mounted on the side of the
> tool as a clip to hold the tool conveniently ready for use.
>
> And what is the third item (looks like cast aluminum or zinc
> alloy) in the multiple view
I think the third item is just someone's keyboard on their laptap that was
inadvertently in the photo.
> Oh yes -- a speculation about item (2343) in last week's puzzle.
> I wonder how many of those are still buried in graveyards around the
> country -- and how many are still capable of functioning. Considering
> that every once in a while, a graveyard has to be relocated, this could
> result in some casualties -- especially since I doubt that there are
> proper records of these things from back then.
Hard to say how many are out there, I would guess very few were actually
used, right about the time that these were patented the law was changed so
that medical schools could use donated or unclaimed bodies so there was no
longer a market for stolen ones, making the torpedoes unnecessary.
On 2011-09-15, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just posted this week's set:
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> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking, as always.
2347) Harpoon gun, for whaling. The cylinder behind the harpoon
carries coiled rope to automatically pay out to attach the
whale to the ship. (This is from after the days of the sail
powered whaleships.
2348) Ballast/voltage-dropping resistor to allow the operation of the
projector's lamp from a higher voltage. (Perhaps a 110 VAC lamp
from a 220 VAC power outlet) -- or perhaps for an arc lamp
illuminating the subject when a movie is being shot.
In any case, the perforated cylinder has a wire-wound resistor
in it which gets quite hot in operation.
2349)
Hard to say. Another view or two might help. For example an
end view of the bottom. I *think* from the two photos posted,
that the shape of the end view would be something like this:
/|
/(
/__|
which would mean that it could serve as a wedge to be driven
into something.
If, instead, it is more like this:
__
| |
| (
|__|
It would almost seem to be a half of a turned wood style column,
perhaps for adding as a decorative feature to a steel
construction of some sort.
Yes, I would expect it to be quite heavy. :-)
2350) The end of one handle appears to be either a screwdriver or a
prybar end.
The end of the other appears to be for pulling small nails.
The jaws appear (one smooth and one with one-way teets) to be
for one-way ratcheting for unscrewing (or screwing) something.
The spring for self-opening makes it easier to use in the
ratcheting mode.
A view of the other side might make it clear why there is a
wingnut to allow disassembly of the pliers. If they were
intended for use in some sort of food-related or medical
operation, the disassembly could make it easier to clean
them properly.
There also appears to be a screw for setting how far closed the
jaws will go.
2351) This is an interesting version of a Morse taper "key", designed
for removing Morse taper tooling from the shanks of drill
presses and the tailstock of metal lathes.
The extra length allows an alternative way to apply the force,
or you can hit the stub on the handle side of the key with a
hammer to drive the bit out.
I'm not sure that the metal clip on that stub actually is an
original part of the tool. It does not appear to serve any
purpose -- other than possibly being mounted on the side of the
tool as a clip to hold the tool conveniently ready for use.
And what is the third item (looks like cast aluminum or zinc
alloy) in the multiple view
2352) Single word: "Defense"
Probably a picket line type defense for horse mounted troops
or soldiers on foot.
At a guess -- from a Civil War re-enactment site.
Now to spell-check this, post it, and then see what others have
suggested.
Oh yes -- a speculation about item (2343) in last week's puzzle.
I wonder how many of those are still buried in graveyards around the
country -- and how many are still capable of functioning. Considering
that every once in a while, a graveyard has to be relocated, this could
result in some casualties -- especially since I doubt that there are
proper records of these things from back then.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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