On Mar 15, 4:04=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2503: Maybe for setting trammel points or dividers? or getting measure
from a caliper?
2504: A service cart with a flip-down tray. I have seen them set up
for a number of things. Don't know if this particular model had a
specific purpose, or is a generic service cart.
2507: can and bottle tool?
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:04:08 -0400, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
I haven't looked at anybody else's guesses yet....
2503: Ooh, a vernier scale. I'd guess this is used by rolling the
circular part the way you'd use a pizza cutter. As to what it measures?
It's certainly not for measuring pizzas!
2505: My first thought was for measuring the crowning in a sports field
for water drainoff, but again, I bet I'm way off.
2506: I'd use it for one of those carnival games that involve trying to
throw something through a particular hole. Again, I'm sure that's not
the original usage.
2507: Can opener of some sort
2508: Used in carding wool?
--
Ted S.
fedya at hughes dot net
Now blogging at http://justacineast.blogspot.com
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
2504 looks like a cart for those old, ancient engine testing machines. My
brother had one and it was huge, with a lot of leads, etc. I haven't seen
them in this configuration, but I have seen them this big.
2506 looks a little like those modular aircraft landing strips. These were
used extensively in WW II on soft ground. Just put them out and instant
airfield. I wonder if these sections fit together. If they don't, then it
is something else.
In article <[email protected]>,
Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
2508
Scutch comb and hammer
http://shop.g-gibson.com/all-scutch-comb-tools-84-c.asp
--
Stuart Winsor
Only plain text for emails
http://www.asciiribbon.org
2503 special purpose angle finder, missing a part.
2504, never seen one of these. Dunno.
2505 levelling gage from a motor home?
2506 appears to be a section from a commercial shelving unit.
2507 probably a bottle and can opener.
2508, the metal ends look like maybe hair trimming ends?
But, why on an adze?
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
This week's set has just been posted:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
On Mar 15, 4:04=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
506 is called Marshal Matting. It was used on soft ground all through
the Pacific. I ran into it in VietNam, in the delta region, where it
was used in a compound where heavy equipment was serviced. Without it
the trucks would sink in the wet season.
On 3/15/2012 3:42 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote in
> message news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> This week's set has just been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>> 2504 looks like a cart for those old, ancient engine testing machines.
>> My brother had one and it was huge, with a lot of leads, etc. I
>> haven't seen them in this configuration, but I have seen them this big.
>
> Sounds like a good use for it, I would guess this is correct but I
> haven't been able to prove it. Text on it reads "Chesley Industrial Inc,
> Michigan".
>
>
>
>
>
>> 2506 looks a little like those modular aircraft landing strips. These
>> were used extensively in WW II on soft ground. Just put them out and
>> instant airfield. I wonder if these sections fit together. If they
>> don't, then it is something else.
>
I was in the automotive business for years, and seeing the cart 2504
immediately reminded me of body shop equipment. I believe that the cart
is incomplete. These and similar carts held different length rolls of
making paper similar to a paper towel dispenser. Typically there were
2~4 different width masking paper rolls on the front of the cart and the
upper tray on the end of the cart typically held pin striping masking
tape, and or single rolls of masking tape.
On Mar 14, 10:04=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2506. PSP Mat (Pierced Steel Plank) or Marston Mat.
http://www.calumetindustries.com/?cat=3D36
2508. Stone grooving hammer with replaceable bits.
Karl
On Mar 15, 4:04=A0am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2504- want to say it's just a dolley for moving around a transmission,
or maybe for a big truck tire and rim, but that one part that
overhangs looks to be hinged.
2505- sets pitch on a manually adjustable prop
Dave
2503 I've never seen this before, and I'm amusingly confused.
At first glance, this seems to be a simple drafting tool to transfer a
setting to or from a divider, using a vernier to get 1/1000 inch
accuracy. One would put one point of the divider in one of the 1/4"
spaced dimples, the other point in the movable dimple, and set/read the
distance.
Now for my confusion...
Putting the divider points in dimples in a steel plate would dull or
bend the points.
I'd doubt that the rounded bottoms of the dimples would give the
specified accuracy.
I don't get the meaning of "250 PITCH".
I'd expect a bunch of scratches from the divider points if this were
used the way I describe.
So, after a little thought, I have to guess this is not what I first
describe.
On 3/15/2012 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
<[email protected]> wrote in message
On Mar 14, 10:04 pm, "Rob H." <> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
2506. PSP Mat (Pierced Steel Plank) or Marston
Mat.
Karl
Yup, that's what it is. I spent a year on this
stuff at NKP
in 1970 loading A-1 Skyraiders.
phil k.
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2503 Tool for accurately spacing the wires of a fence.
2504 Cart for moving fencing supplies.
2505 Set on top of a fence post to determine if it's tilted.
2506 Hooked together horizontally to make a fence panel.
2507 Tool for twisting/untwisting fencing wire and staple puller.
2508 Repair patches & hammer for wood fence posts.
Art
"Stuart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This week's set has just been posted:
>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> 2508
>
> Scutch comb and hammer
>
> http://shop.g-gibson.com/all-scutch-comb-tools-84-c.asp
>
> --
> Stuart Winsor
Thanks, I knew it was a masonry hammer but didn't know the actual name.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:ea632794-c92f-4e3d-918b-34be3e52e500@l30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
On Mar 14, 10:04 pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
>2506. PSP Mat (Pierced Steel Plank) or Marston Mat.
>http://www.calumetindustries.com/?cat=36
>Karl
That's a good link, thanks!
"Alexander Thesoso" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 2503 I've never seen this before, and I'm amusingly confused.
> At first glance, this seems to be a simple drafting tool to transfer a
> setting to or from a divider, using a vernier to get 1/1000 inch accuracy.
> One would put one point of the divider in one of the 1/4" spaced dimples,
> the other point in the movable dimple, and set/read the distance.
> Now for my confusion...
> Putting the divider points in dimples in a steel plate would dull or bend
> the points.
> I'd doubt that the rounded bottoms of the dimples would give the specified
> accuracy.
> I don't get the meaning of "250 PITCH".
> I'd expect a bunch of scratches from the divider points if this were used
> the way I describe.
>
> So, after a little thought, I have to guess this is not what I first
> describe.
Your description of it is pretty accurate, it's a Leytool Micro Divider
Setter, I didn't have a chance to play around with it so I don't know how
well it works.
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> This week's set has just been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
> 2504 looks like a cart for those old, ancient engine testing machines. My
> brother had one and it was huge, with a lot of leads, etc. I haven't seen
> them in this configuration, but I have seen them this big.
Sounds like a good use for it, I would guess this is correct but I haven't
been able to prove it. Text on it reads "Chesley Industrial Inc, Michigan".
> 2506 looks a little like those modular aircraft landing strips. These
> were used extensively in WW II on soft ground. Just put them out and
> instant airfield. I wonder if these sections fit together. If they
> don't, then it is something else.
> 2507) The bottom end could be used as a can opener.
> The hole in the center could be used as a sort of wrench.
> Not sure what the odd shape at the top end would fit.
>
> Perhaps a military tool for a firearm?
No one has guessed this item correctly yet, pretty difficult to figure it
out if you've never seen one before so I'll give a hint, it's part of a
display at a store.
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob H. wrote:
>> 2507) The bottom end could be used as a can opener.
>> The hole in the center could be used as a sort of wrench.
>> Not sure what the odd shape at the top end would fit.
>>
>> Perhaps a military tool for a firearm?
>
>
>
> No one has guessed this item correctly yet, pretty difficult to figure it
> out if you've never seen one before so I'll give a hint, it's part of a
> display at a store.
>
>
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
Looks something like the clips used on coolers to hold the clear shields
on the lights.
--
Steve W.
"DoN. Nichols" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2012-03-15, Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2503 I've never seen this before, and I'm amusingly confused.
>> At first glance, this seems to be a simple drafting tool to transfer a
>> setting to or from a divider, using a vernier to get 1/1000 inch
>> accuracy. One would put one point of the divider in one of the 1/4"
>> spaced dimples, the other point in the movable dimple, and set/read the
>> distance.
>> Now for my confusion...
>> Putting the divider points in dimples in a steel plate would dull or
>> bend the points.
>
> It is not for drafting dividers, but for machinist's dividers.
> Fine screw adjust, and points whose purpose is to scribe lines in metal
> during layout, so a lot tougher than the drafting points.
Thanks, this answers a number of questions that I had about this device.
"J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 3/15/12 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>> This week's set has just been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
> 2505: Bowling ball pitch gage. Shows the angle at which a finger hole is
> drilled.
Good answer, this is correct. The answers for the rest of the set except for
the cart can be seen at the link below:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2012/03/set-432.html#answers
Rob H. wrote:
> "J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 3/15/12 4:04 AM, Rob H. wrote:
>>> This week's set has just been posted:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> Rob
>> 2505: Bowling ball pitch gage. Shows the angle at which a finger hole is
>> drilled.
>
>
>
> Good answer, this is correct. The answers for the rest of the set except for
> the cart can be seen at the link below:
>
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/2012/03/set-432.html#answers
>
Looking at that cart again and it looks a LOT like the newer plastic
ones you see in garden shops. Bottom tray for fertilizer/potting
soil/??? and the top tray holds plant flats. I wonder if it isn't an
old one from some place like Nichols/Ames or one of the other places
that went out of business.
something like this
http://www.versacart.com/eztote770_image_large.php
Probably a generic item that was used for many things though.
--
Steve W.
Rick pretended :
> On Mar 15, 4:04 am, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>> This week's set has just been posted:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Rob
>
> 506 is called Marshal Matting. It was used on soft ground all through
> the Pacific. I ran into it in VietNam, in the delta region, where it
> was used in a compound where heavy equipment was serviced. Without it
> the trucks would sink in the wet season.
At least in the early days of the Vietnam war the whole of Vung Tau
airfield consisted of this steel matting, even the hanger aprons.
--
John G
On 2012-03-15, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> This week's set has just been posted:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.
2503) A tool for setting the points of machinist's dividers or
trammels to with 0.001". One point is placed in the dimple
in the movable part in the arc below the center, and the other
in one of the line of marked dimples (markings in 0.500"
intermediate dimples in steps of 0.250". Then it is adjusted
until it gets the desired reading.
The inner scale appears to be marked from 0 to .250" (25), and
the outer scale is a vernier to give direct readings in steps of
0.010" and down to what appears to be 0.0025", so I'm not sure
how they get the claimed 1/1000" I'm presuming that the outer
scale is fixed, and the inner one moves with the dimple int he
arc.
Frankly, I would love to have one of those.
2504) The grating below the shelves suggests to me that it is for
working on an engine up on a lift. It rolls under, and various
things which are likely coated with oil are placed there,
starting with the oil drain plug and likely the oil filter.
(There should be some form of tray under that to catch the oil
drips.) The grid allows the oil to flow through, but even small
screws will not fall through.
2505) Some form of clinometer. I presume that the pointer is tapered
so the bulk of its weight is below the pivot screw. A side view
would have helped in this at least. The use of forward and
reverse pitch suggests aircraft use.
2506) Frankly -- no serious guess.
It could be used for storing a bunch of tool holders for a
miling machine -- likely 50 taper given the likely size. But
for that it would need to be horizontal, and the hook shaped
feet suggest that it attaches to a vertical surface.
2507) The bottom end could be used as a can opener.
The hole in the center could be used as a sort of wrench.
Not sure what the odd shape at the top end would fit.
Perhaps a military tool for a firearm?
2508) With all the replaceable teeth, I would guess that it is used
in chipping stone -- likely for something like rough forming of
gargoyles and grotesques or something similar.
Now to post and then see what others have suggested.
Enjoy,
DoN.
--
Remove oil spill source from e-mail
Email: <[email protected]> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---
On 2012-03-15, Alexander Thesoso <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2503 I've never seen this before, and I'm amusingly confused.
> At first glance, this seems to be a simple drafting tool to transfer a
> setting to or from a divider, using a vernier to get 1/1000 inch
> accuracy. One would put one point of the divider in one of the 1/4"
> spaced dimples, the other point in the movable dimple, and set/read the
> distance.
> Now for my confusion...
> Putting the divider points in dimples in a steel plate would dull or
> bend the points.
It is not for drafting dividers, but for machinist's dividers.
Fine screw adjust, and points whose purpose is to scribe lines in metal
during layout, so a lot tougher than the drafting points.
> I'd doubt that the rounded bottoms of the dimples would give the
> specified accuracy.
How rounded are they? Likely made by a prick punch to give the
proper shape for the accuracy.
> I don't get the meaning of "250 PITCH".
Pitch in a screw is how far it advances for a full turn.
Commonly used for metric screws, but inch screws have the inverse, the
pitch divided into 1.000"
What it is saying is that the dimples are set at intervals of
0.250" -- and would be understood by a machinist.
> I'd expect a bunch of scratches from the divider points if this were
> used the way I describe.
It looks to me as though it was disassembled and the steel bar
with the dimples has been wire brushed under power.
And I commonly set them to steel scales (rulers) by placing one
point in an engraved line and adjusting the other to another line and
don't leave obvious scratches in the scales.
> So, after a little thought, I have to guess this is not what I first
> describe.
Actually -- with the exception of being made for machinist's
dividers instead of draftsman's dividers -- pretty close. (And a
draftsman would not need to set his dividers to that accuracy, as the
lines produced are typically thicker than that. The lines left by the
scriber points on the machinist's dividers (through a blue or red layout
die) are much closer to that 0.001" accuracy.
Enjoy,
DoN.
--
Remove oil spill source from e-mail
Email: <[email protected]> | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564
(too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html
--- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero ---