It just occurred to me that 2260 is a baren used for block printing.
When you have inked the printing block and put the paper over it, the
baren is used to apply pressure to make the ink evenly transfer to the
paper. <http://www.samflaxsouth.com/Prod-39-1-2449-987/
Speedball_Red_Baren_4.htm> and <http://autonopedia.org/
crafts_and_technology/Printing/Wood-Block_Printing.html>. I happened
to remember that "baren" is a Japanese word.
Northe
On Jun 3, 10:54=A0am, J Burns <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/2/11 9:14 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > "J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> On 6/2/11 4:37 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> >>> "Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >>>news:[email protected]...
>
> >>>> 2258 Soap mould?
>
> >>> Sounds like a good possibility, I think it's a mold of some sort but
> >>> can't get more specific.
>
> >> Why would a small mold have 3/4" holes in the top and bottom?
>
> > I like the mold idea but someone else had suggested it's for connecting
> > two rods and I like that idea too. There is some type of residue inside
> > of it so that's one reason I like the mold theory, also, the plate coul=
d
> > be placed at the bottom covering the hole, something was poured into th=
e
> > mold from the top, after it dried you could push a rod into the hole
> > against the plate to drive it out. Hard to say exactly what they were
> > making, I'm not saying this is correct, just a possible answer.
>
> >> If I had a couple of pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" copper tubing with oval
> >> fittings, this looks like a dandy clamp for quick connects and
> >> disconnects. The springs would keep pressure on a gasket. The oval
> >> plate could be used when you wanted to stop the flow.
>
> > Seems like another good use for it, but I think it's will be difficult
> > to prove either of these theories and get a definitive answer. The owne=
r
> > of it found it at a car boot sale, I didn't ask but I'm guessing it was
> > in England.
>
> > Rob
>
> Now that I see the flat bottom of the tub, I like the idea that it's a
> mold. =A0I wonder why a mold needed springs. =A0Were they to slowly squee=
ze
> out the excess of something molded cold? =A0For something that expanded a=
s
> it set?
>
> I wonder what molded object would be like a tiny bread loaf, 1" wide and
> 1.5" long.
>
> With the big hole in the top, I wonder if something was molded around
> the base of a rod.
I dunno...that looks all the world to me like some sort of detachable
check valve. The little metal tab with "JWW" stamped on it would be
the clapper, and the inlet and outlet pipes would be flanged to sit in
the device. Probably had a couple of gaskets to keep the steam/water/
whatever inside, and the whole thing could be screwed on. The nubbins
and springs tell me that it was meant to fail under tremendous
pressure rather than blow out, then slip back into place.
--riverman
I've got one of these I bought at Hobby Lobby a week or two past.
There is an implication that the position of the sand controls the
position of the timer within the outer shell. This is not true. The
mass and volume of the timer remain constant, therefore the boyancy
remains constant as well. What controls the movement (ascent/descent)
of the timer through the liquid is the viscosity of the liquid. If
you choose the right liquid, and get the weight just right, the sand
will run out just as the timer reaches the antipodal position. Mine
has a low viscosity clear liquid (water?) so the timer quickly floats
to the top before much sand has moved. It has black sand, and is a
one minute timer. They had similar timers with red sand. I don't
know if they measured the same elapsed time - will have to check next
trip (if they have any left...).
On Jun 2, 3:48=A0pm, "Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Correct, this is the answer that I was looking for, although in the comme=
nts
> on the web site someone said it's a Newton's Gravity Sand Timer, I found
> some of these on the web and they are described as an hourglass that floa=
ts
> in water, with no mention of the puzzle. =A0To me the most interesting pa=
rt of
> the device is the puzzle of the delay in movement, seems odd that they do=
n't
> mention it and only market the item as a decorative hourglass.
>
> Rob
"Rob H." <[email protected]> writes:
>I need some help with two of them this week:
>
>http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
#2257 Early foggles for IFR training?
#2260 Could be a loufa holder for the shower, or maybe
an ink blotter.
#2261 Decorative furniture button
On 6/2/11 4:20 AM, Rob H. wrote:
> I need some help with two of them this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2259: In the US, alcohol content of liquor must be within 0.15% of what
the label says. If one of the floats is set for the upper limit and the
other for the lower limit, then if one sinks and one floats, the liquor
passes the test. Well, that's my guess...
"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rob H. wrote:
>
>> I need some help with two of them this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
> 2262: They were all used in space?
>
> Thanks,
> Rich
Good guess!
"Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rob H. wrote:
>
>> I need some help with two of them this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
> 2260: Obviously a scrubber of some kind, so I suppose the question
> is probably, "What was it used on?" I guess I'd say either floor tile
> or calluses. ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
Yes, most people have guessed that it's a polisher, buffer, or scrubber but
I haven't been able to find out exactly for what.
"Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Rob H. wrote:
>> I need some help with two of them this week:
>>
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2258 Soap mould?
Sounds like a good possibility, I think it's a mold of some sort but can't
get more specific.
> 2261 Coat button?
Nope
> --Winston
>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> Rob
>
> 2259. Physics toy/puzzle. Turn it over and the hourglasses switch
> positions, but only after the sand runs out of the hourglasses. The
> puzzle is to explain why they do not change positions immediately. Answer
> (Rot13): Gur fnaq va gur hccre unys gvcf gur ubhetynffrf, pnhfvat gurz gb
> fgnl va cynpr guebhtu sevpgvba jvgu gur ghor fvqrf.
Correct, this is the answer that I was looking for, although in the comments
on the web site someone said it's a Newton's Gravity Sand Timer, I found
some of these on the web and they are described as an hourglass that floats
in water, with no mention of the puzzle. To me the most interesting part of
the device is the puzzle of the delay in movement, seems odd that they don't
mention it and only market the item as a decorative hourglass.
Rob
> http://www.grand-illusions.com/articles/floating_hourglass/
>
> http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2009/04/23/the-hourglass-problem-43-years-later/
The first link isn't working for me right now but that's the link I was
planning to use in my answer, he has a good video demo there.
Your post was only sent to the metalworking newsgroup, when replying to
Rich's posts, for some reason they only get addressed to r.c.m., you have
add the other two groups if you want to reply to all three, not sure why his
account does this.
Rob
Rob H. wrote:
>
>> http://www.grand-illusions.com/articles/floating_hourglass/
>>
http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2009/04/23/the-hourglass-problem-43-years-later/
>
> The first link isn't working for me right now but that's the link I was
> planning to use in my answer, he has a good video demo there.
>
> Your post was only sent to the metalworking newsgroup, when replying to
> Rich's posts, for some reason they only get addressed to r.c.m., you have
> add the other two groups if you want to reply to all three, not sure why
> his account does this.
>
I just checked (in fact, on this post) and it says "Followups-to" r.c.m;
I can fix that by either deleting it or copy/pasting my "Groups" thing
to "followups." (r.c.m,rec.puzzles,rec.woodworking).
I just hadn't been paying attention, sorry. A lot of times I'll catch a
post on rec.puzzles, but I haven't looked at the followups over there yet.
Thanks,
Rich
Rob H. wrote:
> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Rob H. wrote:
>>
>>> I need some help with two of them this week:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>> 2262: They were all used in space?
>
> Good guess!
Thanks! Does this mean I got one right this week? ;-D
(I mean, "Good guess" doesn't necessarily mean, "RIGHT!", like on
"Family Feud," they're always saying "Good Answer!" but bzzzzt!) ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
>>>>
>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>>
>>> 2262: They were all used in space?
>>
>> Good guess!
>
> Thanks! Does this mean I got one right this week? ;-D
>
> (I mean, "Good guess" doesn't necessarily mean, "RIGHT!", like on
> "Family Feud," they're always saying "Good Answer!" but bzzzzt!) ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Rich
Yes, you nailed it, I was short on time but should have added to my answer
that the tools were used on the Hubble Telescope.
On 6/2/11 4:37 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> "Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> 2258 Soap mould?
>
> Sounds like a good possibility, I think it's a mold of some sort but
> can't get more specific.
>
Why would a small mold have 3/4" holes in the top and bottom?
If I had a couple of pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" copper tubing with oval
fittings, this looks like a dandy clamp for quick connects and
disconnects. The springs would keep pressure on a gasket. The oval
plate could be used when you wanted to stop the flow.
I haven't figured out where one might find copper tubing with oval fittings.
Rob H. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>> 2262: They were all used in space?
>>>
>>> Good guess!
>>
>> Thanks! Does this mean I got one right this week? ;-D
>>
>> (I mean, "Good guess" doesn't necessarily mean, "RIGHT!", like on
>> "Family Feud," they're always saying "Good Answer!" but bzzzzt!) ;-)
>
> Yes, you nailed it, I was short on time but should have added to my answer
> that the tools were used on the Hubble Telescope.
Thanks very much for this! I think this will keep my ego inflated all week!
;-D
Cheers!
Rich
"J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 6/2/11 4:37 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>
>> "Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>
>>> 2258 Soap mould?
>>
>> Sounds like a good possibility, I think it's a mold of some sort but
>> can't get more specific.
>>
> Why would a small mold have 3/4" holes in the top and bottom?
I like the mold idea but someone else had suggested it's for connecting two
rods and I like that idea too. There is some type of residue inside of it
so that's one reason I like the mold theory, also, the plate could be placed
at the bottom covering the hole, something was poured into the mold from the
top, after it dried you could push a rod into the hole against the plate to
drive it out. Hard to say exactly what they were making, I'm not saying
this is correct, just a possible answer.
> If I had a couple of pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" copper tubing with oval
> fittings, this looks like a dandy clamp for quick connects and
> disconnects. The springs would keep pressure on a gasket. The oval plate
> could be used when you wanted to stop the flow.
Seems like another good use for it, but I think it's will be difficult to
prove either of these theories and get a definitive answer. The owner of it
found it at a car boot sale, I didn't ask but I'm guessing it was in
England.
Rob
On 6/2/11 9:14 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>
> "J Burns" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 6/2/11 4:37 PM, Rob H. wrote:
>>>
>>> "Winston" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>> 2258 Soap mould?
>>>
>>> Sounds like a good possibility, I think it's a mold of some sort but
>>> can't get more specific.
>>>
>> Why would a small mold have 3/4" holes in the top and bottom?
>
> I like the mold idea but someone else had suggested it's for connecting
> two rods and I like that idea too. There is some type of residue inside
> of it so that's one reason I like the mold theory, also, the plate could
> be placed at the bottom covering the hole, something was poured into the
> mold from the top, after it dried you could push a rod into the hole
> against the plate to drive it out. Hard to say exactly what they were
> making, I'm not saying this is correct, just a possible answer.
>
>> If I had a couple of pieces of 1/2" or 5/8" copper tubing with oval
>> fittings, this looks like a dandy clamp for quick connects and
>> disconnects. The springs would keep pressure on a gasket. The oval
>> plate could be used when you wanted to stop the flow.
>
> Seems like another good use for it, but I think it's will be difficult
> to prove either of these theories and get a definitive answer. The owner
> of it found it at a car boot sale, I didn't ask but I'm guessing it was
> in England.
>
>
> Rob
>
Now that I see the flat bottom of the tub, I like the idea that it's a
mold. I wonder why a mold needed springs. Were they to slowly squeeze
out the excess of something molded cold? For something that expanded as
it set?
I wonder what molded object would be like a tiny bread loaf, 1" wide and
1.5" long.
With the big hole in the top, I wonder if something was molded around
the base of a rod.
J Burns wrote:
(...)
> Now that I see the flat bottom of the tub, I like the idea that it's a
> mold. I wonder why a mold needed springs. Were they to slowly squeeze
> out the excess of something molded cold? For something that expanded as
> it set?
>
> I wonder what molded object would be like a tiny bread loaf, 1" wide and
> 1.5" long.
>
> With the big hole in the top, I wonder if something was molded around
> the base of a rod.
Finial mould and the residue is flux?
--Winston
2257 some kind of eye glasses, but.....
2258, not sure
2259 Gallileo thermometer
2260 not sure. Maybe holds down iron on patches till they
set?
2261, end for a table leg?
2262 Star Wars battle droid repair
--
Christopher A. Young
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"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
I need some help with two of them this week:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/
Rob
...so the timer quickly floats
to the top before much sand has moved. ...
Sounds like it doesn't work the same as the hourglass puzzle, I'm guessing
the hourglasses are too light weight so a little friction wouldn't be enough
to keep them in place for short amount of time.
I would say that we've got the right general answer for the buffer and mold
but I haven't been able to find out any specifics on them.
The other four have all been correctly identified, more information on them
can be found at the link below:
http://55tools.blogspot.com/2011/06/set-391.html#answers
Rob
DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> Some newsreaders actively discourage cross-posting -- especially
> in replies.
>
That's silly. If there's a topic that's of interest, crossposting is
recommended over multi-posting:
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
and so on.
Hope This Helps!
Rich
On 6/4/11 1:42 AM, Rich Grise wrote:
> DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> Some newsreaders actively discourage cross-posting -- especially
>> in replies.
>>
> That's silly. If there's a topic that's of interest, crossposting is
> recommended over multi-posting:
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
>
> and so on.
>
> Hope This Helps!
> Rich
>
Rich, I had to add two groups to crosspost this because your message
said followup-to rec.metalworking.
<http://knode.sourceforge.net/doc_en_0.3.2_online/using-knode.html#KNODE-HEADERS>
4.1.5 tells how to delete the followup line from a header. If you
deleted it and it came back, 5.1.6 on this page tells how to go to group
settings.
<http://knode.sourceforge.net/doc_en_0.3.2_online/commands.html#AEN2496>
Hope this Helps!
J
"Northe" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It just occurred to me that 2260 is a baren used for block printing.
> When you have inked the printing block and put the paper over it, the
> baren is used to apply pressure to make the ink evenly transfer to the
> paper. <http://www.samflaxsouth.com/Prod-39-1-2449-987/
> Speedball_Red_Baren_4.htm> and <http://autonopedia.org/
> crafts_and_technology/Printing/Wood-Block_Printing.html>. I happened
> to remember that "baren" is a Japanese word.
>
> Northe
Sounds good to me, I think this is correct, I couldn't find a porcelain one
but a baren is the only thing I've found that looks like 2260. I just
updated my answer for this one. Thanks!
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Rich Grise" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Rob H. wrote:
>>
>>> I need some help with two of them this week:
>>>
>>> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>>>
>> 2260: Obviously a scrubber of some kind, so I suppose the question
>> is probably, "What was it used on?" I guess I'd say either floor tile
>> or calluses. ;-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Rich
>
>
> Yes, most people have guessed that it's a polisher, buffer, or scrubber
> but I haven't been able to find out exactly for what.
A Chinese hand held back scrubber massager
"Rob H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need some help with two of them this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2257. Glasses to strengthen "lazy eyes" (amblyopia) by forcing the eye(s) to
look through the center?
2258. Bearing or watch press?
2259. Physics toy/puzzle. Turn it over and the hourglasses switch
positions, but only after the sand runs out of the hourglasses. The puzzle
is to explain why they do not change positions immediately. Answer (Rot13):
Gur fnaq va gur hccre unys gvcf gur ubhetynffrf, pnhfvat gurz gb fgnl va
cynpr guebhtu sevpgvba jvgu gur ghor fvqrf.
2260. Scrubbing pad for use in the bath?
2261. Decorative "snap on" button?
Carl G.
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:20:15 +0100, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> I need some help with two of them this week:
>
> http://55tools.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
2261
end button on wire item e.g. our 1970's vintage metal (painted blue)
clothes horse
there's a bent wire that holds the horse open, with another piece that is
"flippable" to allow the horse to be stowed.
I'd post a picture but a) where? and b) SHMBO has the camera!
--
"Nuns! NUNS! Reverse! Reverse!"
On 2011-06-02, Rob H. <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> http://www.grand-illusions.com/articles/floating_hourglass/
>>
>> http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2009/04/23/the-hourglass-problem-43-years-later/
>
>
> The first link isn't working for me right now but that's the link I was
> planning to use in my answer, he has a good video demo there.
>
> Your post was only sent to the metalworking newsgroup, when replying to
> Rich's posts, for some reason they only get addressed to r.c.m., you have
> add the other two groups if you want to reply to all three, not sure why his
> account does this.
Some newsreaders actively discourage cross-posting -- especially
in replies.
Mine does so -- asking when I start a followup whether I want to
post to the current newsgroup (rec.crafts.metalworking in my case) or to
"all". If I select "all" -- I again get nagged at when the followup is
complete and I want to post it.
I suspect that he is either using a newsreader which does not
allow overriding the no-cross-posting feature, or he does not know how
to override it.
I got to this too late to post guesses -- I actually totally
skipped yesterday -- too busy reading a good book. :-)
Enjoy,
DoN.
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