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What is it?: Set 303
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I've been collecting unusual tools and other objects for quite a while, and several years ago I started this project of posting them on the web as puzzles for visitors to figure out what they are. Thursday, September 24, 2009. For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For some of my best posts. 1729 12" long", take a look at Neatorama. For more guesses on this one:. 1730 6" long, submitted by a visitor who is looking for information on this device:. 1733 6-1/4" long, sent in by a visitor:. 1729 B...
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What is it? Answers 252
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008. 1423 A marine steam engine, shot at the Henry Ford Museum, it was used on two Great Lakes boats during its 50 years of operation, first on Portage, 1875-1903, and then on Romania 1914-1926. 1424 A cooper's splitter, used to split a white oak sapling for making wooden barrel hoops. 1427 This is most likely a tube clamp, a modern version can be seen here. 1428 An aircraft bomb distributor:. To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile. To view the entire post:.
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What is it? Answers 254: October 2008
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Friday, October 17, 2008. 1435 A Hart Moisture Gauge, for determining the moisture content of a piece of wood:. A large image of the chart on the box lid can be seen here. The hammer is used to tap in the probe, and the pry bar on the other end is used to remove it. 1436 A rack lifter, this winch was powered by horses and was used to elevate a wagon box or rack of hay up to the second floor of a barn, where it was forked to the storage area. Patent number 379,693. Has some drawings of a similar device.
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What is it? Answers 248
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Thursday, September 4, 2008. 1399 A steak tenderizer, patent number 525,595. The plates pivot so that they can be cleaned, they can also be removed to sharpen the teeth. 1400 This tool was used by a shoemaker for forming the shank during the second lasting operation, patent number 1,486,801. From Jack Devitt's collection. 1401 The building is part of a glass container plant in Indiana, the unusual structure is most likely for ventilation above the furnaces. A satellite shot from Google maps:.
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What is it? Answers 245
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Friday, August 15, 2008. 1381 A cigar box tool, the blade is used to break the seal, the hammer for tapping out the tack, and the slit is for pulling stubborn tacks. 1382 A stove lifter and carrier, patent number 224,617. This tool is made from two long pieces of wood that are connected by two adjustable metal parts:. These next three were submitted by visitors:. 1383 A tool for crimping conduit to make it easier to bend, as seen in the second photo:. 1384 A brick of compressed peat. To submit photos, se...
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What is it? Answers 214
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Friday, January 11, 2008. 1191 I haven't been able to verify any of the guesses on this device, the four responses below differ in some of the details but are all in the same ballpark:. Resolver. Produces a trigonometric function (sine/cosine) of an input. Used in a mechanical analog computer or a mechanical gun-directing computer. Looking closer, I don't think those wheels move in the way I thought. That means it's just a differential adder, not sine/cosine. Take a look at Neatorama. 1194 As seen in the...
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What is it? Answers 202: October 2007
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007. 1116 Counter/odometer, patent number 72,033. From the patent page:. 1117 Not sure what this tool is, since it has the same motion as number 1120, I think it's probably a valve lapping tool. 1118 According to the owner this is a fishing rod plane, used for making fishing poles. 1119 Scotchlok crimping tool, model E-9, series B, for use with Scotchlok electrical fasteners, as seen on this site. Tool, used to help engine valves get a good seal so that compression is not lost.
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What is it? Answers 255
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Thursday, October 23, 2008. For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For some of my best posts. Patent number 538,515. Another version of this device:. 1442 Photographed at the Henry Ford Museum, this was marked "Simple Thresher. And was used to separate grain from the stalk:. This machine looks similar but I'm not 100% sure that it was used for the same purpose, it was mounted up in the rafters of a barn so I couldn't take a close look at it. 1445 A cigar punch. To view the entire post:.
