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Thursday, June 01, 2006. Given as change for meat ration coupons. Second last paragraph on this link). 679 Hammers made from lead, babbitt, copper. 680 Cutter and guide sleeve from a putty chaser set, attached to a drill and used to remove putty when working on windows, patent. Number 4,188,723. 681 A shoe maker's wood peg cutter:. 682 Flue scraper, used to clean the tubes and flues of a steam engine, I bought it at an antique tractor show, so it could have been used on an old steam tractor.
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Thursday, July 13, 2006. Similar to one seen here. 715 Twist face hammer. 716 Cactus needle sharpener, as described by it's owner: "Back in the 78 RPM wind-up phono days, records were played mostly with steel needles, which wore out quickly, and which wore the records. As a remedy, some people used cactus needles, which could be resharpened. This is the sharpening tool.". 718 Razor sharpening machine. A larger image can be seen here. I have a correction for number 694:. To view the full post:.
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Thursday, July 27, 2006. 726 Mechanical indicator and wiggler gauge, with the sharp point it is used to show how accurate a center-punch mark is, to allow it to be adjusted on center. 727 Probably a cotton gin:. 728 Tool used for manipulating overhead wires/cables/ropes without the need for a ladder or climbing up a telephone pole. 729 Champion spark plug gap tool and gauge. 730 The image is the floor of an Ames room. The project was making a scale model of this optical illusion. To view the full post:.
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Monday, August 09, 2004. 69 Wire wrapping tool used to splice barbed wire. 70 Thread cleaning die. 71 Gas valve lever / wire tightener. Posted by Rob H. at 3:54 PM. View my complete profile. 68 Date nails 69. Wire wrapping tool used to s.
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Saturday, August 14, 2004. Posted by Rob H. at 5:23 PM. View my complete profile. 72 Compass 73. Glass insulator 74.
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Thursday, September 07, 2006. 762 Clamp for wire sizes #8 to 556.5, 990 amps continuous service. More info on this clamp can be found in this pdf file. Scroll half way down to see it in use). 763 Printer's furniture, for applying pressure to type, patent number 1,307,140. The text along the bottom reads:. MORGANS WICOX PATENT" and "M and W PAT 4 INCH LOCK". Cupped on the end to lower its weight. 765 Flexible allen wrench to adjust the points on GM vehicles with a window in the distributor cap.
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Thursday, September 14, 2006. Used to recondition damaged valve seats. Both of the cones can slide freely along the shafts, and are threaded on the inside and outside. 769 According to the seller it's an alignment pin, for temporarily lining up the holes in two pieces of metal. But it looks a lot like the swaging tool seen below that I posted in Nov. of 2004, it's used to make a straight coupling between two pieces of pipe. 770 Waldom Electronics HT2038 Extractor. 771 Breath-O-Life pure medical oxygen.
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Friday, September 29, 2006. 780 Audio tape splicer. There is a diagonal blade for cutting the tape, and two blades that are bowed in slightly for trimming the top and bottom of the splice, so that it will easily move through the tape machine. 781 This was marked "coal shovel", though it was probably used on a farm for moving produce. Thanks to Bill for sending in this image:. A similar collar mounted on a lens:. 784 Adding machine, patent number 414,959. While surfing the web:. When the jaws are closed t...
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Saturday, August 14, 2004. 75 Vacuum tube remover/aligner. 76 A key that could be found in a Detex box and used with a watchclock. Thanks to Dave for solving this one and sending in these images:. Posted by Rob H. at 5:28 PM. View my complete profile. 75 Vacuum tube remover/aligner 76. A key tha.
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Thursday, November 02, 2006. Used to signal the operator when you wanted to make a call. The remaining pictures in this set were shot at the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association meeting last week, thanks to everyone there who allowed me to take these photos of their tools. 812 According to the seller this is a carriage maker's square. 813 Caldwell Boxfindr, a reader of this site explains this device:. Another name for the boxfinder is " dip needle. Since it gives an. The full text on the lower face reads:.
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Friday, November 24, 2006. 829 This hammer was made for use on the railroad. 830 Pond ice saw, as seen on the bottom left in this old catalog. According to the Dictionary of American Hand Tools. A saw used primarily by farmers and cattlemen for cutting holes in the ice to allow access to the water below. In cold weather the ice must be cut twice a day to allow the livestock to reach the water. Teeth of the ice saw do not have any set.". 831 Probably a heavy practice piece used in place of a. Lifting the ...
