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Friday, August 26, 2005. 436 Haven't been able to verify what this is,. Here are the guesses so far:. Weights for the scales of justice. Tester for finding the hardness of optical pitch. For making indentations in metal. Standard lightning rod balls and needles. 438 A froe, this tool is used for splitting out shingles and barrel staves. The blade is intended to split rather than cut, it's struck with a froe club after being placed along the grain of the workpiece. 440 Hiller Atom Ray Gun.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004. 55 Paint scraper, these were also used as a machinist's scraper. Posted by Rob H. at 1:01 PM. View my complete profile. 55 Paint scraper, these were also used as a machi.
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Friday, November 18, 2005. 510 Cyclone heavy duty fertilizer and seed sower. 513 Mechanical stage for a microscope. Used to thin and even the thickness of a tanned hide during the leather finishing process. Back to What is it? Posted by Rob H. at 11:19 AM. View my complete profile. 508 Staple remover 509. Harness makers v.
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Tuesday, July 27, 2004. 57 Steel guitar slide. The full photo of this one can be seen here. It's an extreme close-up of a fly with unusual eyes. Posted by Rob H. at 2:22 PM. View my complete profile. 57 Steel guitar slide 58. Dragon egg .
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Thursday, March 23, 2006. 618 Granite cutter's bush hammer. Aka quarryman's bush hammer, mason's bush hammer, and concrete bush hammer. 619 A tool for grasping and carrying hot utensils, it can also be used as a meat tenderizer, patent number 497,287. 620 Stanley No. 59. These next two were sent in by a visitor of this site. 621 Check valve grabber, used in well drilling/repair for retrieving the check valve from atop the well point. 623 Elevator "door open" icon. Back to What is it?
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Thursday, May 25, 2006. 672 Cowboy line rider tool, it was kept on the saddle horn and along with the hammer, it has a pick and wire twisting tool for fence mending. It reads "Atomic, Glaskin Mfg, Pat Pending". 673 Fire truck control panel. Though commonly known as a fire truck, this vehicle is actually a quint. The names refers to the five functions it provides: pump, water tank, fire hose, aerial device, and ground ladders. Probably either a 60 or 75 foot ladder. This is the panel on the other side.
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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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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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Friday, February 15, 2008. 1221 A spanner for electric lamp shade rings, patent number GB190510608. 1222 A flat file. That is missing its eight drawers, it was used in a law office to hold large documents. 1223 Hitching ring, for tying off a horse:. 1224 Haven't been able to find any information on this piece of hardware, though I think it's probably a linchpin for connecting two pieces of equipment. 1225 A meat tenderizer:. 1226 A " grip head. It's used in the TV and film industry to attach flags.
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Thursday, March 6, 2008. 1239 This tool was used for champhering the head of a barrel so that it would hold in the groove around the top. 1240 A Coyle Voting Machine. The first voting machine to turn a punch card into a ballot, patent number 3,214,092. 1241 A kitchen tool that is used similar to a fork when carving a large roast or ham. 1242 A woodworker's pocket hole jig. Some good examples of how it's used can be seen here. Other versions of the same device:. Larger image of number 60. Posted by Rob H.
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Friday, June 6, 2008. 1320 This was marked "Early radio acid battery", the first line of text on it reads "Novelty Electric Co.":. 1321 This tool is called a Brake Buddy. And is used to check brake stroke on air brakes. It is held onto the end of the slack adjuster and used as an extension to pull, allowing an easier check of brake stroke. The wrench on the end is used to tighten or loosen the adjuster nut accordingly . 1322 A tubing clamp for use in a laboratory to close a rubber tube. Black Ops Pro Tips.
