Thursday, March 26, 2009

Set 277

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1573. Circa 1872:

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1574. 41" long:






















1575.

















1576. 8" long, another unidentified tool from Scotty Fulton's collection:



















1577. 10' diameter:
















1578. 8" long:

























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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Set 276

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1567. Approximately 7" long:

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1568. 11" long:

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1569. 9" tall:


















1570. Submitted by a visitor who would like to know what this is for:





















1571. 11" long, there was a pair of these, this one is missing the strap at the heel, text on it says "Billard":


















1572. 23" long, a hollow cylinder with one closed end:






















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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Set 275

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1561. The wooden part is 6-1/4" long:


















1562. 36" long:



















1563. 20" long, 7" inside diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool:


















1564.

From O'neal Lee's collection



















1565. 6" long:


















1566. 7-1/2" long:



The two parts on the end look the same but are at different angles:






















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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Set 274

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1555. The object here is to determine why this bolt was cut as seen below:


















1556. 7" long, there are a couple of pieces missing from this tool:

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1557. Created in 1939:

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1558. Around 6' long with the handle, the tines on the end are fixed:

From O'neal Lee's collection


Patented in the 1880's:



















1559. Another unidentified tool, approximately 36" long:























1560. 3-1/2" to 5-1/4" tall:






















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