Thursday, July 30, 2009

Set 295

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1681. 4-3/4" long:

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1682. 2" long:




















1683. Approximately 18" long, from the early 1920's:

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1684. About 3" tall:

















1685. 8" tall, submitted by a visitor who would like to know the purpose of this iron box that was found in San Antonio, Texas:
























1686. 8" long:



























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9 comments:

  1. 1684 - Tire flattening spike, thrown on road.

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  2. I agree with Canem, they are also called caltrops.
    1681 - a stand that comes free with a soldering iron.

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  3. 1682 - pegboard clips, used to hold a pegboard hook in place

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  4. 1683: early autopilot? 'Cause it has a big gyroscope hooked to some sort of actuator. Or possibly a gyro compass, although in that case I would expect it to be mounted on a frame of non-ferrous metal instead of wood.

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  5. Correct answers so far:

    1681. Soldering iron rest
    1682. Peg board lock
    1683. Airplane gyroscopic controls
    1684. Caltrops

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  6. 1686 could be a hand held lead or slug cutter for typesetting.

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  7. 1686 looks like a 'slug cutter' to me! I'll leave the description up to everyone's imagination.

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  8. 1685 a station for a watchman's rounds key.

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  9. >1686 could be a hand held lead or slug cutter for typesetting

    Good guess! This is correct.

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