Thursday, August 27, 2009

Set 299

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1705. 4-3/4" long:

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1706. This was sent in by a visitor, two of these unidentified items were found in an attic in Iowa, 36" long, 15" diameter:























1707. 30" tall, from the 1700's:




















1708. Approximately 24" long:

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1709. Around 4" long:

























1710. 25-5/8" long:






























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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Set 298

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1699. Submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this piece of hardware that was found in the deserts of Nevada:


































1700. The head of this tool is 10-1/2" long and can freely rotate, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this one:

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1701. These levers control something that everyone is familiar with although most people probably haven't seen it up close:

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1702. Approximately 12' long:

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1703. About 2-1/2" tall, the part in the middle is spring returned to the position shown and can pivot about an axis on its left side, from the late 1800's:

























1704. Around 20" tall:






























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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Set 297

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1693. 3-3/4" long:

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1694. 7" long, submitted by a visitor who would like to know what this tool is for:






















1695. 3" long, sent in by a visitor who is looking for some information on this item, it's a thick wire coated in rubber, a 24" long, 3/4" diameter dowel was attached to the screw:

















1696. Approximately 14' long:

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Another model of the same machine:

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1697. 58" tall:



























1698. Around 16' tall:

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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Set 296

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1687. Around 6" long, submitted by a visitor:

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1688. 3-1/2" long:




















1689. 7" long:





















1690. 4" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this item and a chance to win a Stickman prize:

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1691. Approximately 42" long:

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1692. Another one sent in by a visitor:

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