Set 388

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2239. 7" diameter:

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2240. Around 14" long:


























2241. About 15" tall:




























2242. 12" long:

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2243. Sent in by a visitor who would like to find the exact purpose for this item:

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2244. 25-1/2" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool and a chance to win a t-shirt:

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Answers:


2239. A gimbaled oil lamp for use on an old ship:

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2240. A burn bag, this is a container that is used by the government for holding classified documents that are to be burned, one of these can be seen in the famous White House situation room photograph from a few weeks ago.


























2241. A roof anchor, it can be temporarily nailed to the top of a roof, a rope can then be attached to it to keep workers from falling off.































2242. Some type of chain tool, still not sure exactly how this Chain-ger was used:

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2243. The most popular suggestion for this is that it's a book binder's clamp, though it looks similar to a flask clamp, which is used in foundry work for holding sand casting frames in position.

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2244. A logger's rigging hammer or grab maul, used to set and remove a grab hook from a log.

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A few months ago I had posted some wood splitting videos, yesterday I saw another one that I thought was interesting:













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