2557. The two smaller ones are about 1" diameter:
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2558. 12" long:
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2559. 24" long:
2560. Around 9" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses on this tool and a chance to win a T-shirt:
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2561. 7-3/4" tall, purchased at an estate sale in California by someone who would like to find the purpose of this item:
2562. 8" long:
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Answers:
2557. These are bone ash cupels from the 1800s, found in Cripple Creek, Colorado, they were used as assaying crucibles for silver, as seen in the first illustration on this page.
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2558. This is a tool for opening cartons of bottled whiskey, text on it says "Save cartons, Schenley Distillers Corp, N.Y., Open carefully."
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2559. A woodworker's panel marking gauge, "used to layout large panels, doors or any line further from the edge than a marking gauge can reach."
2560. This is a fence twisting tool, it's for applying the vertical or stay wires to the lateral wires of a fence, patent number 582,370.
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2561. Part of a balero cup and ball type toy from Mexico:
2562. A Blade Buster
lawnmower clamp for holding the blade in place while the nut is being removed:Larger image
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2559 Carpenter's marking gauge.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Blondin, it is for marking panels and the wedge in the sliding head missing.
ReplyDeleteAs for the others I am stumped
2557. Jeweler's crucible?
ReplyDelete2558. Beer foam scraper?
2559. Woodworker's marking gage.
2562. Laminating clamp?
2561 looks like a downspout accessory -- potentially missing a hanging hook or rope from the concave end, which would collect water from a downspout or identical unit above it, and the lower holes would shoot water first, then the consistent ring of holes would keep up with most rainstorms sending a nice fan pattern all around, and the slit would dump copious amounts down to the next contraption below.
ReplyDelete2562 is, I think, a jig for locking a lawnmower blade in place to sharpen or remove/replace it.
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2561 looks like half of a toy called a balero. The missing half is a handle/stick with a tenon that fits the hole in the bottom. A string connects the middle of the handle to screw eye. The object is to flip up the ball and catch it with the handle.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think you nailed it.
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