2665. 5" long:
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2666. This unidentified item is approximately 12" long:
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2667. 8" long, submitted by a reader of this site, part of this device is missing:
2668. Around 7" long, the owner is looking to find the purpose of this tool:
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2669. 3-1/2" tall, this strange device was sent in by a visitor, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:
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2670. About 4" long:
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Answers:
Next week's set will be posted on Wednesday.
2665. This magnet is part of a Ford flywheel magneto that was designed to furnish ignition for the Model T engine.
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2666. Several people have suggested that this device is part of a cranberry rake:
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2667. An old school book carrier, these were also sold as package carriers:
2668. This is a Bell System cable hand vise for use by a lineman:
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2669. This is an electrical connecting device for neon signs for connecting the luminous tube electrode to an electrical conductor, patent number 2,072,042:
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2670. This tool was for use when working on an old door in which the door knob was connected with a square shaft, if the knob was removed from the shaft then the square hole in this tool can be used to turn it. And if the square shaft has been removed from the lock mechanism, the male part can be used to test it.
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Here are a couple of updates from previous posts:
2403. A clamp for joining two posts end to end when making scaffolding, patent number 1,710,842:
1536. This is a trigger mechanism from a cannon. Someone who speaks Mandarin offered this translation for the text on it:
"The first character 安 is likely the phonetic rendering of some kind
of firearm (?) made by a company that starts with the sound "An"--
Anderson? The second character 式 means "style" or "kind".
Similar to the one seen below and at this link.
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The owner's description: The thumb plate makes electrical contacts in the top unit, ie. the two outlets on the side. The trigger makes electrical contact with the two round outlets on the bottom.
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2666. Looks like it would make a dandy pasta drying rack.
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The V-shaped magnet is from an old Model T magneto. The odd looking device with the coil and glass cup is an egg separator. The miniature vice with adjustable plates was used by telephone linemen. The pocket-knife looking gadget is, I think, for setting old alpha-numeric die for stamping or printing.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct about the magneto. 2669 isn't an egg separator, and I'm still not sure about the exact use of the hand vise.
DeleteBobby is correct on #2668, It was used when they would use a wrapper on phone lines on poles to wrap the areas close to the pole where the wrapping machine could not get. Here is a link to a discussion of the tool. (very good website also)
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Go ahead and laugh ...my absent-minded response will haunt me for years! It's a good thing I wasn't that absentminded while working as a mechanic & electrician with my family's stage lighting business. Dad's MacGuyver'ng is getting the blame for this one .... Mom had a kitchen full of repurposed gadgets and must have influenced my answer.
Delete2667 - A package or book carier. The straps are missing. These straps would encircle the items to be carried, then the handle would be rotated until the straps became tight, then the lock at the bottom would rotate up holding one of the handles. The other handle would then be used to carry the object.
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