Set 464

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2695. Around 4" diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2696. Sent in by someone who found a number of these in central Pennsylvania, local industries have included foundries, brick making, railroad, coal-fired power plant, and coal mining. Dimensions are 3-1/2" sq. x 6-1/4" h. The sheet metal case is lined with asbestos which is blackened with soot. There are traces of ash in the bottom.







































2697. Approximately 3"-5" long:

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2698. 27" long:

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2699. 10" long:

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2700.

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2695. This is a Scandanavian nutcracker:

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2696. No answer yet for this item:







































2697. These are all Inuit net spacing gauges, similar ones can be seen in lot #154 on this page:

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2698. This is an animal poke that is missing the part that goes around the animal's neck, the same type of device can be seen in patent number 49,071:




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2699. This is a babbitt bearing scraper, a similar tool can be seen in use on this site:

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2700. A reaper that was used for harvesting grain, this device would cut and bundle the crops, as seen in this video:


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Set 463

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2689. 15" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2690. Someone is looking to find out the purpose of these tools:

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2691. 11" long:

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2693. 14" long:

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2694.

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2689. This is a woodworker's compass, a pencil or scribe placed into one of the holes would make a circle of the appropriate size when the compass was rotated around the spike.

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2690. These tools could be used for two different purposes, the first is for retrieving nuts or bolts that have been dropped into inaccessible areas, and the second is for holding small parts when repairing electronics:

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2691. This is a wrench that was made for use on carriages but it could have been used on any nut that would fit into the jaws, patent number 145,710:




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2692. The six sided rifling of the inside of a .38 caliber gun barrel:


































2693. A coupler for use with threshing machines or cars, patent number 752,300:




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2694. A machine for wrapping hay bales, this protects it from the elements so it can be sold as livestock feed, the video below shows it in use:


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Are you interested in Old Tools and Tool Collecting? Want to learn more about tools, and meet some great people who have the same interests? Please take a minute to check out the Mid-West Tool Collectors Web Site at this link: www.mwtca.org.































To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile, please include dimensions, any text on the item, and where it was found.




















Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.








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