Set 482

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2803. Someone is looking to find out if these clamps were for a particular purpose, they are held together in this position by two screws:

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2804. 28" long:

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2805. Approximately 14" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:

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2806. Approximately 30" long:

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2807. Submitted by a visitor who would like to identify this tool, it's 44" long, the blade at the bottom is 6" wide and the owner says that it looks like you can loosen the bolts to adjust or replace it:

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2808. 8" long:

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2803. As seen on page 131 of the Dictionary of American Hand Tools, a single clamp of this type is called a closed end clamp, the reason that someone connected two of them remains unknown.

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They were most likely used by a woodworker, and are held together by two screws:

























2804. A Remington Arms Company Blue Rock Trap Thrower for target shooting:

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2805. A fly fisherman's line stripping basket, when fly casting there is a lot of loose line, wearing one of these baskets on the waist allows it to hold the line and keep it from getting tangled:

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2806. A Denney Corn Planter, four kernels are released when the handle is pushed down, patent number 15,035:

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"S.L. Denney's Pennsylvania Corn Planter, Patented June 3, 1856"


































2807. No answer yet for this tool:

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2808. A lockout/tagout device for use with multiple padlocks, when working on a large machine in a factory, a device like this is used to lock the power switch in the off position with a number of padlocks so that several people can all work on the machine and it can't be restarted until all of the workers are out of harms way and have removed their locks:

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Set 481

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2797. 4-3/4" long, sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify this device, text on it reads "M.D. Kharegat, Resectorscope, E.R. Watts & Son. Ltd. London":

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2798. 6" diameter:

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2799. Around 10" long:

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2800. Approximately 14" long:

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2801. About 12" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:
































2802. 7" long:

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2797. This is a surveying instrument that was patented in Great Britain in 1946, here is one of its uses as described in the patent:
"One problem which frequently arises and which cannot be efficiently solved by other instruments is the production of straight lines over undulating country such for example as the determination of a point on the top of an embankment in line with two points on either side of the embankment. Holding the instrument with the axis of the pivot horizontal and the mirrors set at a convenient angle, the user moves to and fro on the top of the embankment until the close relationship along one edge are adapted to be set at an angle to one another with their planes intersecting, a guide line being provided on each mirror at right angles to the axis of intersection, the guide lines being in the same plane."

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2798. Made by the Chicago Tire Lug Company, two of these devices could be attached to each rear tire to help get an automobile out of sand, mud, or snow:




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2799. This is a fishing rod holder, it would have been pushed into the ground and then the rod and reel would be placed in the bracket:

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2800. A pipe and nut wrench, patent number 618,313:

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2801. This is a homemade hammer, considering its weight, it was probably used for moving heavy wooden pieces into place or driving barn pegs, though it could have been used for any other appropriate task.




























2802. A Berry Staple Remover for use on upholstery, patent number 3,310,288:







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