Set 486

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2827. Approximately 4" long:

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2828. Sent in by someone who would like to find the purpose of this device:



The owner's description:
The part at the top is an eyepiece.
It says Pat. Pending on the bottom, no Patent Number.
There is a motor inside that runs.
The knob on the side locks the cartridge to the body of the machine.
The thee disks have a hole in the center, very small and difficult to see, they all have marks on them, two lines, three lines etc.
The center cartridge contacts the motor wheel inside the housing and spins a disk. The spindles also have marks on them.
It does not have a light source.
Received from a widow of a river boat captain










































2829. 11" long:

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2830. 8" long:

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2831. 2-1/4" diameter, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this piece of non-magnetic metal:





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2832. Around 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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Answers:



2827. This is a woodworker's bench dog, it was pounded into a workbench and would have kept a workpiece in position during planing, sawing, etc., patent number 941,816:

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2828. No answer yet for this device:

































2829. A Tanto knife or short sword:

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2830. This is a scraping tool, patent number 2,590,966:





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2831. Not 100% sure on this one but it looks similar to a Moqui disk, which has an iron shell and a sandstone interior:








































2832. This is a Brewer's Lamp, it could have been hung by the hook or stuck into a post or barrel, patent number 187,839:











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An update from last week:
2824. This is a rake that is missing its tines, several people had suggested this answer so I asked the owner to take another look at this tool and they confirmed that there are broken tines on it:

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