Set 488

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2839. 24" circumference, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:

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2840. 20" long:

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2841.

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2842. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to identify this piece of hardware:





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2843. About 2" long:









































2844. 4" long, sent in by someone who would like to find the purpose of this tool:

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Answers:



2839. This is a traveler, or tire measuring wheel, according to the Dictionary of American Hand Tools it was "used to measure the length of flat strap required for making a new wagon tire. The wheel is measured by rolling the measuring wheel around the outside surface and counting the revolutions. The process is then repeated on a straight length of wagon tire iron. An additional amount is added to account for bending and welding."
Though Modern Blacksmithing has a slightly different use for it, which states "Now roll the wheel over the tire. If a heavy tire cut it three inches longer than the wheel, if a thin tire, two inches. Now bend the tire in the bender. Measure the wheel with the gauge, then measure the tire; if it is a heavy wagon tire and a straight wheel cut the tire one-fourth of an inch shorter than the wheel."

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2840. A brick carrier:

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2841. This tool is a Hargrave plug cutter:

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2842. This is part of a timer for a Model T Ford, as seen in several photos just over half way down this page.





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2843. A key ring, patent number 221,571:












































2844. This is a bung wrench for unscrewing the plug on a steel barrel, it's similar to the tool at the 10:00 position in the second photo on this site:

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