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2851. Approximately 4" diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:

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2852. Sent in by someone who is looking for the purpose of this tool:










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2855. Submitted by someone who would like to find the exact purpose for this device:

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2856. Around 7" long:

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Answers:


2851. This is a chain weight that was used for training a gaited horse:

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2852. Part of a tile cutting machine:










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2853. These are Steel City and Walkerduct wrenches for use on floor duct and floor box receptacle covers:

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2854. This is a hoof gauge that was used to match pairs of hooves in their angle to the ground, so that the angles of the horse's shoulder, pastern, and hoof wall at the toe would be relative to each other:






























2855. These are most likely either some type of calipers or tongs for carrying a block of ice:

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2856. This is a puller of some type, not sure of the specific use, some modern pullers can be seen here:

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