2881. 9-1/4" long:
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2882. 2-1/2" diameter:
2883. Approximately 4" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts.
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2884. 2" square base:
2885. 14" to 17" long, sent in by someone who is looking to find the purpose of this device:
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2886. About 3" diameter:
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2881. A rivet setting or pop rivet tool, for connecting two pieces of sheet metal, patent number 3,596,496:
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2882. A replica of the Barbasol cryo-can from the movie Jurassic Park :
2883. A Krimmel mat hanger, an ad on this page says that it is for gym mats:
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2884. A 1930s barbershop razor bank for used razor blades:
2885. No answer yet for this device:
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2886. This was part of a Dietz No. 40 Traffic Gard lantern, "used by highway contractors, utility companies, and municipalities rather than the railroad. They were used to mark construction sites and roadwork, and generally warn night time drivers of road hazards."
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2881. Looks like a pop-riveting tool
ReplyDelete2885. Looks like half of a shuttle for weaving.
2886. Lens for a lantern of some sort. Possibly either a railroad lantern or a boat. But I'd guess a hand held railroad lantern.
I agree with Anonymous on 2881, a pop-riveting tool.
ReplyDelete2882 looks like a rack for holding tubes of specimens for cryogenic storage; I think I've seen them used for sperm/embryo banking.
I don't think 2885 is a weaving shuttle, I think it's more likely a clamp or guard for some sort of piping.
2886 looks like a lens/filter for a lantern, as per Anonymous's comments.
2882 looks like part of the rotating group for a hydraulic pump or an automotive air conditioner.
ReplyDeleteJust from looking at it, 2883, if mounted on a wall with the left end up, will grab onto objects pushed into the loop, and let go when the loop is pulled upward. I don't know what kind of object it's meant to hold.
ReplyDeleteThe first one is a handgun for pop rivets,second one I don't know,third one looks like a wall mounted holder of the kind that you would push something up into and it would stay like the tip of a broom handle or something,could the fourth be some type of knife sharpener? Fifth,shoe stretcher? Sixth an old style insulator for phone wire? JLEENITZ4@AOL.COM
ReplyDeleteCould number two be a test tube holder?
ReplyDelete2881 -- pop-rivet installation tool
ReplyDelete2883 -- hanger -- 4 holes bolted to a vertical surface. Not sure what got hung--hides? fire hoses?
2886 is the lens out of a construction hazard lantern.
2882...
ReplyDeleteHey, Dodgson!
you lost your dino cradle to be hidden in a shaving foam can..
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2882:
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2884: For putting chalk on a chalk line?
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