Set 507

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2953. Approximately 10" long:

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2954. 8-1/2" long, sent in by a visitor who would like to find the purpose of this 12 sided item, "there are 2 holes containing metal rods running from top to bottom. This was in a tool trunk of my father-in-law's machine tools from the 60's-70's, he worked in an oilfield machine shop out in West Texas. They also had some government contracts working on aircraft. Could be either." Take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.







The numbers are as follows:
1 3 6 3 5 1 4 1 3 5 2 5
1 4 6 3 5 1 4 2 3 5 2 6
1 4 6 4 5 2 4 2 3 6 2 6

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2955. 12" long, an important part of this one is missing:

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2956. Around 9" diameter:

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2957. The longest one is 16" in length:

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2958. About 10" long:





















Answers:


2953. This is a tire bolt wrench, patent number 384,451, some of them had a four size rotating socket head as seen on this page.




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2954. No answer yet for this one:







The numbers are as follows:
1 3 6 3 5 1 4 1 3 5 2 5
1 4 6 3 5 1 4 2 3 5 2 6
1 4 6 4 5 2 4 2 3 6 2 6

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2955. This is a handle for a lead hammer, text on the other side says "130 Cook Lead Hammer Service, Inc.":

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2956. A Dayton bicycle chainwheel or chainring:

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2957. These are star drills that were used with a hammer to make holes in rock, brick, or concrete. After hole has been made in rock it can be broken up with a wedge and feathers or dynamite.

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2958. A bottle corker, the cork was placed into the hollow piece and then pushed into a bottle with the other:













An update from last week:




2951. This is an Omni Spectra bender for .141 inch semi-rigid microwave cable. A modern one can be seen here.












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