2959. 30" long:
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2960. 3" long:
2961. Approximately 48" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.:
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2962. About 18" long:
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2963. Sent in by a visitor who would like to identify this wooden item:
2964. Around 21" long:
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Answers:
2959. This is a hay knife, used to cut hay from a haystack:
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2960. A tool for stamping the inside of a gold ring "HG-14K":
2961. This tool was used for binding corn shocks, the long spike was thrust into the shock, the rope was then put around the shock and the metal eyelet on the end of the rope was placed on the small spike, the handle was then turned to tighten the rope.
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2962. This is a nail stripper, it was used to align nails so they could be quickly grasped by a production person making wooden crates.
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2963. This is a sand casting pattern, it was used to make a mold by pushing it into a sand and clay mixture, it was then removed and the resulting cavity was filled with molten metal to create the part.
2964. A Dyna-Jet pulse engine for use on a control line model plane:
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In 1951 someone received this plaque for their plane with a Dyna-Jet reaching 137 miles per hour:
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2964 is a
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsejet
2659: ice saw.
ReplyDelete2693: wood pattern to make sand mold for metal casting.
2694: Small pulsejet. You can buy them new: http://aardvark.co.nz/pjet/pjetkit.htm
Agree on 2963 is part of a pattern to make a sand mold to cast some part, probably out of cast iron.
ReplyDelete2963 - Part of a casting core, there is at least one more part
ReplyDelete2964 - Pulsejet engine.
2690 - Log holder from a cast iron stove?
ReplyDelete2960 - Metal working stake
ReplyDelete2959 - hay knife
ReplyDelete2962 - nail sorter
2962 This is actually known as a nail stripper and is used to align nails so they can be quickly grasped by a production person making apple and other wooden fruit boxes. The good box makers could pick up 4 nails at a time this way. I have one in the attic of my shed and will set it up and send a picture of it as used when I get time.
ReplyDeleteThanks to both anonymous and Keith for supplying the answer for the nail stripper! I had looked for a similar one on the web a couple days ago but didn't find a reference until today.
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