3049.
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3050. 27" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.
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3051. 14" long:
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3052. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the purpose of this tool:
3053.
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3054. 6" long:
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Answers:
3049. No answer yet for this device:
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3050. This is a loose coupler for radio reception, it was used as the primary tuning device in an early receiver.
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3051. This is a wagon wrench, it was "designed specifically for use in connection with the nuts commonly employed on carriage axles for retaining the wheels in place on the axle," patent number 533,844.
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3052. This is a wire stripping tool:
Thanks to Scott Silver for sending in some photos that show how it works, this one is a Klein 74011 model:
3053. A Rolls Razor with a sharpening stone and leather stropper, it can be seen in use on this video.
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3054. A Malco SRT2 Side Swiper II Siding Removal Tool,
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3052 is a set of wire strippers
ReplyDelete3052 wire stripping pliers?
ReplyDelete3053 pocket ashtray?
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3051: A wrench for stove (square headed) bolts?
ReplyDelete3053: It looks like a hidden bottle opener that can be inset into a piece of furniture or cabinetry.
3054 is a tool for unlocking and removing vinyl siding
ReplyDelete3053 is a man's razor--one lid has a strop, the other a whetston (if my memory doesn't fail me--I have (or had) one.
ReplyDeletePulling and pushing the handle flips the blade and rubs it against the surface to sharpen it--then the blade is rotated 90° to remove it and attach the handle for use.
3050 looks like some sort of antenna tuner.
on 3053, the handle for shaving is missing--it would have bee stored on the cross-piece of the stropping handle.
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