Set 538

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3139. 7" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

























3140. Sent in by a visitor:






















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3142. 6" long:



























3143.

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3144. 3-1/4" long:











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3139. This is a British grenadier's match case, "grenadiers were soldiers assigned with the task of throwing grenades. The grenade of the time was a hollow iron ball, filled with gun powder and sealed with a wooden plug which contained the fuse. To ignite the grenade the grenadier carried a burning piece of cord called a slow match. When not in use, the slow match was placed into a small brass case with holes that was attached to the grenadier's shoulder belt."

























3140. A third hand brake adjustment tool for a bike, it holds the brakes closed while the cable is adjusted:






















3141. This nut is from an old bank vault:






With a U.S. quarter for scale:























3142. A burring reamer that was used with a brace, for removing burrs from inside the end of a pipe that has just been cut:



























3143. Haven't been able to verify any of the suggestions for the exact purpose of these counters mounted in wood:

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3144. This is a saw set for a crosscut saw, it's also called a hammer swage, patent number 392,388:









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3133. 6-3/8" long:

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3134. The base is about 12" long:









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3135. 18" tall, submitted by a visitor who is looking to identify this device, there are wires on both sides:




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3136. 10" long:
































3137. The inside dimension is about 3-1/2":

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The part marked "A" does not represent a piece of wood:



























3138. 8" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3133. The most common suggestion for this device is that it's a leather skiving tool, for thinning pieces of leather, though it could be a basket maker's shave.

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3134. A nut cracker:























3135. This is a Chitarra pasta maker:






















3136. A tool for scraping frost from a freezer:




























3137. A plane guide, the patent states, "...the plane is steadied in squaring or beveling to any desired angle without the use of a try-square or bevel," patent number 146,208:

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The part labeled "A" represents a wood plane:



























3138. This is a corn husker, according to patent number 27,638, "...it both strips off the husks and severs the ear from the stalk."

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It doesn't look exactly like the patent drawing because like many other tools, its design was modified several times over the years after it was patented.

















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3127. 3" long:






















3128. 5" long:

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3129. 8" long:


























3130. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the purpose of this item:

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3131. 2-1/2" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.



























3132. About 12" long:

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3127. This is a saw set that was used with a hammer, patented by Herrick Aiken on May 24,1830, before patent numbers started. A saw set is used to alternately bend the side of a saw blade's tooth left and right so that it makes a wider cut and moves more easily through wood. A saw blade which has had the teeth bent is said to have been set.






















3128. A cutting tool for use on a metal lathe:

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3129. This is a glass tapper that is used to crack glass along the score line after it has been cut.



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3130. No answer yet for this item:

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3131. This is a lawn mower blade balancer, it is used after sharpening the blade to ensure that each half of it weighs the same.



A demonstration of the blade balancer can be seen here:



























3132. A fire truck search light or rescue lamp:

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