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.
The tool can be seen in use at the 3:10 mark in this video:
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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3131. Gadget for making sure that a lawn mower blade is balanced after you sharpen it. The terraces of the cone are made to fit the center hole of any blade. The cone is hollow and is resting on a spike rising from the center of the base, so that the cone can pivot in any direction to reveal that one end or one side of the blade has been thrown out of balance by having had metal ground away during the sharpening process.
ReplyDeleteAlso used for tire balancing as well, although more modern balancing machines also make sure that there is no side to side wobble.
Delete3128 a cuting tool of a metal working lace
ReplyDelete3127 looks like a tool for sheet metal working to be used with an anvil...
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P.S. Anonymous 5:14 AM is absolutely plausible...
3128 is a Cutting Tool for a Lathe
ReplyDelete3131 is a Mower Blade Balancer
3132 is a Portable Lamp Housing, used for rough service applications such as construction or firefighting.
3128 - lathe tool bit (metal lathe)
ReplyDelete3132, lamp housing
3127 - Saw Set (broken)
ReplyDelete3129. Zilbershnidt Cut Opening Tapper BO 710.0
ReplyDeleteJust saw this video a few days back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-84Sdq7jaE#t=29
3130- Looks like a stand for a tobacco pipe. It keeps the round-bottomed pipe from falling over.
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ReplyDelete3130 pipe stand makes sense. To bad I don't have any pipes to test it.
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