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3217. 9" long:

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3218. 10" long:

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3219. 12" long:

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3220. Someone is looking to find the purpose of this item:

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3221. 14" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3222. 13" long:

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3217. No answer yet for this tool, the most common suggestion is that it's a nail or pin puller:

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3218. This is a Bell System tool for connecting two wires by crimping them in a soft metal sleeve, patent number 1,896,512:

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3219. Haven't yet found the purpose for this handle:

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3220. No answer yet:

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3221. This is a jar opener, I agree with the comment that said the upper jaw should be flipped over so that the teeth are angled the same as the lower jaw.

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3222. This is a wire tester, a wire is held between the two jaws and then the handle is turned to stretch it to see how much tension it can handle.

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Set 550

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3211. 11" long:

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It has two lenses, one clear and the other red.



A view of the inside:





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3212. Around 12" long:

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3213. 8" long:

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3214. 18" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3215. 9-1/2" long:

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3216. 8-3/4" long:

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3211. This is part of a U.S. Army tank searchlight, a photo of the entire searchlight can be seen here.

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3212. No answer yet for this one:

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3213. This is a neurosurgical tool called a Dura Hook, it was used for removing brain material, tumors, etc from the brain cavity, though it does resemble a packing extractor or a gun worm for a pistol.

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3214. This device is probably for cooking meat in a fireplace:

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3215. This one is also still unidentified, the most common guess is that it's a wire stripper:

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3216. A Wolfcraft doweling jig for making accurate dowel joints:

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