Set 359

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2065. Around 7" long:

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2066. Someone bought this set on ebay and would like to find out its purpose:

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2067. 12" long:
































2068. Approximately 6" long:

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2069. 4" diameter, sent in by a visitor is looking to identify this piece of glass:

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2070. About 3' long:

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2065. A hand grip test meter for use by medical personnel:

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2066. A set of auger bit guides, used to keep a bit centered when enlarging an existing hole, to see a diagram of one in use, scroll to the bottom of this site and look on the right page of the catalog.

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2067. A fireman's hose clamp and spanner:

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2068. A woodworker's bench dog or bench stop, used to hold a piece of wood in place while it is being worked on, the left end was driven into the workpiece and the two points were driven into the bench:

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2069. Best guess on this item is that it's a telescope mirror blank:

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2070. A naturalist's cane, it held the microscopes, specimen jars, and all of the other tools and devices. The spike was pushed into the ground so that the cane could be used as a microscope stand.

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Set 358

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2059. 6-1/2" long:





















2060. 36" tall:

























2061. 4" long:

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2062. 10" long:

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2063. Around 7' tall:









































2064. Someone brought this machine to a tractor show, from his research, he thought it was for shearing shingles because the blade cuts on a taper. This video shows it belted up and cutting for the first time. Since it doesn't cut very good shingles he is looking to find its actual purpose.
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2059. A can opener from Germany:
















2060. A Disston saw display stand:




























2061. A clothes hook, it could be screwed into a door or wall, patent number D11,889:

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2062. A bottle or jar opener, it helps get a better grip on the lid:

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2063. No answer yet for this tool, guesses for it:
-for making holes for seedlings
-post hole maker
-for breaking rocks when making a post hole





































2064. Haven't been able to verify any of these guesses for the machine:
-kindling cutter
-fodder cutter
-shingle cutter
-for removing bark from logs so they dry faster
-turnip chopper
-shim cutter
-ice cutter
-brush cutter













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Set 357

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2053. 5" long:
























2054. 3" long:

























2055. 7" tall, submitted by a visitor who would like to find the exact purpose for this tool:

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2056. Approximately 36" long:

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2057. This is the top half of a device that stands about 48" tall:



































2058. 3-3/8" long, there are six words of cautionary text on this tool, the first word is DANGER, the fourth is BEFORE:























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2053. A lock for a mailbag or duffle bag:
























2054. A tool for getting juice from a lemon:

























2055. No answer yet for this device, some of the guesses for it:
-nail grabber for getting nails from a keg
-picking up cannonballs
-for getting food from hot coals
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2056. The two pieces of wood were made to be attached to a chair to make a rocker:

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2057. A Kitselman Brothers Duplex automatic wire fence machine:










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2058. A 12 gauge shotgun choke wrench, text on it reads 'Danger - unload gun before changing choke', a choke is a cone shaped tube at the end of the barrel that controls the spread and impact point of the shot. If you scroll down at the link just over half way down the page there are diagrams of different shotgun chokes.















A couple of weeks ago this stop lens was posted:


Someone sent in this photo of a 1940s Ford, the size and shape of the tail light is similar to the stop lens, it might have been an aftermarket part.




An update from last week:
2049. A Western Electric Lineman's Test Set from 1908:














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