Thursday, August 30, 2012

Set 456

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2647. Approximately 3" long, also describe the purpose of the square hole:

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2648. Around 48" long:

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2649. Sent in by a visitor, the top part is 4-1/2" wide:



















2650. Two unidentified tools that were submitted by a reader of this site:

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2651. 5-1/2" tall:





































2652. 5" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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Answers:


2647. This is a glass cutter, the square hole is for a radial arm used when making circular cuts, similar to patent number 702,732:

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2648. These are raggle boards or raggle sticks, they are placed between layers of pipe to provide stability:

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2649. A holder for a fire hose that can be hung on a ladder:



















2650. These are both short starters for use when loading a musket:

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A short starter can be seen in use at 1:40 in this video:




























2651. A brass weight for a scale:





































2652. A salesman's sample Heatilator fireplace insert, this fireplace has air intakes at the bottom, heating chambers at the sides and back, and outlets at the top to release warm air back into the room:







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16 comments:

  1. 2650: A pair of bullet starters for muzzle-loading firearms. The circular brass inserts in the horn handles are used to push the ball just into the barrel, then the short ramrod is used to push it further, and (assuming the barrel is longer than that, and anything but a derringer is) a longer rod pushes it the rest of the way.

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  2. 2652: Sales sample for a metal fireplace?

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  3. 2648: Patterns for turning table legs or stairway spindles.

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  4. 2650, Absolutely right, bullet starters for muzzle loaders.

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  5. 2649 Fireman's ladder strap for supporting hose while on ladders.

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  6. 2648 could be raggle sticks, used to efficiently align & stack tubular objects for storage or shipping.

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  7. 2651 Pretty fancy bottle opener if that's what it is.

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  8. 2647 - I think is a wood working tool. The square goes over a piece of green wood, to whittle down the wood to a thinner diameter to make a peg, or a cane.
    ~ Frau

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  9. 2647 A glass cutter. Square hole is for attaching to the compass rod for circle cutting.

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