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2659. 5" long:

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2660. Approximately 12" diameter:

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2661. 3-1/2" long, the holes go all the way through, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2662. Around 6" long:









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2663. 8-1/2" long:






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2664. About 10" long:

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2659. An Elgeet Optical Co. Zoom - Microtar 35mm Microprojector Adapter, it converts most standard 35mm projectors into a zoom microprojector to project standard and microscope slides.

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2660. Part of a Wurlitzer Jukebox, as seen in the video below:

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2661. A holder for golf tees and ball markers

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2662. A corn shock compressor, patent number 343,814:









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2663. These are WWII tent pegs:






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2664. This is a bottle corker, the cork is placed into the brass part and then pushed into the bottle:

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Set 457

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2653. 8" long, sent in by someone from Tasmania, Australia who would like to find the purpose of this tool:

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2654. Around 1-1/2" long:



























2655. Approximately 24" diameter:

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2656. The object here is to explain the purpose of the holes:

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2657. 14" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2658. About 72" long:

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2653. No answer yet for this tool, suggestions for it include:
-for applying tags to livestock
-a crimping tool for electrical work
-for tightening a fence by crimping the wires

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2654. This is the porcelain part of a spark plug:




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2655. A horse powered sweep mill for grinding corn or other kinds of grain, similar to this one in an old Sears catalog, another one with some of the missing parts can be seen here.

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2656. This is a machinist's valve stick for use when working on an engine, the valves can be kept in the right order by placing them in the holes, if a valve in not placed back in its original location it might not be a proper fit.

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2657. A steak branding iron, used when grilling for marking steaks Well done, Medium, or Rare, the fourth side had a John Deere buck logo.

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2658. These are all revolving hay rakes, patent number 255,291:




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