Set 402

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2323. Around 48" long:

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2324. Approximately 22" tall:































2325. 10" long, this was sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the exact purpose for it, the widths of the grooves are 3/4", 7/8", 1-1/8", 1-1/2", and the holes are 3" diameter:

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2326. This strange looking item is about 4" long:




































2327. 12" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:






























2328. 3-7/8" long:



















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2323. A sawbuck, used for holding a log when cutting it:

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2324. A wine bottle corker:































2325. This is most likely a coin tray, other guesses for it include:
-desk organizer
-swage block
-cigar rolling tray
-drill bit holder

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2326. A flyer, swinger, or fly terret for use as a decoration on a horse harness:




































2327. A fire sand bucket or fire bucket, it has a round bottom to discourage using it for other purposes, these red painted buckets were filled with sand and hung on the wall:






























2328. A GPS tracking device, it transmits its location every ten seconds, people who buy or lease a new car sometimes find these hidden in the trunk.





























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Set 401

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2317. Around 20" tall, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:






































2318. Approximately 6" diameter:

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2319. 18" long:

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2320. This was sent in a visitor who is looking to find the exact purpose for this pump, by pumping the center part it can shoot liquid a couple feet into the air, liquid that falls into the small bowl on top will flow back into the container.

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2321. 2" long:






























2322. 7" long:

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2317. A portable hand pump fog horn for use on a boat:






































2318. A 360 degree folding arm protractor, these were mainly used for plotting theodolite readings, it's marked Adie, London:

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2319. A square hole saw, by drilling a single hole in a piece of wood it could be used to cut a square or rectangular hole:

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2320. A solvent dispenser for some type of fast evaporating or flammable cleaning fluid, a cloth could be pushed against the top part to moisten it, for use by a watchmaker, printer, etc. Liquid can flow back into the container only when the top part is pushed down but not when it's in the up position. This device looks like a smaller version of the plunger can that was posted here a couple of years ago, seen in the second photo below.

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2321. A friction fuse for a Civil War cannon, the top half of the tube contained powdered chemicals similar to those on the striking surface of a match, the other half contained black powder. A cord was attached to the loop, when it was sharply pulled, the friction compound would ignite the black powder which would shoot a flame into the cannon causing it to fire. Depending on the location of the fuse hole, soldiers had to be careful where they stood since the friction fuse could become a projectile when the cannon was shot.






























2322. A woodworker's gauge for scribing a line into a piece of wood, the top part is adjustable so it can be used for either straight or curved pieces, patent number 660,176.

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Set 400

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2311. 36" tall:






































2312. The objective here is to describe the purpose of the copper part on the left end of this model:

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2313. 5" long:



































2314. About 4-1/2" long, this first one was sent in by a visitor:


































2315. Approximately 3-3/4" long:

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2316. Around 4" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt:

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2311. These are adjustable roller stands, used for holding long pieces of wood or other material when feeding a saw, the one with two rollers can be adjusted to a V formation to hold logs or pipe:






































2312. The copper item represents a spar torpedo, the plaque next to this model of the C.S.S. Hunley read:

The torpedo was a copper cylinder with ninety pounds of explosives on a yellow pine boom some twenty-two feet long fitted into the two loops on the ship's bow, which was designed to be rammed into the target ship's side. Long lost, having sunk during it's successful attack on the federal warship Housatonic, the C.S.S. Hunley was rediscovered in 1995 and raised in August of 2000. It will undergo restoration and then be on display at the Charleston Museum.

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2313. A lock for a spare tire, in each hole there is a spring and a tab that protrudes into the opening. The device was pushed on to lock in place, when the key was turned, the tabs would retract, which allowed the springs to push the lock off the lugs.



































2314. These are all corn husking pegs, they were used to open the husk to allow the removal of the ear, and also to split the husk when removing an ear of corn from the stalk.


































2315. This is an old prank device, when the button is pressed the victim gets stuck with a pin, similar to the old trick vestas or match safes:

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2316. A tool that was used to make cavities in bullet molds during the Civil War:

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