Set 524

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3055. 5-5/8" tall:

























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3057. 1-3/8" long:





























3058. 8" long:



























3059. Sent in by a visitor who would like to find the purpose of this tool:























3060. 20" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.
























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3055. This is a telephone magneto, it was used to signal the operator or another party when you wanted to make a call.



starting as a means of signaling the operator that you wanted to make a call.



















3056. A Craftsman sharpening jig for bench grinders:























3057. A collet from a Koh-I-Noor pencil, patent number 2,801,613:



































3058. A corn sheller and general purpose scraper, patent number 790,228:



























3059. No answer yet for this device:























3060. This is an apple parer, corer, and slicer, patent number 122,553:

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Set 523

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3049.

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3050. 27" long, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win a T-shirt.

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3051. 14" long:

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3052. Sent in by a visitor who is looking to find the purpose of this tool:
























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3054. 6" long:

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3049. No answer yet for this device:

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3050. This is a loose coupler for radio reception, it was used as the primary tuning device in an early receiver.

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3051. This is a wagon wrench, it was "designed specifically for use in connection with the nuts commonly employed on carriage axles for retaining the wheels in place on the axle," patent number 533,844.

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3052. This is a wire stripping tool:



Thanks to Scott Silver for sending in some photos that show how it works, this one is a Klein 74011 model:



































3053. A Rolls Razor with a sharpening stone and leather stropper, it can be seen in use on this video.

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3054. A Malco SRT2 Side Swiper II Siding Removal Tool, directions for its use can be found here.

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