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Thursday, December 08, 2005

527. 30" tall





528. Partial/close-up of something most people have seen before:





529. 7" long







530. 8" long







531. 5" tall





532. 14" long







Answers

posted by Rob H. at 6:38 AM

13 Comments:

  • 530 A can opener

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/08/2005 8:44 AM  

  • 527. apple cider press
    531. DDT or pesticide sprayer

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/08/2005 10:07 AM  

  • 529. A digital tire pressure gauge
    532. A hook for handling dead fish

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/08/2005 6:20 PM  

  • Agree with apple press and oiler.
    530. Looks like can opener to me.
    532. Boot hook?

    By Blogger Canem, at 12/08/2005 7:23 PM  

  • 530. Jar opener

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/09/2005 2:36 AM  

  • 527 Fruit press or maybe cheese press
    529 pH meter
    531 Grease gun/oil can
    532 Longshoreman's hook.

    By Blogger Romulus Crowe, at 12/09/2005 7:46 AM  

  • >527. Some kind of press...
    >528. Loose leaf binder ring.
    >531. Oil can...

    All correct, though 527 was marked "wine press", but I'm sure it could be used for pressing other stuff. I'm not sure what the difference is between a lard, cheese, cider and a wine press.

    >530 A can opener

    Nope

    >527. apple cider press

    Press is correct

    >531. DDT or pesticide sprayer

    >529. A digital tire pressure gauge
    >532. A hook for handling dead fish

    >530. Looks like can opener to me.
    >532. Boot hook?

    All incorrect, 532 is quite sharp on both sides.

    >530. Jar opener

    Yes

    >527 Fruit press or maybe cheese press
    >529 pH meter
    >531 Grease gun/oil can

    Correct

    >532 Longshoreman's hook.

    Nope

    By Blogger Rob H., at 12/09/2005 3:44 PM  

  • 527 All of these smaller presses seem to have been referred to as fruit presses in old catalogs.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/10/2005 5:16 PM  

  • Thanks for the replies, I'm going to change my answer to lard or fruit press.

    By Blogger Rob H., at 12/10/2005 5:44 PM  

  • >532. nose piercer for cattle

    Nope, that's not it.

    By Blogger Rob H., at 12/12/2005 1:23 PM  

  • 529. digital thermometer often used in industrial kitchens. Andy

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/12/2005 3:30 PM  

  • 527. Sorry to be coming into this so late. This sort of press is better suited to removing oil from olives than juice from fruit.

    - Edward

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/13/2005 4:55 AM  

  • 527. paint can mixer

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12/16/2005 10:32 PM  

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