Set 146

The collaboration with Neatorama continues this week, Alex is posting another of my photos and once again offering a t-shirt for the correct answer. His web site is one of the few that I visit every day, if you enjoy surfing the web, it's a great place to start.


835. Approx. 8" long:











836. 10-1/4" long:











837. The box is 12" long and 6" wide with a divider in the middle to make two compartments, the top piece can slide to cover either side:











838. 5" long:











839. Partial shot, 1-1/2" diameter:











840. 4" long:




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The owner of an unidentified tool sent in a link to a page of photos of it, maybe someone here will recognize this one.









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Set 145

Something new this week, the web site Neatorama is posting a couple of my photos and offering a t-shirt for the correct answers. I've been visiting his site every day for quite a while and highly recommend taking a look, it's filled with lots of interesting and humorous articles.


829. Approximately 16" long, the tool on the left end is about 1/2" thick:











830. 5'-7" long:










831. 7-1/8" long, 5/8" thick, thanks to Stan for allowing me to photograph this unidentified piece of hardware:











832. The devices on top of these light poles are used for a different purpose than regular cameras:











833. 12-1/4" long:











834. 2-3/8" long:














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Set 144

823. 2-5/8" long, the other side looks the same except that it's numbered 6 thru 10:




This is a container that was filled with different sized small metal pieces. Turning the knurled end piece reveals a separate chamber for each number.


I don't know what these are, hopefully someone will recognize them:








824. 71 pounds or 32.2 kilograms:











825. 36" long, widest diameter is 4", marked "Bell System", with a metal cap on the small end:











826. Approx. 32" tall:













827. 5" tall















828. 5-1/8" long















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Set 143

817. 9" long, patented over 60 years ago:













818. 10" tall, 19" diameter:













819. Partial shot of something that most people have seen before:











820. 16" long:













821. 30" long:




Pulling the trigger releases the two points near the end, if it's pulled once again they are retracted:











822. This one was submitted by a visitor looking to find out what it is, it's 6" long and 4-1/2" wide, has a star on both sides, is made of leather and was bought in Islip, New York. Text on the other side reads "Warranted cork filled", and at the top above the hole the letter "I" is imprinted:













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Set 142

811. 5-5/8" tall:















The remaining pictures in this set were shot at the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association meeting last week, thanks to everyone there who allowed me to take these photos of their tools.


812. 5-1/2" long, the two upper pieces can be rotated:













813. 2" diameter











814. Approx. 4" tall:




A similar device, 5" diameter; along with naming these items also describe what profession used them and where:











815. 8" long, from the collection of Jim Moffet:


The two end pieces can pivot relative to one another, most likely used with the pieces at angle of 30 degrees or less.











816. Approx. 10" long, though it was probably used for numerous purposes, name the two particular things that this tool was primarily used with:














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