According to R.H. :
Two sets of photos have been posted this week, the first one is new and the
second is a repost of unsolved objects. Some of the items in the unsolved
set may have been correctly answered previously but I wasn't able to verify
them so I've included them in this new post.
http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. I'm posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again.
563) My first guess would be a sock darning "egg". I'm not sure why
the liquid -- other than to give it a bit of heft.
564) That is an interesting tool. I suspect that the sliding part
under the thumb screw is serrated on the surface which fits
against the body of the tool, and that the body is similarly
serrated, so once you tighten the screw, the sliding part won't
slide at the wrong time.
It looks as though its function is to bend something held in the
angled jaws -- perhaps to do something like crimp the end of
some copper tubing.
In any case, when the handles are operated, the square rod rises
to push the workpiece against the horizontal part of the
removable anvil in the top jaw. (I wonder what other jaw sets
were available for it?)
The spring is obviously to push the rod back and thus push the
handle back to its rest position.
565) I'm sure that I've seen one of these before. I forget whether
it was to produce shaved ice, or to squeeze an orange half to
produce juice. I think the former, because I don't see a firm
enough catch on the top to keep the orange half from pushing the
lid open.
566) Perhaps a weight for the end of a curtain pull?
567) Military style ammo belt. Each pocket would hold a stripper
clip full of rifle rounds.
It looks as though it is intended to be only part of a complete
set. Perhaps it joins to another, or perhaps to a knapsack.
568) Some kind of wood plane -- perhaps for wagon wheel spokes?
Old mystery items follow:
436) Perhaps one of Ben Franklin's electricity experiments?
471) Simple encryption/decryption device? Set the white arrow
to a white number to go one way, set the darker (perhaps red)
arrow to a white number to go the other way? Not a very good
encryption system -- perhaps something to use along with a
locksmith's book of key numbers to cut depths for recreating a
key for a lock in hand?
472) I still think that this is a sort of dirt tamper -- perhaps to
compact the dirt just shoveled into a post hole around the
fence post.
473) No real clue on this one.
244) It looks as though it is intended to be assembled around a
leather strap, and then hung from something. Perhaps part of
the harness for a team of oxen?
228) Looking at this again, it seems to me that it was designed to
unfold and be slid along the edge of a plank to make a scribe a
particular distance from the edge. Looking at the triangular
ruler in the photos, I would guess that the distance is 18", but
it could be something similar.
Perhaps it is for marking planks to be cut to width at a
sawmill?
76) Perhaps it goes on the bottom end of a wooden tripod leg,
such as for a surveyor's tripod?
186) I don't remember seeing this one before. I would like a closer
look at the jaws. Perhaps it is a punch for making holes in
leather belts? I'm not sure what the pivoting part is for --
other than to keep it a fixed distance off the floor, or to
clamp in a vise to free both hands to thread the leather into
position and then operate the handles to punch the hole?
202) Could the "reamer" actually be a screwdriver point? I think
that I've seen vaguely similar devices designed to work the
screws holding pole pieces into the frame of a generator. You
have to take out a very large and tight screw to replace the
coils around the pole pieces.
The screw on the other end adjusts for different diameters of
generators.
212) Hmmm ... can you measure the distance between the sides and the
top and bottom surfaces? It looks as though it is intended to
be a gauge block with a handle of some sort.
Is it tapered, or is that an artifact of the camera?
I would guess that it is quite close to 1.000" square.
246) No more to add to this one.
298) Perhaps tongs for picking up an ice cube from in a glass.
Perhaps designed to grip a coffee urn similar in shape to a
Florence flask (spherical bottom and cylindrical neck).
The quality does not look good enough to be chemistry lab
equipment.
447) No additional guesses on this one.
432) Hmm ... designed to hold bait on a trap?
Or designed to mold a lead weight of a fixed size?
383) I forget what guesses this one brought.
I think that it is either designed for chipping something with
the edge presented by the hammer head used in a normal manner,
or for folding the edge of something at an awkward angle, thus
explaining the angle of the hammer face.
I prefer this collection of old puzzles to your posting the
previous week's as a semi-continuation of the current week's puzzles.
Now to see what others have guessed.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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