According to R.H. :
A new set has been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again.

654) Hmm ... part of it seems to remind me of the old hand-cranked
cigarette rolling machines -- but the vertical metal posts in
the middle seem to make it wrong for the task.

Perhaps it is designed to separate and organize wool on a small
basis?

655) I think that it is called an "adze", and it is for cutting a
flat surface on the side of a log -- useful when making a log
cabin.

656) Support for a ladle for melting lead with a blowtorch?

647) Another view would be helpful, but it looks to me to be
something designed for expanding dents out of tubing such as
dented shotgun barrels. Or perhaps designed for expanding to
shape the toe section of cowboy boot.

658) A steam engine, with three cylinders of equal capacity, so it
is not a progressive engine.

The three cylinders are spread around the circle at 120 degree
intervals, so it should be capable of self starting from any
position with the application of steam.

The chain drive is not capable of handling much power, and it is
designed to increase the speed, so at a guess I would suggest
that it is for running a fan to circulate air heated by the
device which is providing the steam.

A different angle of view might allow me to see how the valve
gear is set up, but it sort of looks as though it is single
acting -- that is each piston is powered only in one direction.

659) This one, at least, I am sure of. It is a prism from a tank
periscope. Two of them and a mounting tubing can make a
periscope (as I did as a kid -- early 1950s). This one is the
exterior end, as the interior end does not have the aiming
hairline, and should have cushioned eyepieces to avoid damage to
the head during travel or when the tank is being shelled. I've
never seen the interior eyepieces for these, but there were a
*lot* of these exterior prisms -- probably they were made in
quantities because they were exposed to enemy rifle fire, and
probably had to be replaced fairly frequently.

Now to see what others have posted.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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