"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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R.H. wrote:
Several new photos have been posted:
http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Some have mentioned that it would be interesting to know which group
posters
to this thread are from, so if you feel the inclination please include
this
with your reply.
As I was one who has made this suggestion, I should state that I
am reading/responding in rec.crafts.metalworking.
266) Some kind of tool for lifting hot objects. It might engage the
slots in old cast-iron wood burning stoves for lifing out the
covers for placing individual cooking containers.
That's what I was thinking, for something hot in the kitchen.
267) A formed acorn nut -- designed to be used to keep clothing or
parts of a person from snagging on the end of the bolt sticking
through the nut.
High-quality ones are machined from a single piece of metal,
polished, and plated with chrome or nickel.
This one was formed by folding petals of sheet steel over a
standard hex nut.
Correct, though there is no nut inside of this one, it's just folded sheet
steel.
268) Rifle bayonet. I don't recognize the rifle from the design,
but it *might* be a Revolutionary War or Civil War period piece.
Yes, but it's from a No. 4 Lee Enfield rifle.
269) Wood model airplane propeller, shot end on. This one is for an
engine which turns clockwise as viewed from behind the engine.
There are ones made for CCW operation as well.
Correct.
270) Hmm ... perhaps an image made by removing the silvering from a
mirrored piece of glass, and then backing it with a black
background? If so, there is probably a fancy term for the
process, which I do not know.
271) Hmm ... it looks as though it screws onto a hose. At a guess,
with reasonable water flow, the bent wire pieces spin, spraying
water all around the device. Thus it would be for cleaning
something fairly large -- perhaps the size of air conditioning
ducting or larger, with a serious flow of water beating against
the walls.
Partially right, it does screw onto a hose and it's used for cleaning.