The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob

R.H. wrote:
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


606: piercer of some kind. Something to do with demolitions, maybe?

607: rope cleat from a boat

608: ice crampon (clips to shoe)

609: pocket multi-tool/thread checker (advertising the Make Tight Stay)

610: unknown, looks dangerous

611: close-up of a basketball

R.H. wrote:
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

606. Some sort of tool to poke a hole and inserting a plug?
607. Boat cleat to tie off lines
608. Slip-on ice cleat - fits over toe of shoe or boot
609. Screw gauge
610. BBQ tool?
611. Basketball

606 is a deprimer /priming tool for reloading shotgun shells

R.H. wrote:
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob

"sewiv" wrote in message
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R.H. wrote:
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


606: piercer of some kind. Something to do with demolitions, maybe?

607: rope cleat from a boat

608: ice crampon (clips to shoe)

609: pocket multi-tool/thread checker (advertising the Make Tight Stay)

610: unknown, looks dangerous

611: close-up of a basketball


Could 610 possibly be a Cheese/Veggie Slicer/Grater?

The tines could be used to pick up the slices, the bottom and sides to slice
different thicknesses, and the indented top to grate/scrape the
cheese/veggies.

According to R.H. :
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

As usual, posting from rec.crafts.metalworking.

606) Hmm ... at a guess, this is a tool for de-caping (removing
primers) and re-priming cartridges with Berdan primers (two
small holes off center for the flame to go through to reach the
powder, instead of a single one which makes it easy to push the
primer out from inside.)

The spike digs out the old primer with the case in the notch
closest to the hinge, and the stud on the moving handle pushes
in the replacement primer in a case held in the next notch.

It would have to be a rimmed case -- and might even be for
shotgun shells, depending on the size -- though I've never dealt
with a Berdan primed shotgun shell, I guess that they could
exist.

607) A cleat for belaying a line on a boat (or wherever else you
may have a need to secure a line).

608) My first thought on seeing this was some rather nasty homemade
"brass knuckles".

However, another suggestion which I have already seen of a slip
on traction device for walking on ice might well be it.

609) I *think* that the logo on it *should* be unraveled as:

"Make the line stay tight"

The top corner is obviously intended to serve as a screwdriver.

The thread checkers in there mix quite common threads (6-32,
8-32, 10-32 and 10-24) with some less common ones (10-28 and
especially the 9-32, which I have never seen mentioned before.)

My number screw program, however, is willing to deal with it
anyway:


================================================== ====================
14:18:21 number-screw 9 32
For a #9-32.000 screw:
Clearance diameter: 0.177
Tap drill diameter: 0.146
================================================== ====================

The primary association with the name "J. A. Sexauer" seems to
be in the plumbing field -- though since the site requires a
login, I opted not to peruse their list of products. :-)

610) It looks like some sort of special-purpose cooking tool.

Perhaps hot dogs on the spikes, the bun in the cage below the
spikes, and perhaps something like bacon on the tray behind the
spikes.

611) On this one, my first thought was a rubber gripper pad found
in the kitchen to grip and remove large bottle lids.

My wife has suggested an alternative -- the bottom of
rubber-soled shoes.

Now to see what others have answered.

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"R.H." wrote in message
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The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob



yeah, wow, Rob, you have some weird stuff in your collection. i keep
thinking you're going to run out of weird stuff but every week you keep
coming back with stuff that is equally challenging as the week before. i've
seen some of the guesses already and some of what i presume are correct
answers. i was completely baffled as to what #606 was but it seems it's
been correctly identified. wow.

606. no idea whatsoever. (but seems been answered correctly already)
607. tying rope to a boat or cargo bed of a pick up
608. looked like a home made pair of ice walkers to me. (made by a hippy at
the '94 "Woodstock" concert for walking in the mud.)
609. huh. no idea, i mean, obviously for measuring bolt and screw sizes...
but an odd device. i can't tell from the photo if those holes are threaded,
you'd assume so though huh?
610. now wow, that's a really weird one! what in the HECK is that thing?!
i think males would have some kind of instinctive natural aversion to that
thing.
611. i believe i guessed that one correctly before seeing other's answers,
close up of a basketball.

On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 09:38:22 GMT, "R.H." wrote:

The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob



My sister suggests that #610 may be some sort of fruit-picker gadget
(apples most likely) or similar.

Barb

R.H. wrote:
The latest set has just been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
Rob

607. is a deck cleat on a boat
608. is a crampon, clamps on your boot to prevent slipping on ice.

--
Gary Brady
Austin, TX
www.powdercoatoven.4t.com

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wrote:

My sister suggests that #610 may be some sort of fruit-picker gadget
(apples most likely) or similar.

I think that's a damned good suggestion...

--
Talking about art is like dancing about architecture - Frank Zappa

Five of the six have been correctly identified:






606. Berdan shell reloader

607. Boat cleat

608. Ice crampon

609. Screw gauge

610. No correct guesses yet

611. Basketball close-up



A few links have been posted on the answer page:

http://pzphotosans107j.blogspot.com/

I found a few more good tools yesterday, including an unidentified piece of
hardware that hopefully someone will recognize next week.

Rob

Could 610 possibly be a Cheese/Veggie Slicer/Grater?

The tines could be used to pick up the slices, the bottom and sides to
slice
different thicknesses, and the indented top to grate/scrape the
cheese/veggies.


It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these purposes.


Rob

R.H. wrote:
It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these purposes.

Does it have anything to do with deep frying something?

--julie

"Julie Waters" wrote in message
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R.H. wrote:
It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these purposes.

Does it have anything to do with deep frying something?

--julie


It isn't used for any type of cooking or food preparation.


Rob

"Bill Marrs" wrote in message
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OK, Now I see it. For shotshells with Berdan primers!


Thanks, I knew it was a reloader but I couldn't find anything about it until
you mentioned what type of primers it's for.


Rob

R.H. wrote:
It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these purposes.

Does it have anything to do with deep frying something?

It isn't used for any type of cooking or food preparation.

Does it have anything to do with coals or stoking fires?

--julie

"Julie Waters" wrote in message
...
R.H. wrote:
It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these purposes.

Does it have anything to do with deep frying something?

It isn't used for any type of cooking or food preparation.

Does it have anything to do with coals or stoking fires?


It doesn't have anything to do with fire or heat.


Rob

I think it has to do with working with ice. I don't know the
specific application.
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"Julie Waters" wrote in message
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R.H. wrote:
It is generally used in the kitchen, but not for these
purposes.

Does it have anything to do with deep frying something?

It isn't used for any type of cooking or food preparation.

Does it have anything to do with coals or stoking fires?


It doesn't have anything to do with fire or heat.


Rob

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:43:24 GMT, "R.H."
wrote:

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I found a few more good tools yesterday, including an unidentified piece of
hardware that hopefully someone will recognize next week.

Hi Rob,

I only started looking at your "What is its?" maybe a year
ago and I haven't dug through all of the old postings just
yet. But... if you need or want some stuff to use I'm sure I
have some un-posted items around.

That was how I ended up looking/finding "What is its?". I
had a strange tool whose purpose eluded me at the time. I've
since figured out what it's for though.

I have been enjoying your exercise in sleuthing, keep me in
mind if you need some stuff

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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"DanG" wrote in message
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I think it has to do with working with ice. I don't know the specific
application.

Try "Ice Pick" on for size: the tines for seperating off a set thickness
with the "basket" to both define the thickness and catch pieces.

The raised edges could be used to either scrape off dirt/sawdust [used to
preserve ice] or to "shave" the ice block ["poor man's snow-cone
machine"].


Correct, it's an ice chipper/shaver, on the answer page I added a link to
another one on ebay and a photo of the handle which shows the manufacturer:

http://pzphotosans107j.blogspot.com/


Rob

Hi Rob,

I only started looking at your "What is its?" maybe a year
ago and I haven't dug through all of the old postings just
yet. But... if you need or want some stuff to use I'm sure I
have some un-posted items around.

That was how I ended up looking/finding "What is its?". I
had a strange tool whose purpose eluded me at the time. I've
since figured out what it's for though.

I have been enjoying your exercise in sleuthing, keep me in
mind if you need some stuff



Yes, please send me some photos of your things, I'd be interested to see
what you have.


Rob

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:26:21 GMT, "R.H."
wrote:


Hi Rob,

I only started looking at your "What is its?" maybe a year
ago and I haven't dug through all of the old postings just
yet. But... if you need or want some stuff to use I'm sure I
have some un-posted items around.

That was how I ended up looking/finding "What is its?". I
had a strange tool whose purpose eluded me at the time. I've
since figured out what it's for though.

I have been enjoying your exercise in sleuthing, keep me in
mind if you need some stuff



Yes, please send me some photos of your things, I'd be interested to see
what you have.

Hi Rob,

I'm slow at stuff nowadays, but persistent...

FWIW I'm knowledgeable/dangerous with image software, photos
and scanning stuff. I'm also on dial-up yet, so I'm a bit
limited in upload speed. That being said, do you have any
preference as to image size and such?

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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I'm slow at stuff nowadays, but persistent...

FWIW I'm knowledgeable/dangerous with image software, photos
and scanning stuff. I'm also on dial-up yet, so I'm a bit
limited in upload speed. That being said, do you have any
preference as to image size and such?


I'm not real particular, but I'd prefer a medium sized jpg, maybe in the 800
x 800 pixel range, and from that it could be scaled down to fit the page.
If you have a number of items that you are thinking of submitting, one
option would be to take a group shot of them and send it to me; I could then
let you know which objects to send more photos of . Since you haven't seen
my entire web site, I wouldn't want you to spend much time shooting
something and then find out that I've already previously posted it. But if
you want to take some quick individual shots and send them, thats fine too.

Please put "What is it? submission" or something similar in the subject line
of your email, so I don't accidently delete it when I'm getting rid of spam.

Thanks,
Rob

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 23:40:33 GMT, "R.H."
wrote:


I'm slow at stuff nowadays, but persistent...

FWIW I'm knowledgeable/dangerous with image software, photos
and scanning stuff. I'm also on dial-up yet, so I'm a bit
limited in upload speed. That being said, do you have any
preference as to image size and such?


I'm not real particular, but I'd prefer a medium sized jpg, maybe in the 800
x 800 pixel range, and from that it could be scaled down to fit the page.
If you have a number of items that you are thinking of submitting, one
option would be to take a group shot of them and send it to me; I could then
let you know which objects to send more photos of . Since you haven't seen
my entire web site, I wouldn't want you to spend much time shooting
something and then find out that I've already previously posted it. But if
you want to take some quick individual shots and send them, thats fine too.

Please put "What is it? submission" or something similar in the subject line
of your email, so I don't accidently delete it when I'm getting rid of spam.

Hi Rob,

I'm working on it, I should have something in the next day
or so. For this time I'll just take my chances that it is
something you can use (i.e., already took the picts, grin).
Thanks for the pointers/tips.

I've got a bit of web space available so I'll just put
something together there and pass the url to you via email.

Yesterday was a bumm day, didn't get much done...

--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI/Zone 5b
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