Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default ToolUnknown Help

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
It's made by Miller Falls and says "#381 3 1/2

The pics are in the drop box:
ToolUnknown01.jpg
ToolUnknown02.jpg
  #2   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 399
Default ToolUnknown Help

Don't knock yourself out, and post a link or something.
JR
Dweller in te cellar

wrote:
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
It's made by Miller Falls and says "#381 3 1/2

The pics are in the drop box:
ToolUnknown01.jpg
ToolUnknown02.jpg



--
--------------------------------------------------------------
Home Page:
http://www.seanet.com/~jasonrnorth
If you're not the lead dog, the view never changes
Doubt yourself, and the real world will eat you alive
The world doesn't revolve around you, it revolves around me
No skeletons in the closet; just decomposing corpses
--------------------------------------------------------------
Dependence is Vulnerability:
--------------------------------------------------------------
"Open the Pod Bay Doors please, Hal"
"I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.."
  #4   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 4,562
Default ToolUnknown Help

JR North wrote:

Don't knock yourself out, and post a link or something.
JR
Dweller in te cellar


I'll do it for him cause I'm a nice guy, sometimes.

http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown.txt
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown01.jpg
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown02.jpg

Wes
  #5   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,154
Default ToolUnknown Help

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:05:09 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth:

JR North wrote:

Don't knock yourself out, and post a link or something.
JR
Dweller in te cellar


I'll do it for him cause I'm a nice guy, sometimes.

http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown.txt
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown01.jpg
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown02.jpg


That looks an awful lot like a bootmaker's upper glazer, which was
usually a bit more carrot-shaped. See Salaman's _Dictionary of
Leather-Working Tools, c.1700-1950_, page 123.

--
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous
delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
--e e cummings


  #6   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
No Name
 
Posts: n/a
Default ToolUnknown Help

wrote:
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
It's made by Miller Falls and says "#381 3 1/2

The pics are in the drop box:
ToolUnknown01.jpg
ToolUnknown02.jpg


Looks like a bearing scraper to me.

----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
  #7   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 235
Default ToolUnknown Help

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:05:09 -0500, Wes wrote:

JR North wrote:

Don't knock yourself out, and post a link or something.
JR
Dweller in te cellar


I'll do it for him cause I'm a nice guy, sometimes.

http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown.txt
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown01.jpg
http://metalworking.com/dropbox/ToolUnknown02.jpg

Wes


thanks wes. the device is possibly a hand scraper for fitting white
metal bearing shells. ...I think. the sharp edges rule out a swedish
fid.
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:06 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 DIYbanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about DIY & home improvement"