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678 WWII Ration Token

681 Cheese Sampler


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Oh My Goodness! Haven't seen one of these in YEARS!

683 - Fish Skinner

Used to take the scaly skin off of fish, as opposed to scaling them.

Rich

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678: token for something. Looks russian.
679: metalworking hammer? brass head.
680: inverse spanner of some sort
681: It looks like it cuts strips of something. I like the cheese
sampler idea.
682: Tailpipe expander. This one I'm sure of.
683: looks like a tube squeezer. For getting all of the stuff out.

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678: Ration Token

679: Looks like a brass upholstery hammer.

680: Some type of reamer?

681:

682: Expanding pipe PIG (cleaner)

683: Fish Scaler/Skinner



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,;678 WWII Ration Token

This is correct but I wouldn't accept that answer.

That particular token was a meat ration token.
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681 looks good for removing aluminum or wood molding, glued or nailed,
up to 3/4" wide. Without a special tool it can be awkward to work a
blade under molding to pry it loose without damage.

Unknown wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:00:47 GMT, "Alexander Thesoso"
wrote:


,;678 WWII Ration Token


This is correct but I wouldn't accept that answer.

That particular token was a meat ration token.

Yep, and the ones for butter were BLUE IIRC, I've still got my mom's
small black change purse full of 'em.

Housewives were encouraged to save rendered scrap meat fat and turn it
in at butcher shops to be used for the war effort. I don't think I ever
learned just what use was made of that fat, I recall someone telling me
it had something to do with munitions.

I do remember hearing an apocryphal story about a buther shop where a
sign hung reading "Ladies, bring your fat cans in here."

Jeff

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into it."

679. Brass hammer for use in explosive environments as
it doesn't make sparks when striking steel or iron.

Art

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Unknown wrote:

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:00:47 GMT, "Alexander Thesoso"
wrote:

,;678 WWII Ration Token
This is correct but I wouldn't accept that answer.
That particular token was a meat ration token.

Yep, and the ones for butter were BLUE IIRC, I've still got my mom's
small black change purse full of 'em.

Housewives were encouraged to save rendered scrap meat fat and turn it
in at butcher shops to be used for the war effort. I don't think I
ever learned just what use was made of that fat, I recall someone
telling me it had something to do with munitions.


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682: Double-ended dildo for Hilary Clinton and Condoleeza Rice.

Cheers!
Bobo

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682: Double-ended dildo for Hilary Clinton and Condoleeza Rice.

Cheers!
Bobo

I doubt it BoBo, I didn't see a triggering mechanism.

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678 is token used to purchase meat products during
WW2 rationing time.
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678 is a WW2 meat ration token. The tokens were used as change for the
actual ration stamps. I seem to recall that the meat tokens and stamps were
used for some other commodity as well at one time. The stamps were in
booklets issued for each person in a family.
681 I believe is a tool to slice long grooves in a V formation in the bark
to tap trees for sap. Particularly pine trees but possibly sugar maples as
well. I do not know the name of it.
682 I believe is a head for a rotary sewer cleaning machine.
Don Young

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As usual, posting from rec.crafts.metalworking.

678) Hmm ... material? It sort of looks like a cardboard
dyed red, but it could be copper with a patina, or
steel with a light rust and interesting illumination.

It *might* be a fairly large button, in which case there needs
to be a cavity in the cloth backing it.

Or -- it Might be a token, or a game piece of some sort. Maybe
even a variety of early poker chip.

679) Well -- that one could be a non-sparking hammer (copper, bronze
or even Beryllium copper).

Or just a non-marring one.

One used to transfer energy to a harder piece (e.g. steel)
without deforming it.

I've used several material for the latter function
(non-marring), including brass, aluminum, plastics, or even
lead.

680) Hmm ... can the darker part rotate relative to the lighter one,
or are they rigidly bound together?

If the latter, I think that it is part of a coupling which can
be easily de-coupled.

However, I have made similar looking devices (though with a
handle) to keep a screwdriver blade from slipping out of the
slot and marring the object in which the screw is placed. (In
particular, concertina endbox screws.)

681) No real clue -- though I think that it is intended to be used
while hot.

682) This one looks like a tool designed for expanding dents in a
thin-walled tube. If there were an eye in the screw, I could
imagine it being used to pull up well pipe -- slide it down
inside, twist to grip the ID of the pipe, and then lift. But
with just the square nut, I don't think so.

I note that the flanges appear to be angled -- perhaps to scrape
scale from the inside of pipes in steam boilers?

684) Another weird one. Perhaps to shave from a 4" wide board for
some purpose? I'd like to see another angle from the bottom,
with the handles opened, to see how wide the blade on the bottom
is.

Overall -- a good collection of difficult ones this time around.

Now to see what others have guessed.

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681 is a label remover/scraper, I think.
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681 is a label remover/scraper, I think.
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That'd be my guess as well. A less refined version of the box scraper at
the bottom of this page.

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan9.htm#num70

Ned Simmons

Ned Simmons wrote:


That'd be my guess as well. A less refined version of the box scraper at
the bottom of this page.

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan9.htm#num70



charlie b replied:

I submitted the pics of this thing. What appears to be a cutting
or scraping edge is air-foil shaped in cross section - and curved,
not flat, with the "bevel" on the "inside". Wouldn't work well for
removing labels from flat surfaces give the curved "blade". Could
perhaps be used to remove labels from small cylinders - but
who puts labels on the INSIDE of a bottle, jar or can?

I found this tool at a garage sale here in Silly Cone Valley, an area
once filled with orchards and canning and packing businesses -
and the home of FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) who originally
made most of the canning and packing machinery - as their name
implies. (they subsequently made APCs - armored personell carriers
and later the Bradley Fighting Vehicle).

FMC emplyed a lot of specialists - including pattern makers -
the top of the woodworking field, requiring working to pretty
tight tolerances - for wood - and the ability to make some
pretty complex shapes to specifications. Pattern makers
used a lot of unusual woodworking tools and sometimes
had to make, or have made, special one of a kind tools for
a particular job. I was amazed to recently find a pattern making
shop near downtown San Jose.

Another possibility is that it was use for lead work in the
auto industry - FORD and GM both use to have auto manufacturing
plants in the valley.

Would really like to know what this thing was made to do so
somebody please come up with the answer.

charlie b

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678. Ration token, given as change for meat ration coupons.

679. Soft face hammer, used for striking finished metal work without
marring.

680. Nobody got this one, but I'll go ahead and give the answer: Cutter and
guide sleeve from a putty chaser set, attached to a drill and used to remove
putty when working on windows.

681. Haven't been able to verify what this is.

682. Flue scraper, used to clean the tubes and flues of an old steam engine.

683. Fish skinner


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Ned Simmons wrote:


That'd be my guess as well. A less refined version of the box scraper at
the bottom of this page.

http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan9.htm#num70



charlie b replied:

I submitted the pics of this thing. What appears to be a cutting
or scraping edge is air-foil shaped in cross section - and curved,
not flat, with the "bevel" on the "inside". Wouldn't work well for
removing labels from flat surfaces give the curved "blade". Could
perhaps be used to remove labels from small cylinders - but
who puts labels on the INSIDE of a bottle, jar or can?

What's the radius of curvature of the cutting edge? Unless it's a very
tight radius, I wouldn't rule out it being a box scraper. I used to have
one of the Stanley scrapers, but gave it away long ago. But I think the
blade was sharpened with a radius, presumably so you could gouge out a
shallow depression to remove a stencilled label without having to scrape
a large area flat.


I found this tool at a garage sale here in Silly Cone Valley, an area
once filled with orchards and canning and packing businesses -

And probably many wooden fruit boxes.

and the home of FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) who originally
made most of the canning and packing machinery - as their name
implies. (they subsequently made APCs - armored personell carriers
and later the Bradley Fighting Vehicle).

FMC emplyed a lot of specialists - including pattern makers -
the top of the woodworking field, requiring working to pretty
tight tolerances - for wood - and the ability to make some
pretty complex shapes to specifications. Pattern makers
used a lot of unusual woodworking tools and sometimes
had to make, or have made, special one of a kind tools for
a particular job.

I suppose it could be used to do some shaving in a deep slot in a mold
pattern.

Ned Simmons

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:11:47 -0400, Jeff Wisnia
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Housewives were encouraged to save rendered scrap meat fat and turn it
in at butcher shops to be used for the war effort. I don't think I ever
learned just what use was made of that fat,

Various explosives, and flame thrower ingredients

Gunner

"If thy pride is sorely vexed when others disparage your offering, be
as lamb's wool is to cold rain and the Gore-tex of Odin's raiment
is to gull**** in the gale, for thy angst shall vex them not at
all. Yea, they shall scorn thee all the more. Rejoice in
sharing what you have to share without expectation of adoration,
knowing that sharing your treasure does not diminish your treasure
but enriches it."

- Onni 1:33

charlie b wrote:
Ned Simmons wrote:


charlie b replied:

I submitted the pics of this thing. What appears to be a cutting
or scraping edge is air-foil shaped in cross section - and curved,
not flat, with the "bevel" on the "inside". Wouldn't work well for
removing labels from flat surfaces give the curved "blade". Could
perhaps be used to remove labels from small cylinders - but
who puts labels on the INSIDE of a bottle, jar or can?

Now I see. If it were to pry molding from a flat surface, I would
expect a flat blade. What's the radius of the curve? (What size
cylinder would it fit?)

I found this tool at a garage sale here in Silly Cone Valley, an area
once filled with orchards and canning and packing businesses -
and the home of FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) who originally
made most of the canning and packing machinery - as their name
implies. (they subsequently made APCs - armored personell carriers
and later the Bradley Fighting Vehicle).

FMC emplyed a lot of specialists - including pattern makers -
the top of the woodworking field, requiring working to pretty
tight tolerances - for wood - and the ability to make some
pretty complex shapes to specifications. Pattern makers
used a lot of unusual woodworking tools and sometimes
had to make, or have made, special one of a kind tools for
a particular job. I was amazed to recently find a pattern making
shop near downtown San Jose.

For wood I would expect shorter, stiffer tool so pressure could be
applied and a smaller throat so it wouldn't pull up too much wood.

Another possibility is that it was use for lead work in the
auto industry - FORD and GM both use to have auto manufacturing
plants in the valley.

I wonder if its for finishing joints about 1/2" wide sealed with
something soft like lead or caulking. The result would be a slightly
concave seam whose sealer would not overlap the sides. These two
features would keep wear and tear from tearing the sealer loose.