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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.

I havent a clue about the rest, keep up the good work.

Stuart Pearson

hi all, here my silly guesses

867 for canceling railroad tickets

all others are, umph, funny things used in itchy and scratchy moovies


greetings from germany
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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.


I have one of these. It is such a bad design that it hardly ever
works.

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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.


I have one of these. It is such a bad design that it hardly ever
works.

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I have a foil cutterwhich is similar but has two cutting wheels instead of
the blades, it works ok but I tend to use a knife.

Stuart Pearson

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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.


I have one of these. It is such a bad design that it hardly ever
works.

Typically these are pretty cheaply made. I have several like it and they
work great until after a few bottles are opened and the cutting edge dulls.

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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.


I have one of these. It is such a bad design that it hardly ever
works.

Typically these are pretty cheaply made. I have several like it and they
work great until after a few bottles are opened and the cutting edge
dulls.

I find that a Swiss Army Knife works fine for that particular purpose.
And when it dulls it is easily sharpened.

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869 could be a a vent valve for aging whiskey in oak barrels. You use a
mallet to drive the tapered end down into a hole, and the ball keeps air
from getting in.

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# 870 is definitely an early version of a tampon extractor.

Ivan Vegvary

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# 870 is definitely an early version of a tampon extractor.

Ivan Vegvary
I think it is an early crimper fo round duct work to crimp the end so
it slides into the next piece

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# 870 is definitely an early version of a tampon extractor.

Ivan Vegvary
I think it is an early crimper fo round duct work to crimp the end so
it slides into the next piece

Glen2pat, are you sure you weren't refering to 866? It does look like a
crimper, I agree. I was thinking of 870.
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866 a tool for corrugating strips of foil - maybe for xmas tinsel or decorations and such

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866: is a mechanical version of item 156 in your archives. :-)
867: Hmm, another mystery.
868: A seriously hoidy-toidy wine bottle foil cutter. Like you really
need one of THOSE...
869: A 'ball check' type breather valve. "G&C" is a valve manufacturing
company, according to google.
870: hmm
871: Hmmm

--riverman

I'm feeling extra dumb this time. I usually get one or two, I
didn't even get the wine foil thing.My wine tasting budget usually
doesn't require owning one of those foil cutters. For that
matter it often doesn't require a corkscrew.

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"What vintage is it?", says his mate.
"It says .......................... Wednesday."

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868: Is a foil cutter for cutting the foil off wine bottles.


I have one of these. It is such a bad design that it hardly ever
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# 870 is definitely an early version of a tampon extractor.


Hmmmm ... maybe. My first guess was a urology or proctology tool.
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hey, that´s not fair. you had nearly the same idea like me. but not for xmas
tinsel, the tool is much too heavy for paper stuff.
maybee to produce some "distance keeper" out of metal tape? or in general,
to fold metal tapes in this \/\/\/\/ way?

greetings from germany
chris

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870 looks like it might be used in helping to retrieve fish into the
boat. It has that whale-tail thingy at the end, the other handle is
hooked so you wouldn't lose your grip and the business end can be used
as a pliers to grasp the fish, or jammed in its mouth and spread apart
to grip it from the inside. I don't fish, so it's just a guess, but if
that's what it is they probably sold four of them in total - two to the
guy's parents.

R

Tough set this week, no answer yet for the tool with 88th marked on it:


http://pzphotosan151k.blogspot.com/


No luck so far trying to figure out the first tool from last week, the one
marked "par hauteu", I'm still waiting on some email replies. And I've done
some searching based on guesses here but haven't found anything.


Rob

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No luck so far trying to figure out the first tool from last week, the one
marked "par hauteu", I'm still waiting on some email replies. And I've done
some searching based on guesses here but haven't found anything.

Hi Rob,

Item 866 has at least 3 similar patents. Busy man James
Blumer was. He also made a unit that cut and crimped.

837783 Dec 4 1906 Corrugating Tool
733131 Jul 7 1903 Corrugating Tool
501644 Jul 18 1893 Corrugating Tool
542435 Jul 9 1895 Corrugating and Cutting Tool
570218 Oct 27 1896 Corrugating and Cutting Tool

Figured as long as I had already figured this out a few
minutes before you posted the answer page and I might as
well add it for anyone interested.

No luck here with the "par hauteu" item from last week
either...

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I've missed the previous one, and am late on this one, because
my news provider had a major problem with an upgrade.

And the first temptation is to say that a "CLI" (from the
"Subject: " header) is a "Command Line Interpreter". :-)

866) Are the two gears driven together by other gears below the
level of vision? It looks as though the excess diameter at the
bottom of the gears will retain mesh no matter what the
separation is (within the range of the tool).

I would suggest that this is for putting a zigzag into
something. If it were a *lot* wider and supported at both ends
of the gears, I would think that it was for folding cardboard to
make accordion bellows.

As it is -- I suspect that it will do something like sealing
some hollow tubing by crimping it with multiple folds.

Does the upper handle advance the gears, or does it close them
together? I *think* that it does the former, and if there is
any adjustment for the spacing between the gears, it is not
visible from this angle.

I think that the "duck bills" are to flatten the tubing before
it is run through the gears to crimp it sealed.

867) This one -- the larger opening is the only one which closes
with the pliers action. That particular design of pliers causes
the jaws to remain parallel to each other as it opens and
closes.

The ratchet tends to hold it closed until specific action is
taken to disengage the ratchet.

The knurled knob *may* adjust a point to leave a depression in
whatever is gripped.

I'm not sure what purpose the slot in the thicker jaw serves.

868) Finally -- an easy one. This is a screw-cap bottle opener,
designed to give a better grip for a weak hand.

869) Assuming that the end with the stamped logo is the other end
of the screw-on cap, I would say that this is designed to act as
a whistle when pressure is applied from the tapered end.

The ball will vibrate back and forth in the larger cylindrical
hole, switching on and off air through the smaller hole in the
side, and driven by pressure (air, steam, or whatever) through
the smaller parallel hole.

I would like to play with this. I would have expected it to
have a threaded fitting instead of the taper -- but it may be
that it is designed to pop out when over-pressure is detected
for safety -- and when it starts singing, you should take steps
to reduce the pressure *before* it pops out. :-)

870) I just don't want it used on *me*. :-)

871) Hmm -- perhaps for breaking ice? You place the point where you
want to start the break, and then hit the ball with the heel of
your hand -- or with a mallet of some sort?

Oh -- I see an "Answers" link after the images. I'll send this
off, and then see what the answers are.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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