Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Rob

921 thinking loud ... the circular / ton shaped notch in the middle looks
like a shortened axle. the fingers at the right side, ehm, like the
counterpart of an gear. some tool to adjust / tighten something unknown?

922 to make marks in any surface. just simply to make some ornament?

923 no idea

924 flattenig tool for neckties?

925 hey, this man looks like "Kaiser Wilhem". early souvenir?

926 ... to make some early kind of corrugates fiberboard or some similar
wrapping material?

greetings from germany (and afraid to have met all guesses beside)
chris

925 hey, this man looks like "Kaiser Wilhem". early souvenir?
in wikipedia (german):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?02dq3lja
in wikipedia (english):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?nlprn0ea

"Christian Stüben" wrote in message
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925 hey, this man looks like "Kaiser Wilhem". early souvenir?
in wikipedia (german):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?02dq3lja
in wikipedia (english):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?nlprn0ea


It does look like Kaiser Wilhem, but that's not who it is. I'll give a
hint, the person it's supposed to be was an admiral.

Rob

According to R.H. :

"Christian Stüben" wrote in message
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925 hey, this man looks like "Kaiser Wilhem". early souvenir?
in wikipedia (german):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?02dq3lja
in wikipedia (english):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?nlprn0ea


It does look like Kaiser Wilhem, but that's not who it is. I'll give a
hint, the person it's supposed to be was an admiral.

Then perhaps a Bosun's whistle?

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On 9 Mar 2007 03:44:03 GMT, (DoN. Nichols) wrote:

According to R.H. :

"Christian Stüben" wrote in message
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925 hey, this man looks like "Kaiser Wilhem". early souvenir?
in wikipedia (german):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?02dq3lja
in wikipedia (english):
http://www.kleinurl.de/?nlprn0ea


It does look like Kaiser Wilhem, but that's not who it is. I'll give a
hint, the person it's supposed to be was an admiral.

Then perhaps a Bosun's whistle?

Enjoy,
DoN.

a bosun never had a whistle. Bosuns always piped aboard with a
'Bosun's call' which bye the way makes a bloody ace whistle!

Stealth Pilot

Hi R.H.,

"R.H." schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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It does look like Kaiser Wilhem, but that's not who it is. I'll give a
hint, the person it's supposed to be was an admiral.

Admiral von Schneider? (no, not for real, just jokin´,
http://www.kleinurl.de/?axa87mgs )
I am afraid i don´t know the american history good enough to answer this.

greetings from germany
chris

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:13:43 -0500, "R.H." wrote:

,;Just posted set 160:
,;
,;http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
,;

926 Press for making wax foundation for bee hives.

On Mar 8, 5:13 pm, "R.H." wrote:
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

921: A chain sprocket tightener.

922: Hmmm, a hammer that won't roll off the table? For some strange
reason, I think this is a cobblers tool of some sort.

923: A mechanical 'nibbler'

924: Somehow, I don't think we'll ever know....

925: Either a child's cap toy, or something used on the railroad to
alarm engineers that there are workers ahead :-)

926: Sugarcane press

--riverman

On Mar 8, 4:13 am, "R.H." wrote:
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

924. Could it a prop paddle? (The kind used by clowns to make it
sound like a smack, but really it is just the two pieces of wood
hitting.)

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:04:13 -0800, Scraper wrote:
On Mar 8, 4:13 am, "R.H." wrote:

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924. Could it a prop paddle? (The kind used by clowns to make it sound
like a smack, but really it is just the two pieces of wood hitting.)

That was going to be my guess, except the "official" name for one is
"Slap Stick", which is where we got the term "slapstick". :-)

But I think this isn't one of them - they would never put a hinge at
the far end - just a sort of resilient attachemnt of some kind at the
butt end, and the slapper is much thinner than the stick.

Other than that, no clue. )-;

Cheers!
Rich

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On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:04:13 -0800, Scraper wrote:
On Mar 8, 4:13 am, "R.H." wrote:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

924. Could it a prop paddle? (The kind used by clowns to make it sound
like a smack, but really it is just the two pieces of wood hitting.)

That was going to be my guess, except the "official" name for one is
"Slap Stick", which is where we got the term "slapstick". :-)

But I think this isn't one of them - they would never put a hinge at
the far end - just a sort of resilient attachemnt of some kind at the
butt end, and the slapper is much thinner than the stick.


I asked the owner of 924 if he thought it was a slapstick, and asked him to
try making a noise with it, his reply agreed with the post above:

"...the hinge is on the far end and no way can it work as a slapper. Any
attempt to use it as a slapper would break the hinged leaf part off."

So I'm not ready to call this one solved, and will continue to look for a
definitive answer.

The rest of the answers have been posted, please note that the links for the
hammer and slapstick are the same as the ones in this thread:

http://pzphotosan160x-1.blogspot.com/


Rob

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Rob


924 : This may be a version of the musical percussion instrument known as
a slapstick. Produces the 'whip' sound that is part of the Christmas
traditional music "Sleigh Ride' by Anderson. Last Christmas, the Boston
Pop's version of that song was played about 150 times on the radio.
two links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_(instrument)
and
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdiction...Slapstick.html

Phil

On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:17:29 +0000, Phil-in-MI wrote:
"R.H." wrote in message
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

924 : This may be a version of the musical percussion instrument known
as a slapstick. Produces the 'whip' sound that is part of the Christmas
traditional music "Sleigh Ride' by Anderson. Last Christmas, the Boston
Pop's version of that song was played about 150 times on the radio. two
links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_(instrument) and
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdiction...Slapstick.html


OOpps! I just posted a post saying it's not a slap stick, because of
the hinge and the thickness of the slats. The only Vaudeville slapsticks
I've ever seen just have two thin slats wider and thinner than what we
see here, although the fixed slat could be that thick. The slapper
part is just to make noise, so the lighter the better - it doesn't take as
hard a hit to make a loud slap - sounds like you really walloped the guy,
but you swing it about as hard as a flyswatter. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

In article , R.H.
wrote:

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922: Picture framer's/glazier's hammer. See
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=51854&cat=1,43293

On Mar 8, 4:13 am, "R.H." wrote:
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

921... no idea.

922. A hammer to drive in glazier's points. 100% certainty

924. Wire stripper. 75% certainty

925. Foley tool.. makes the sound of a cracking whip. 100% certainty

926. A texturizer for papier-maché which is then dried. For packaging
purposes.

On Mar 8, 1:13 am, "R.H." wrote:
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http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

921. Center section looks like a socket wrench (socket, not the
ratchet)
Brass color might be paint, but non-sparking tools made of beryllium
copper or silicon bronze have the same color
Perhaps a non-sparking bung wrench for opening drums of chemicals?

On Mar 8, 4:13 am, "R.H." wrote:
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

Well the thing everone is calling a slapstick looks like a lard press
to me.

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Rob



924 looks like a board for scaling or cleaning fish- clamp tail at hinged
end?

-Carl

According to R.H. :
Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as usual.

921) Hmm ... my first thought was that it was intended to turn some
sort of gear a short distance with the teeth.

Then I noticed the square hole in the semi-gimbaled (single
axis) steel part, and the fact that the "teeth" were raised
above the surface (told mostly by the shadows, since the angle
is otherwise not right for the task), and what I think it is is
some kind of locking control lever where you push the handle
down then adjust whatever is driven by that square drive a bit,
and lift the handle again, so a pin is between two of the
"teeth" to keep it from slipping until the handle is again
pressed down.

It looks like a bronze casting which has been cleaned up fairly
recently, which suggests that it may have been used in an
explosive gas atmosphere, because the bronze won't spark when it
hits something, unlike iron or steel.

922) Sheet metal work hammer -- for making a bend sharper than it
would be with the typical round faced hammer? I'm not sure how
freely it needs to rotate for that -- nor how freely your
"freely" happens to be. I would expect some benefit from a
little friction to hold it where you set it.

923) Interesting leverage system there -- especially with three
identical pockets for the handle to work in. (I wonder *how*
identical they happen to be?)

The screw seems to serve as an adjustable stop. I would like to
see more detail (and other angles) of the projection below the
lower jaw, as I suspect that it has some significant function.

At a guess, It looks as though it is intended to punch tongues
in thin metal -- perhaps for making something like the reeds for
cheap pitch pipes or something similar.

924) Perhaps for smoothing out long paper held between the boards?

I would like a view which showed how much clearance was at the
hinge end when it was closed.

925) Do they serve as whistles? Either that, or to hang notes from.

926) Perhaps a meat tenderizer? Most are just textured hammers, but
this might be more consistent in its results.

Now off to see what others have guessed.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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923) Interesting leverage system there -- especially with three
identical pockets for the handle to work in. (I wonder *how*
identical they happen to be?)

The screw seems to serve as an adjustable stop. I would like to
see more detail (and other angles) of the projection below the
lower jaw, as I suspect that it has some significant function.


I don't own this tool so I can't take any more photos, if it was mine I'd be
happy to take a few more shots of it. Same for number 924, I'll ask the
owner how much clearance there is.


924) Perhaps for smoothing out long paper held between the boards?

I would like a view which showed how much clearance was at the
hinge end when it was closed.

On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:13:43 -0500, "R.H."
wrote:

Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Item 923 is a Saw Set. June 23 1885, Patent number 320,753.

If you want to view the patent you may have to visit the US
Patent web site. Google only has the thumbnail available.
See:

http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=320753

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?idkey=NONE&docid=0320753

http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT320753

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"Leon Fisk" wrote in message
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 04:13:43 -0500, "R.H."
wrote:

Just posted set 160:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


Item 923 is a Saw Set. June 23 1885, Patent number 320,753.

If you want to view the patent you may have to visit the US
Patent web site. Google only has the thumbnail available.
See:

http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=320753

http://patimg2.uspto.gov/.piw?idkey=NONE&docid=0320753

http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT320753


Thanks Leon! The owner of it told me that it was a saw set but I didn't
have any proof yet. I just updated the answer page with a link to google's
patent site, the page worked fine for me, not sure why you would have gotten
just thumbnails, when I clicked on the small pics they became full size.

Rob

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:31:05 -0500, "R.H."
wrote:

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Thanks Leon! The owner of it told me that it was a saw set but I didn't
have any proof yet. I just updated the answer page with a link to google's
patent site, the page worked fine for me, not sure why you would have gotten
just thumbnails, when I clicked on the small pics they became full size.

Hi Rob,

I tried it again today and the larger image loads just fine.
Yesterday I was getting an image that said "image not
available" from the google link when I clicked on the
thumbnail. I've seen similar before from google and then
retrieved the tiff image from the US Patent site without any
trouble. It isn't perfect, but a real handy tool most of the
time.

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