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Rob

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999 appears to be a handle for lifting the lids of a wood-burning stove.

1000 is a Wimshurst static electric machine.

Jerry

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999 looks like a lock mortice chisel. Used for cleaning out the bottom of a
blind mortice as in fitting a lock to a door. The curved end allows
leverage aginst the end of the mortice to get the cutting edge to slice
across the bottom of the hole.

See e.g. http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/f...d=EE-500-21.12

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/


999 appears to be a handle for lifting the lids of a wood-burning stove.

Whatever it is, I have one, somewhere...

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998, doctors reflex testing hammer

999 Swan neck chisel. Judging from the size I'd guess
it was originally intended to timber framing work.
Art

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999 looks like a lock mortice chisel. Used for cleaning out the bottom of
a
blind mortice as in fitting a lock to a door. The curved end allows
leverage aginst the end of the mortice to get the cutting edge to slice
across the bottom of the hole.

See e.g.
http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/f...d=EE-500-21.12


According to the owner, this answer is correct.


Rob

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R.H. wrote:

998, doctors reflex testing hammer

It's not for use by doctors. Someone told me that in the photo, the head of
this hammer looks to be made of wood but it's actually metal, I just updated
the description on the web site to include this info.



Rob

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1000. is a Wimshurst electrostatic generator* and a couple of Leyden
storage jars.

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimshurst_machine

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172... In 1877 a lot of water pipes were built of wood like barrels. I
suppose one would use a fabric hose to move water on a temporary path in
agriculture or industry. If the available pressure wasn't high, one
might use a 6" hose.

So you connect the hose to bring the water to an irrigation system, for
example, and you want to regulate the flow. It might be expensive to
install a brass valve at the output -- the hoses themselves didn't last
long. Instead you put 172 around the hose as an adjustable clamp.
Makes sense to me!

According to R.H. :
Just posted the latest set:

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

995) Hmm ... not sure about this one. Perhaps a press for
holding an old folding fan compressed while it is being made?

996) A strange one. My guess is that it is for fishing cord or
string through a hole -- perhaps in weaving something like a
net?

997) I would guess that the three functions have to do with boots:

a) Boot hook -- for pulling up cowboy style boots.

b) For making holes for shoelaces? The end was once
sharper than it is now.

c) For driving in nails to hold heels onto shoes or boots.

998) ??? For killing cattle in a slaughter yard?

999) For hooking and moving heavy loads by levering the edge up?

1000) One of several styles of hand-cranked electrostatic generator.
At least I don't have to guess on this one. :-) With the arrows
painted on the handwheel to indicate direction, I would think
that it is a demo unit in a science museum.

Are you going to continue past your 1000 mark?

Enjoy,
DoN.

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R.H. wrote:
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Rob


172... In 1877 a lot of water pipes were built of wood like barrels. I
suppose one would use a fabric hose to move water on a temporary path in
agriculture or industry. If the available pressure wasn't high, one
might use a 6" hose.

So you connect the hose to bring the water to an irrigation system, for
example, and you want to regulate the flow. It might be expensive to
install a brass valve at the output -- the hoses themselves didn't last
long. Instead you put 172 around the hose as an adjustable clamp.
Makes sense to me!

Perhaps -- except that "172" is the identifier for the whole
week's set of items. That particular item is item #995. I was
wondering where you got the 172 until I went back to the top of the
page. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.
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996: I don't see a convincing answer, so I'll take a stab...

A plane for cutting a groove on the inside of a cylinder, such as the groove
in a barrel that the barrel-head sits in.

The right end of the upper arc-shaped piece seems to be a cutting edge.
Think of a plane-blade.
The lower arc-shaped piece is a wedge. Think of a plane blade locking
wedge.
Slide upper blade to the required depth of cut, tap in the wedge to lock it.
The notches may serve to loosen the blade and wedge for readjustment.
The flat plate on the screw with the wing-nut is an edge stop to set the
distance of the groove from the end of the cylinder.

Having made this guess, my problems a
The screw doesn't seem to work in the correct direction to be a depth-stop,
even with an internal spring.
The shape of the wood block, with sharp corners, doesn't seem right for
being held as a plane.
I don't see the function for the countersunk hole seen in the lower photo.


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997: Combination crotch-scratcher, nose-picker, ear wax remover?

Are you going to continue past your 1000 mark?


Definitely, I've got plenty of stuff available to post and looking for new
things is still very interesting for me so I plan to continue for at least
the rest of this year.


The answer page for the latest set can be seen at the link below, along with
a possible answer for one that was posted almost two years ago


http://pzphotosan172-x1.blogspot.com/



Rob

R.H. wrote:


The answer page for the latest set can be seen at the link below, along with
a possible answer for one that was posted almost two years ago


http://pzphotosan172-x1.blogspot.com/


995-- "...in the days before book bags..." For somebody who respects
books, this clamp would be better than a book bag. Clamping would
preserve a book's binding.

As schools grew larger, school boards came to see that the quality of
education is in the weight and cost of a student's book load. Each day,
students are required to carry books with ten times more pages than they
will study in a year. Publishers don't have proofreaders because
teachers never notice that their books are full of glaring errors.
Textbooks cost much more than other books because they are built to
withstand being carried in bags like potatoes.

On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:47:37 -0400, Denominator wrote:
R.H. wrote:

The answer page for the latest set can be seen at the link below, along
with a possible answer for one that was posted almost two years ago

http://pzphotosan172-x1.blogspot.com/

995-- "...in the days before book bags..." For somebody who respects
books, this clamp would be better than a book bag. Clamping would
preserve a book's binding.

As schools grew larger, school boards came to see that the quality of
education is in the weight and cost of a student's book load. Each day,
students are required to carry books with ten times more pages than they
will study in a year. Publishers don't have proofreaders because teachers
never notice that their books are full of glaring errors. Textbooks cost
much more than other books because they are built to withstand being
carried in bags like potatoes.

They charge more for textbooks because they can.

Thanks,
Rich