What is it? LI

[R.H.]

Just posted a new set of photos:

[Lane]

284, A piece of mountain climbing equipment. Cams lock into a crack and attach ropes to it. Sorry I don't know the official name. 285, some kind of airfoil, spoiler, tv antenna for a vehicle?

289, a 45 RPM record adapter for a record player spindle.

[Steve Decker]

284 Looks like some kind of escapement 285 Foam Glider 286 Soda Machine Key? 287 ?? 288 light meter 289 45 rpm record spindle

[Peter Morris]

[DoN. Nichols]

284) ???? Interesting, but I'm not sure what it is.

It looks as though it is intended to provide directional grip on something or other.

285) Spoiler designed to deflect bugs from the windshield, perhaps? If so -- it would probably mount at the front of the hood (or bonnet for the UK readers). 286) Some sort of removable crank. It looks as though it can be set straight, and fed through a tube, with a notch in the end of the tube to engage the cross pins, and then the crank folded to allow operation. 287) Slides over a projecting head (as of a screw or a rivet), and serves to hang a load from with a clip. Perhaps from some military belt of some period, though that is just a guess. 288) A *really* old photographic exposure meter. A step up from the optical ones, where you look in through an eyepiece and the dimmest number you can read is your exposure. This one at least appears to be photovoltaic.

It also appears to be marked in two systems of film sensitivity. One is the DIN (German), and the other I would expect to be ASA, but the marking does not seem to say that. I can't make it out -- too pixelated by the JPEG compression.

It may be contemporary with the shutter/iris assembly which you had up recently.

289) A 45-RPM spindle adaptor -- made by "Voice of Music" (see the "VM" logo on the end.) It is intended for use on a record changer.

Enjoy, DoN.

[Scott Lurndal]

#289 A 45RPM adapter spindle for a multiplatter LP turntable. Probably a motorola. #288 Light meter for camera. #286 Looks like a starter handle for an old tractor, but too small. #284 Must have something to do with bicycles.

[Erik]

[Tim Mullen]

at the top of the outer door(s). Twisting the tool will unlatch the door.

(posting from rec.antiques)

[rhiannon]

287--fireplace damper wrench?

[Bruce]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 18:16:21 -0700, Steve Decker wrote (in article ):

284 Cam lock (climbing equip.) 288. Old exposure meter.

[Gary Brady]

284. A "Friend". Rockclimbing gadget. The toothed wheels cam out when placed in a crack to provide a tie-off point. 285. Stealth boomerang 286. I'll have to pass on this one. 287. No clue 288. Ancient voltmeter 289. Storage canister for checkers

rec.crafts.metalworking

[B.B.]

285. Breast Implant for Boomerangs. 286. Elevator Molester Schwing-Weenie! 287. 1890's Clutch Adjustment tool. 288. Wave a baby over it and it'll tell you how fat the kid will get. 289. Can of Whoopass. Do not open!

Posting from Earth. Or close to it.

[Brian Lawson]

Hey Rob,

Number 286 is a "broken knuckle key" for unlocking the hall doors on certain types of elevators, generally to gain access to the car top for servicing.

Take care.

Brian Laws>Just posted a new set of photos:

[Brian Lawson]

Hey Rob,

Number 288 is an older light-meter for photography.

Take care.

Brian Laws>Just posted a new set of photos:

[Karl Vorwerk]

Beat me to it. My friend has one sitting in his tool bag.

[bkr]

284. Spring loaded camming device used for rock climbing...specifically it looks like a metollius. 285. Homemade boomerang?

286. Looks like a key/turning arm for and extendable awning

287. blackjack? probably not...

288. Looks like a compass for surveying possibly?

289. Lipstick case or stamp of some kind.

bkr

[Matthew Russotto]

really believe it.

I know how 287 is supposed to work, but not why or what for.

288 is a bit of photo equipment, best guess would be a fancy light meter.

[Jeff Wisnia]

280..Electronic metrenome.....

Jeff

[Rich Grise]

Dang! I thought I was finally going to get one! It's a car TV antenna. It sits above the trunk lid on a strut. Crocodile Dundee ripped one off a limo to use on a couple of punks.

Cheers! Rich

[Carl G.]

284. Mountain climbing thing-a-ma-bob (I don't recall the name). 285. A polystyrene foam glider wing. 286. Crank for louvers or a scissor jack. 287. Handle used to open and close a valve, perhaps an old gas valve. 288. Photographer's photometer. 289. Valeria Mazza ("VM") lipstick for supermodels that overdid the "fat lip" look.

Carl G.