I haven't had any luck in identifying the large metal ring in number 1473, maybe someone here will recognize it.
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15 years ago
I haven't had any luck in identifying the large metal ring in number 1473, maybe someone here will recognize it.
Looks like a fan shroud.
Looks more like a rotating rack for pots and pans to me .
Nice set. Can't even guess at a couple, but that won't stop me from trying.
1471: It seems that something can fit inside the grooved ends, with the steel 'spring' locking it in place. At first, before I saw that it was one-sided, I thought maybe it held a pool cue or something, but now I think it might be made to be hung on the handle of a pail to make it easier to carry. The two-sided grooves means it can be attached by twisting it on, and the springs keeps the wooden piece from slipping down the handle, or falling off. 1472: Drive motor for an electric garage door opener. The slots are so that the slave gear can disconnect in case the door jams. 1473: Why do I instinctively think of a big bass drum in a marching band...? Or, if this is an electrician's truck, the ring around a gas station sign like this:--riverman
1471 - Seems to be some manner of marker that clips onto a cable or rope. Being made out of wood, it's unlikely to be used as a weight, and it doesn't look too safe to use as an electrical insulator. Maybe it's placed where two ropes cross to avoid chafing against each other?
(Maybe it's a demonstration model illustrating a form of the Chinese finger trap?)
1472 - A smallish electric motor with a short doubly-keyed lead screw attached. Possibly this formed a part of a benedix drive to engage the load only when the motor was energized, as for a starter motor for an engine. 1473 - My initial thought was that this was part of a spinning rack such as is sometimes used to keep track of order slips in diners. That doesn't seem to go with the other tools and materials in the truck, though. Maybe it's a part of a light fixture or other item these tradesmen happen to be working on? Maybe it's a collar to go around an open manhole to hang stuff down and give some visual warning that there's an open manhole? 1474 - Portable gun rest for target shooting? 1475 - The claws appear to clamp onto something to hold and move it, engaged or released by the lever with the worn-off orange paint. Probably, it's used to move bales of something; I'd suspect not hay, as hay bales lack the structure to be grabbed this way, but perhaps newspapers for recycling or something similar. 1476 - Possibly these turn (or, perhaps more correctly, spin) brass finials?Now to see what others have to say.
1471 I am going to guess that this is a grip extension of some kind. My thoughts keep coming back to archery and that this would go on the bow but I'm not too sure about that. 1472 My first thought was that its a worm from a worm reduction gear but not sure now I have seen smaller versions of this setup that operate door locks. So maybe this would be for a high security vault? 1473 no idea apart from a connector for two bits of ducting. 1474 Again no idea my only thoughts would be an ornament. 1475 Hay bale grabber? 1476 I am guessing that these are for making watch gears.
looks very much like the major part of the third picture.
If I walk into a bank with #1474, I could get enough money to buy the rest of these gadgets.
#1475 is what you'll get if you get caught trying this stunt.
;-)
I'd guess 1473 is an overhead rack for pots and pans, probably out of a restaurant or commercial kitchen.
I'd guess that #1476 are all wheel cutting engines for watch and clock making.
Sure looks like whats left of the bottom of an overhead tool rack used in kitchens for line chefs, making soup to nuts...
Matt
woodworker88 wrote: ...
I agree the distant picture makes one think of that, but looking at the details more I decided not...it's got too many other attachment that wouldn't work well for the purpose. I think it is a connecting piece between other ducting or similar as another proposed earlier...
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1467 Same trade Rob, but not the same purpose!
Top is a wheel cutting engine
Middle looks like an uprighting tool
Bottom is a watchmakers lathe, fitted with a "mandrel" face plate. The Lathe looks English, probably a Lorch.
All are watcmakers/clockmakers tools.
Steve R.
1471) Hmm ... looks like a sliding clip to go on something like clothesline. Looks like wood and spring steel. 1472) Well ... an ACME thread on the motor shaft, but too close to the metal shield for normal use, so I think that it is some form of feed device.
Looks as though the threads were turned as an afterthought, and that it was originally to drive a pulley or something similar with a double keyway.
1473) For winding the hoses shown on smaller reels to the left? Those hoses look to be for oxygen and some fuel gas.It looks way too flimsy to be caging the tire while seating the bead to prevent explosions.
1474) A child's toy with a hidden compartment? 1475) A hay bale grapple? 1476) Decorative metal turning engines -- for engraving regular decorative patterns into metal?Holtzapfel (sp?) made the fanciest one that I have heard of, and these are far below that.
Now to see what others have said.
Enjoy, DoN.
Good point, I had meant that they were all used for making one particular device.
According to the museum in which I found these, they were not used to make clocks or watches. Although the craftsman who used them was also a clockmaker, the devices on my site were described as being used in a different trade. So perhaps these are clockmaker's tools that were used in another trade, or maybe he modified some of his clockmaker's tools for making other devices.
Rob
--riverman
--riverman
Yes, kinda sorta, not sure why it would have handles around the outside though. Here is a larger photo of the truck with its contents, you can click on it to make it bigger:
Looking at the stuff in the back of the truck, it looks like this is a service vehicle for diesel tractor-trailers. Maybe this is some sort of fan shroud for a big diesel engine? And the things that look like handles are just framing to guide hoses, etc?
This is a tough one. Can anyone analyze all the other stuff in the back of the service vehicle for clues?
--riverman
I dunno...the patent device seems to be made of a series (at least 3) sections that can overlap, so tighening the device reduces the circumference. This thing seems pretty solid.
Some observations: the 'handles' are directly opposite that D-shaped stain on the opposite side. It might be the bottom, with the two handles on top at 10:00 and 2:00.
The truck seems to be a welder's truck....does this have anything to do with welding? If not, could it be something he is taking back to be repaired?
Around the rim of the ring are 7 'rods' that extend beyond the ring. Are the ends of these rods bent outward, or are there little 'knobs' at the top? And between each rod are 5 small angled things, that look like they could be used to secure a flat plate on to the ring.
Hmm....I love a mystery, but less so when I know it might never be answered.
--riverman
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