What is it? Set 318

[Rob H.]

I need help identifying two of the items this week:

[Bill]

1819: Looks like it lies flat, and something is placed on top, and heat can be applied around it's periphery. That might be useful for shaping/bending the wood forming the outermost edge of a wagon wheel. So I'll guess a pattern for a wagon wheel.

Bill

[Alexander Thesoso]

1822 Engine speed regulator... Controls throttle... flyballs move shaft that controls input.

[Bill]

1822: Guess: An adaptor to convert steam pressure into (pulley) rotary power? Darn awesome looking device!!! : )

Bill

[Bill]

Would throwing item 1824 over the midsection of a horse make it more comfortable to ride? I was born in the city, what do I know :)

Bill

[David Billington]

1821 is a bezel or watch crystal compressor. Also used in a slightly modified form by a company I know as a gripper for tensile/compressive and torsional testing of products.

[Roy Smith]

# 1821 is a sex toy.

[Nahmie]

1824 - If I recall correctly, is a "game holder". When hunting, this is hung over your belt, and any game you kill can be carried by putting the feet in the wire fixtures,

Norm

[David Billington]

[Ed Huntress]

1823 looks like some kind of scorp, but it's too weak to be a cooper's scorp, and too dull, besides. Most one-handled scorps are small and very strong. Maybe it's for use on something soft.

[Scott Lurndal]

Cheese, perhaps?

[Ed Huntress]

Aha! An interesting thought.

[Alexander Thesoso]

I'm always delighted to find something (or some word) that is new to me. I had never heard of the word "scorp". So... I did a google on scorp, and found only S-corp[oration] references. I dragged out my Chambers [British dictionary, used by crossword freaks.], found scorper = scauper. I dug out my OED, and found 2 references to scorp; scoff & a native of Gibraltar. So I went back and googled 'cooper's scorp' and found:

've got a new word :)

But... I still find it hard to believe that 1823 is one. :)

[Ed Huntress]

What? You never made barrels? People who make old-style wooden chairs use them for carving the hollows in the seats. And little ones are used for some kinds of carving, especially for bowls and spoons. I have a couple from my family's panel-carving business, and they're around 130 years old.

I'm sure you're right that 1823 isn't a woodworking scorp. Maybe it's used for something else. And maybe they don't call it a scorp in that business, whatever it may be.

[RicodJour]

Googling scorp + tool works. If you like the funky tool words, woodworking has bruzz and spud and arris is always useful.

R

[Rob H.]

There are no correct guesses for this tool yet so I'll give a clue - it's typically used outdoors.

Rob

[Lee Michaels]

A debarker? For trees, not dogs.

[Rob H.]

Nope, it's not for use on trees.

Rob

[Ed Huntress]

I'd say it was stripping hair off of hides, except I think the tools for that which I've seen, which were actually curved drawknives, always had two handles. You used them with the hide slung over a horizontal post.

Could it have been for fleshing hides?

[LDosser]

Butter, maybe. Cheese is generally firm and cut with a two handled length of wire.