What is it? Set 340

[Rob H.]

Next week I'll be back to the usual Thursday schedule:

[kfvorwerk]

1951. ammunition caisson Some sort of shave. I'm going to guess for a wooden wheel hub but I think they're actually done on lathes. 1953. Tow bar for light aircraft. 1956. Guessing. Lights on a portable traffic sign. Thanks Karl

[Doug Miller]

1952 - tenon cutter for wagon wheel spokes 1955 - used for trimming horses' teeth?

[Lloyd E. Sponenburgh]

"Rob H." fired this volley in news: [e-mail]:

1952 Fence rail tenoner 1953 Barbed wire "dolly" for un-spooling on the ground... just walk with it.

LLoyd

[--riverman]

1951 is a caisson. I think you ran this one before. 1956 looks like a close up of one of those portable directional arrows they use on highways.

--riverman

[Northe]

1955: Everything about this points to blacksmith nippers -- the first time I've ever seen a pair with compound action.

Northe

[Nahmie]

Looks like they already got ahead of me, but . . . .

1951 - Caisson. I believe this was pulled by horses and the cannon towed behind it. 1953 - my guess was a small plane towbar 1955 - ???? but makes me think of blacksmithing tools.

Norm

[Steve W.]

1951 - And the Caissons go rolling along....

1952 - Looks like it would be used to make the round end of a wooden wheel hub.

1953 - Clamp on handle for a small wagon?

1954 - ????

1955 - Farriers clipper for nails?

1956 - Looks sort of like the older director signs used on the highway for construction sights.

[Rob H.]

Correct

Yes, the sign with an arrow that points both left and right.

Rob

[Rob H.]

No correct answers yet for this one, most people have the right idea but don't have the specifics right.

You're in the right ballpark but it's not for nails.

Rob

[--riverman]

Is it for pulling nails from horseshoes?

--riverman

[Steve W.]

Maybe to make the seat for the ring that locks the hub together?

Shoe trimmer? Can't think of much else that would require the compound action.

[J Burns]

Hollowed logs were used as water pipes in North America in the 19th Century. You'd taper one end and seal the fittings with animal fat.

Maybe it would pull a rivet tight and deform it slightly before it was hammered.

[Rob H.]

Correct, it's for tapering logs so that they would fit together, though I was told it was for logs that transmitted gas but I would bet that it was used for both water and gas pipes.

Rob

[Rob H.]

It's not for trimming shoes or pulling nails but these guesses are not far off.

Rob

[Sonny]

1955 - ceramic type tile nippers or for some sort of pottery or glass. The straight sharper edge suggests this, to me.

Sonny

[Lee Michaels]

Trimming hoofs??

[Rob H.]

That's it!

Rob

[Leon Fisk]

1954 - Shoe makers tool, "Shank Laster". Used to stretch the upper part of a boot over the last and into the hollow of the shank.

[DoN. Nichols]

And posting a little earlier than usual.

1951) A "limber" -- carries accessories and ammunition for a cannon on its own set of wheels.

Out of curiosity -- why so much white space between the images?

1952) Tool for shaving wood round. It looks as though it is upside down, as it would have to be turned counter-clockwise in its current orientation. 1953) Hmmm .... it grips something else using the two rusty looking hollow tubes when the lever with the rubber handgrip is pulled up.

Once gripped, it is used for maneuvering that under something else (like a jack under a car perhaps)?

1954) Grips two sides of something and pulls the sides together. There is no visible hook eye, so it is unlikely to be for lifting the something, so I would guess that it is an aid in assembling something. 1955) Large compound leverage end nipper. Might be for cutting hot rivets to length, or perhaps for cutting off the ends of mild steel bolts once the nut and washer are installed.

The cutting blade is replaceable, which suggests a tough workpiece to be cut.

1956) I think that these are light baffles around amber lamps used to make an arrow or other traffic directional signal, or perhaps on the back of a slow-moving road maintenance vehicle.

Now to see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.