What is it? Set 487

[rhvp65]

I need some help with the first and last items in this set:

Rob

[Bill]

#2833 Guess: Part of a water valve/switch. The end with the round orb being the handle/controller. It's clear where the washers would go. Maybe it's to help switch the water between the bath and the shower? It seems sort of large for a faucet, but I can't rule that out either.

Bill

[Artemus]

2834 Masons float tool 2836 Soldering iron holder Art

[Bill]

#2838 Guess: A moldfor making buckshot (out of lead)?

Bill

[rhvp65]

I'll pass along your theory, I don't know what it is but when the owner des cribed this device he said something like a wire could be placed into the h oles and then the other part could be forced past the holes to cut the wire with the teeth. Not that it's a wire cutter but just something that came t o mind when trying to figure it out.

[rhvp65]

As I mentioned previously I think this is right.

This answer is definitely correct.

Btw, I've been having trouble posting to my news server so I've been postin g through Google, and they apparently don't allow cross posting so I've had to post to each group individually. Hopefully we will work out a way get t hings back to normal with all three groups posting to one thread.

[rhvp65]

I don't know if it's a mold or not but I don't have a better idea for those holes. Someone told the owner that it was for making sails, so I asked The Mariner Museum if they could identify this tool and they did not recognize it.

[Bill]

holes. Someone told the owner that it was for making sails, Maybe he heard "sails" instead of "shells"--12 guage shotgun sails! : )

Bill

not recognize it.

[Sonny]

id something like a wire could be placed into the holes and then the other part could be forced past the holes to cut the wire with the teeth. Not tha t it's a wire cutter but just something that came to mind when trying to fi gure it out.

Definitely not a wire cutter. Brass (too soft) wire cutter?

Sonny

[rhvp65]

Yes, this one is still unsolved for now, same with the last item, the rest of the answers can be seen here:

Rob

[Bill]

the answers can be seen here:

Maybe #2838 used to be a brush? Hammer and brush tool might be handy in foundry work, but the handle seems awefully short (to me).

Bill