Re: What is it? CXIII

[Leo Lichtman]

655--Axe for hewing timbers 656--A special-purpose wrench. 657--A wood splitting wedge?

[John McCoy]

"Steve W." wrote in news:1146751902_191 @sp6iad.superfeed.net:

Yes, that makes a lot more sense. The cylinder heads are held on by just a few wimpy looking rods, which couldn't support even a very low pressure without leaking. But if it's intended to draw a vacuum in the cylinder, they'd be self-sealing.

John

[James Silcott]

657: looks like shuttle used on a large loom

[Bob Meyer]

658- A vacuum powered motor that drives the paper roll of a player piano. It's unusual in that roll motors usually use bellows rather than pistons, but there were a tons of different player designs.

Bob