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A new set of items has been posted:
1805 Guess: Slot machine. Used in a saloon. Spin and drop in coin, get 1,
2 or 3 drinks or cigars.1806 Guess: Reloader for a removable cylinder from a cap and ball revolver.
1801 - A Dipstick of some sort, possibly broken/shortened? 1802 - Looks like it might be used to pick up or move something hot. Does the handle pull up and spread the bent wirey bits apart?? 1803 - A Cockfighting spur? 1806 - An old Pill Press?
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Rob H. wrote:
I don't have the material for which it's used figured out, but 1802 is made to grab and bunch together some loose (and apparently fibrous) substance (maybe like cotton lint, feathers, wool).
The tines expand outward when the bottom plate is pulled up toward the top plate, but the way they're formed, they still overlap enough to capture and pull together whatever's between them when they're contracted again.
Maybe it's for stuffing feathers in pillow cases.
LLoyd
"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" fired this volley in news:Xns9CE44FE5E497Flloydspmindspringcom@216.168.3.70:
Technically, the tines expand when the ring is pulled, so I guess it could be used to spread something open and hold it that way so long as there's a pull on it.
LLoyd
photo, but the bottom of it looks jagged, as if it were broken off from a larger piece of something. If so, then my guess would be a dipstick for measuring fluid level in some kind of tank or sump.
1802 looks like a large version of a kitchen whisk. Maybe part of an industrial butter churn? Or a cake batter mixer? 1803 looks like some variation on a fid or sailmaker's palm. 1804 is almost certainly a gas lamp or burner. The heart-shaped thing on the lower right is the valve handle, it pivot n the piece immediately to the left o that, and you see the air shutter on the burner assembly. The lower-left of the image is "up".
I think I saw something similar to #1803 many years ago when a wayward uncle took me to a c*ck fight back in the 1950's. They put these around the legs of the fighting roosters. They are very nasty and the guys handling the roosters had to be very careful when they tried to grab the winner. Sometimes there wasn't a winner because both roosters died. Have the times changed?
DL
1802 is easy. It's a chimney cleaner. Used to remove built up creosote. No doubt in my mind. I've used one of these _many_ times. They don't do a good job on removing the hard glass like creosote so I came up with my own design. phil kangas
This was an advertising give-away, the text on it is not related to its use but it would have been used indoors.
Rob
This answer is correct.
Rob
Apparently the times haven't changes, it is indeed a c*ck fighting spur.
Rob
1801 - Looks like a dipstick for a transfer pump.
1802 - Chimney cleaner.
1803 - nasty looking back scratcher?1804 - Looks like a modified gas burner, maybe for glass work?. The tip isn't original judging by the knurling on it compared to the rest of the fixture.
1805 - Version of a Plinko machine?1806 - I have seen one of these. Didn't know what it was then either ;-)
1801 - Promotional dipstick for...umm..some piece of farm equipment? oil laps with opaque founts? 1802 - Chimney flue cleaning apparatus, intended to work on the pull stroke? 1803 - Neat looking sail mending kit? 1804 - I'm pretty sure this is a wall-mounted swing arm gas light, probably missing a mantle and/or shade. 1805 - Gambling (or perhaps more likely, prize merchandizing) game machine; insert coin at the top, and whatever slot it falls in on the (presumably spinning) wheel thingy determines the payout or prize somehow. 1806 - Manual pill making machine (for medicinal or other related uses)
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It would be almost impossible to guess this answer so I'll give a hint, I would place it in the category of home security.
Rob
1803 is the spur they install on a gamecock for c*ck fighting. The real spur goes through the silver part.
Opening locked interior doors.
Nope, that's not it.
Rob
With this hint:
I'll guess: Keyhole blocker. Hang on a doorknob. It hangs in front of an old fashioned keyhole to prevent someone from peeking through.
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