What is it? Set 321

There are no 1/2" or 5/32" Phone plugs. They were made in .25" .206 " .141" .125" 3/32" & .101".

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Michael A. Terrell
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1837) This looks like a mercury-bob pendulum for a mantel clock. (Too small for a grandfather clock.) The different thermal coefficient of expansion between the steel, brass, and mercury tended to cancel out change in frequency of the pendulum. 1838) I don't know what it is -- but I *do* know which end of that I don't want to be on. :-)

I guess that it might be for penetrating the surface of something -- if the angle of the handle were different, I would think that it was for aerating soil for plants.

Hmm ... perhaps for breaking up asphalt or something similar?

1839) Looks as though it is for scooping out food from deep frying.

I think that the bowl is aluminum. If it were a higher melting point alloy, I would consider it for skimming dross from metal melts for casting.

1840) It looks as though it had once been a wood rasp with an interesting handle -- but it iis certainly too dull to be useful for that purpose now. 1841) Actually -- quite similar to 1840, except that the file part is replaceable when it dulls. Could both of these have come from the same collection by any chance? 1842) This appears to me to be a radio transmitter for an RF link from a musical instrument to the sound reenforcement (PA) system, to allow the musician to play without being tethered by a wire to the mix board. It has a battery inside, and must be turned on just prior to plugging into the instrument. At a guess, it would work with accordions, or electric guitars. I'm not sure whether the form factor would work with many other instruments.

Now to see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

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DoN. Nichols

I would venture to say that 1838 is a tool designed to move blocks of ice from a frozen pond at the time that ice was collected from frozen ponds and kept for future use. The tool would allow floating blocks to be stabbed and pulled onto the ice, or moved around with the other end of the tool.

At least, I think so.

Pierre

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pierre

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Markem

1837 - Lamp, possibly? Spinning thingy? It's quite strange looking to me, really. 1838 - Some sort of a material handling tool; I'm guessing for wood at a sawmill or pulpmill, although it could perhaps be to manipulate ice blocks at an ice house. (Most of the movies and pictures I've seen of ice harvests have just used pointy sticks or a near equivalent, though.) 1839 - Fish scoop of some sort? 1840 - Rasp, possibly for use in timber framing? 1841 - Fancier, more modern, adjustable, and probably less effective version of 1840? 1842 - Almost certainly either a radio transmitter or receiver for use in a (presumably short distance) wireless audio link; I rather fancy it's a transmitter, for use with an electric guitar, but that's mostly a guess. Looks possibly homemade. Disassembly (presumably with the one screw) and inspection by a local electronics guru would probably reveal what there is to be revealed...including, possibly, some dead leaking batteries.

Now to read other ideas....

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Andrew Erickson

1840: For ruffing up a tire or tube before patching
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Ralph
1837: a clock (or similar device) pendulum

1838: scary

1839: I was thinking some sort of coal scuttle (like a bed warmer), but there's no lid. so that leaves draining extremely hot spaghetti at arms reach...or something--

1840: some sort of branding iron?

1841: a callous/dead-skin scraper for feet?

1842: some sort of short-range RF-to-Audio transducer. Whether receiver or transmitter, can't say. No label on the front of it? (this is obviously the "working back panel") If pressed, I would say "receiver" for a remote mic that would plug into a camera before the era of what the TV types call electronic news gathering( say, 1970s, news camera audio receiver) ...or similar receiver for a PA system.

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jbry3

1840 - A wood rasp, used for the inside of a bowl, spoon, or other concave surfaces.

John

Reply to
sawdust

Nope, that's not it.

Reply to
Rob H.

It is for use on wood but not for these purposes.

Rob

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Rob H.

No, but the person who would have used it was in a trade that was slightly related to a farrier (not blacksmith).

Rob

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Rob H.

A side float? But if it is, it looks like it was never sharpened.

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Ed Huntress

Nope, it's used with wood but the user wasn't really what I would call a woodworker.

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Rob H.

I hate to guess, but one last one: A shredder for making wood excelsior? (A Hail-Mary pass, because machines for making the stuff were around by the

1860s.)
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Ed Huntress

1837 clock pendulum made to resemble a more expensive mercury filled type.

Steve R.

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Steve R.

1839 - used for skimming leaves from the surface of a swimming pool?

John

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sawdust

That's not it, I'll give a better hint, it was used by a shoemaker.

Rob

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Rob H.

Oh, one more one more. A last-maker's rasp?

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Ed Huntress

Nope, it's for use on small pieces of wood.

Rob

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Rob H.

Now I'm in for a dollar and can't give up. Shaping heels?

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Ed Huntress

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