What is it? Set 488

[Rob H.]

This week's set has been posted:

Rob

[j Burns]

2839: Used to measure the circumference of a wheel. Mismatched wheels could cause customer annoyance.

[Alexander Thesoso]

Still a problem with cross-posting replies... I posted:

as a resp> This week's set has been posted:

[Bluey69]

2841 is a spoon bit for cutting circular mortises in legs of chairs to fit round tenons into. The square tapered endfits into the chuck of a hand brace .

[NamPhong]

2840 - Brick or block carrier

[joeljcarver]

2839 - Wheelwright's measure

2840 - Brick carrier

[Rob H.]

I think the issue here is in the particular post from mbuck, when I click reply to him it only lists rec.puzzles, when I click reply on someone else's post, it lists all three groups. I think this is because he only posted his reply to rec.puzzles and not the other two.

Btw, I'm glad that thing are back to normal with most all of the replies in one thread, it's much easy for me that way.

Rob

[Rob H.]

It does look similar to a spoon bit but according a link I found it was used for a different purpose.

[Rob H.]

I usually don't reply to answers for items that are also on Neatorama, but since someone already got it I'll go ahead and say that this is correct. Or at least mostly correct, the Dictionary of American Hand Tools has a slightly different definition for this tool.

[j Burns]

I was so curious, I went to Neatorama. I couldn't find it. My grandfather was once a wheelwright. What if he'd put on a wheel 3" bigger than the others!

[Bill]

#2842. Wild guess: Perhaps part of a lock from a car door?

Bill

[woodchucker]

2843 looks like a tamper proof ring... usually used on electric meters from the utility company, but also on tractor trailers doors to show that the door was not opened since packing. Older type that I don't see anymore.

[Bill]

I refine my guess to part of lock mechanism from a car's trunk. It appears that a lock cylinder would fit into the larger cylindrical half.

Bill

[Bill]

#2843: How about a tool for cutting cord or wire? It would be easier to carry in your pocket much better than manyalternatives.

Bill

[WW]

2839. distance measuring wheel??

This week's set has been posted:

Rob

[G. Ross]

A traveler.

[Bill]

#2843 Maybe the "conductor" used it to mark/clip tickets on passenger railways(it might also be handy to have in a scuffle).

Bill

[DoN. Nichols]

O.K. You're back to full distribution. :-)

Photobucket still does not like my brower.

Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2839) The circumference makes it clear (you could have made it a little more difficult by posting the diameter instead. :-) -- it is a rolling wheel to measure linear paths up to two feet. You can set the pointer to where you want before starting to roll -- or turn the wheel until the pointer is where you want it.

If you need to go beyond two feet, you will have to keep count of complete turns of the wheel -- perhaps with a dab of contrasting paint on one of the spokes.

2840) A tool to compress something -- likely a front suspension spring from an automobile. Though it looks a little light weight for the purpose (say I without having a chance to try to lift it. :-)

2841) Well ... it fits in a brace of the Brace-and-Bit style, based on the long tapered pyramid on the left.

Looks like it fits onto a hole in some form of guide and cuts something clamped between the guide and a backing piece, likely both made of wood. :-) I would suspect that it is for making circular pads of leather.

If it did not have a bevel edge on it (which is clearly visible in the second photo) I would think that it might be a wrench to fit into a cylindrical enclosure and to unscrew something from there. (Like perhaps part of a water valve.)

2842) Well ... it clamps onto something cylindrical (perhaps a rifle barrel) and is prevented from rotating by the slot at 10:00 in the second photo engaging the front sight. This would put the roller pretty close to dead center under the barrel. Perhaps for some form of benchrest shooting of moving targets, so you could roll the front across the bench while not having to support the full weight of the arm.

2843) Assuming that the color is not from Anodized aluminum, but rather bronze, If that were a "MD" instead of a "MO' at the end of the address, I would think that it had to do with sailboats, but there is not anything like that there that I know of.

It looks as though it locks onto a wire or cable by rotating the button at the end.

Hmm ... perhaps part of the way a mail bag was picked up (or dropped off) by a moving train going through the station. Perhaps this had Chilicothe as the destination?

2844) This looks like a wrench for unscrewing bungs from metal barrels (drums) of oil or solvents prior to screwing in a pump or a tap.

Now to post and see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

[Bill]

#2843 -- I got it. It's a key ring.Here is "corroborating evidence":

Bill

[DoN. Nichols]

Which is actually how proper netquette expects us to behave. However, I have no desire to follow the other two newsgroups (just rec.crafts.metalworking), and I'm sure that others feel the same way, so I consider this to be an exception to the restriction of followups to a single newsgroup. (And my newsreader reminds me every time I post in these threads. :-)

There is even a "Followup-To: " header to force the discussion to a specific newsgroup when it has been started cross-posted to gather interest. (And a bit of a "puzzlement" to those who don't notice it, and don't see what they posted in the newsgroup in which they posted the reply -- sometimes the try again and again. :-)

Agreed.

Enjoy, DoN.