What is it? Weekend Edition 5

You got me. I looked at all the pictures, and nothing familiar to me.

1. No Idea, but it was fun to see those wooden cheese boxes on the table.

Thanks for the mammaries,

Jeff

Jeff may have hit onto something. Are the cheese boxes a clue? Does it possibly have something to do with cheese processing/making?

The wooden handle appears to be relatively clean... no stains or dirt from utility use.

Sonny

Nope , it's a ground probe . Used to find soft areas (among other uses) to locate a leaky water pipe . I had never seen one until just a couple of weeks ago , the guy I've been working with (rental mtce.) had one in his truck , and I asked ...

My guess is that #19 is a variation of this patent:

Paul K. Dickman

interest was to regulate pipe pressure by regulating pumps, regulating fuel, or relieving pressure. It also made devices to remove gases from liquids.

Is a "Tile Probe", used to probe the ground to look for stuff.

Thanks! I think you're right, it might even be the actual patent, I've seen a number of tools with inaccurate patent dates, two of the three date numbers are the same so it could have been changed by a typo, bad memory, or other error.

Rob

was a probe for finding drainage tiles.

Jeff had mentioned the cheese boxes that could be seen in the same photo, here is a better shot of them:

That's quite the story about William Fisher! Thanks for posting the link, eih? phil

Cheers! Rich

What does cheese eat, anyway? ;-P

Thanks, Rich

to hold all sorts of small items.

My guess is that he acquired them in the '30s.

Lew

Is #18 for lapping valve seats ?

Jerry

They were readily available until the late forties.The one I have downstairs is the one my Grandfather used as a sewing kit when he came to live with us after Grandmother passed away in 1946. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Rob H. wrote the following:

#21 looks like it may be a basket to hold parts for dipping in a parts cleaner. I used a similar one back when I worked in a sewing machine company in the early 60s. The parts had to be cleaned of a preservative coating before machining. I do remember the cleaner was solvasol.

blade with the two prongs and the reciprocating action are a dead give-away.

Good answer, it is indeed a valve lapping tool.

Rob