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2767. 12" long:
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2768. 34" diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:
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2769. 14" long:
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2770. 6" long:
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2771. 4" diameter:
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2772. 7" tall:
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2767. Utica No. 16 Battery Terminal Lifters, U.D.F.& T.C., Utica, N.Y.:
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2768. This is a millstone that was made in Iowa:
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Another millstone was also on display, this one is made from red granite and was cut from a drift boulder in the 1880s:
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2769. A pistol shooting rest:
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2770. No answer yet for this device but we have found that Brevet is the French word for patent and the trademark is registered or connected to two firms, Hammerle or current title holder Bystronic Laser AG. Both are involved in precision machinery operations.
The trademark was registered in 1977, probably to a company named Monson, which became Hammerle, later some of the Hammerle patents/trademarks were apparently sold to Bystronic. The two companies were contacted but neither recognized the tool.
Here are the guesses so far for this device:
-a device to check the shooting position of a handgun shooter (showing slightest movements of the gun hand/arm)
-The combination of the two knobs and the knob on the plunger could have held a cylinder in position, the mirror would allow the operator to get all things aligned, and then the trigger pull would allow it to drop.
-a refractometer
-precision refractive magnetometer for dowsing for water
-a tool for measuring slopes or vertical angles
-benchmark finder
-part of some kind of video shooting game
-a psychologist's test apparatus
-a device for training to use a crossbow pistol
-a clamp for holding a tube in a vertical position while it is welded
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2771. A bee feeding cup:
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2772. A powder keg style canteen that was carried by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War:
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2766. A Body Post Marker, these are used to mark an RC car body shell for accurate alignment.
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Are you interested in Old Tools and Tool Collecting? Want to learn more about tools, and meet some great people who have the same interests? Please take a minute to check out the Mid-West Tool Collectors Web Site at this link: www.mwtca.org.
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To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile, please include dimensions, any text on the item, and where it was found.
Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.
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More discussion and comments on these photos can be found at the newsgroup rec.puzzles.
2767. 12" long:
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2768. 34" diameter, take a look at Neatorama for more guesses and a chance to win one of their funny T-shirts:
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2769. 14" long:
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2770. 6" long:
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2771. 4" diameter:
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2772. 7" tall:
Answers:
2767. Utica No. 16 Battery Terminal Lifters, U.D.F.& T.C., Utica, N.Y.:
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2768. This is a millstone that was made in Iowa:
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Another millstone was also on display, this one is made from red granite and was cut from a drift boulder in the 1880s:
2769. A pistol shooting rest:
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2770. No answer yet for this device but we have found that Brevet is the French word for patent and the trademark is registered or connected to two firms, Hammerle or current title holder Bystronic Laser AG. Both are involved in precision machinery operations.
The trademark was registered in 1977, probably to a company named Monson, which became Hammerle, later some of the Hammerle patents/trademarks were apparently sold to Bystronic. The two companies were contacted but neither recognized the tool.
Here are the guesses so far for this device:
-a device to check the shooting position of a handgun shooter (showing slightest movements of the gun hand/arm)
-The combination of the two knobs and the knob on the plunger could have held a cylinder in position, the mirror would allow the operator to get all things aligned, and then the trigger pull would allow it to drop.
-a refractometer
-precision refractive magnetometer for dowsing for water
-a tool for measuring slopes or vertical angles
-benchmark finder
-part of some kind of video shooting game
-a psychologist's test apparatus
-a device for training to use a crossbow pistol
-a clamp for holding a tube in a vertical position while it is welded
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2771. A bee feeding cup:
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2772. A powder keg style canteen that was carried by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War:
Update:
2766. A Body Post Marker, these are used to mark an RC car body shell for accurate alignment.
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Are you interested in Old Tools and Tool Collecting? Want to learn more about tools, and meet some great people who have the same interests? Please take a minute to check out the Mid-West Tool Collectors Web Site at this link: www.mwtca.org.
To submit photos, send them to the address in my profile, please include dimensions, any text on the item, and where it was found.
Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.
More discussion and comments on these photos can be found at the newsgroup rec.puzzles.