In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I might accept someone else's guess of an electronic metronome,
> if there were signs of a speaker grille to let the "click" out.
Show me the speaker grille on a bicycle bell and I'll show you one on a
metronome.
;-)
I own a metronome very similar to the one pictured.
djb
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Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>>466 a Froe?
>
>
> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> pass we've come to.
>
> I bet #467 has a xenon tube on the other side and is a stroboscope.
>
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> But, I never saw a *folding* yardstick like that before, it must be
> pretty old.
>
> Jeff
>
> --
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>
> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
>
> "Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."
Hi Jeff,
You can still buy a folding yardstick to this day. I have seen them at
Lee Valley Tools which is a carpenters supply store... Jim
R.H. <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
469: a ruler. That was easy! :-))
470: For removing/gripping slag in a coal fired oven. BTDT
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>466 a Froe?
An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
pass we've come to.
I bet #467 has a xenon tube on the other side and is a stroboscope.
"Wayne Cook" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:10:22 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Four of the six have been correctly answered:
> >
> >
>
> 469 is for getting the alignment of holes when drilling for rivets.
> The sheet with the holes already drilled is below the one needing the
> holes. Place the pin in the hole you want to transfer and then the
> hole in the top rod will show where to drill the top sheet. I've never
> seen one made with round stock like that. Most where flat metal with
> the bottom one having a pin welded in the hole.
>
> Wayne Cook
> Shamrock, TX
> http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm
Thanks! I haven't been able to find any similar tools on the web, but this
answer sounds like it's probably correct.
Rob
Todd Fatheree wrote:
>
> "Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >466 a Froe?
> >
> > An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
> > shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> > pass we've come to.
>
> I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small percentage
> have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
>
But one would hope that they would at least know what they are....
Andy Dingley wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >466 a Froe?
>
> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> pass we've come to.
>
> I bet #467 has a xenon tube on the other side and is a stroboscope.
A carpenter's adze to be specific..
Tom
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >466 a Froe?
>
> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> pass we've come to.
I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small percentage
have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
todd
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >466 a Froe?
>
> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> pass we've come to.
>
Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have something
to do with the adze's fall from favor.
Ned Simmons
Duane Bozarth wrote:
> Todd Fatheree wrote:
>
>>"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>466 a Froe?
>>>
>>>An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
>>>shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
>>>pass we've come to.
>>
>>I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small percentage
>>have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
>>
>
>
> But one would hope that they would at least know what they are....
You can hope all you want but some of us have
trouble just remembering.
Four of the six have been correctly answered:
466. Adze
467. Electric metronome
468. Pool cue clamp
469.
470. Log grabber, but was also used for moving slag and other things in and
out of fires and ovens, a newer version is for sale here:
http://www.jiffyonice.com/camping.htm
471. As Don mentioned, this one does look like part of an encryption
device, but it's hard to say for sure...
Rob
"Duane Bozarth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Todd Fatheree wrote:
> >
> > "Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow"
<[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >466 a Froe?
> > >
> > > An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a
(thick)
> > > shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
> > > pass we've come to.
> >
> > I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small
percentage
> > have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
> >
>
> But one would hope that they would at least know what they are....
Well, I've seen both in action and know what they are (or at least what they
do), but I could have flip-flopped the names if asked.
todd
"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
> Rob
470. Looks like something my parents have. We use it to move logs in a
fire.
todd
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:19:55 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>The latest set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#466: Adze
#467 Appears to be a heating unit of some sort. Possibly for jewelry or
watch cleaning?
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"R.H." <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The latest set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
466 a Froe?
467 Electronic metronome
468 through 471, no idea, although 471 looks like some type of timer?
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According to R.H. <[email protected]>:
> The latest set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again:
466) Looks to me like the kind of tool used for hollowing out
wood for whatever reason.
467) Perhaps a civil defense alert receiver? I don't see a speaker
grille, and the numbers on the dial go beyond the normal AM
band, (but they do include it), so it might be what it is.
It looks as though it is potted in epoxy, so repair if it fails
is out of the question. :-)
468) Looks like a custom-made stake for guy wires -- perhaps for a
tent, or perhaps for some military installation.
469) I don't know. Perhaps the eye hooks on a pin on one side, and
the point fits into a hole on the other side for lifting
something from within a recess.
470) If the handles were different, I would think that it was one
of those tools which I used to see in old grocery stores for
reaching down cans or jugs from a high shelf. (Perhaps needing
rubber surfacing on the fingers for anti-slip.)
And -- *if* the eyes at the handle end were separately attached
to the outer and inner parts, so they could be used to close the
grip fingers, I would think that it perhaps was for gripping a
long, and then pulling it away using a line through the eyes
(which would hold the fingers closed under tension).
However -- as it sits -- a tool for perhaps picking up
rattlesnakes or wildcats? Or for moving burning logs?
471) A device for simple encryption of numbers -- or of letters
converted to numbers by some scheme or other. Sort of like the
"Sky King Secret Decoder Ring" offered on radio shows?
It offers tend different scramblings of the digits 0-9 (using
the red numbers and pointer), or ten displacements of them
(using the white numbers and pointer, of which one is "no
change".
A replacement "dial", with a different ordering of the digits
could add more permutations.
It is rather too nicely made to be a kid's toy, but it certainly
seems to have no other function. The lever with a roller
appears to simply be a detent to work with the gear on the back
of the dial to stop it aligned with numbers -- but it could also
be hooked to a microswitch to count how many detents have gone
past.
Now to see what others have guessed or identified.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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According to Rhiannon <[email protected]>:
> R.H. wrote:
>
> > The latest set has been posted:
> >
> > http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >
>
> 467- variac?
Nope -- knob is too small and too close to the bottom edge to
contain the diameter of even the smallest Variac or other
autotransformer.
I might accept someone else's guess of an electronic metronome,
if there were signs of a speaker grille to let the "click" out.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"Dave Balderstone" <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca> wrote in message
news:011020051442288503%dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_S.balderstone.ca...
> In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I might accept someone else's guess of an electronic metronome,
>> if there were signs of a speaker grille to let the "click" out.
>
> Show me the speaker grille on a bicycle bell and I'll show you one on a
> metronome.
>
> ;-)
>
> I own a metronome very similar to the one pictured.
>
Watch out there Dave. You're "dating" yourself with that comment. That style
is pretty ancient. Guess it doesn't matter all that much though, as we all
know we're just a bunch'a old fa**s here on the wRECk.
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According to Dave Balderstone <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>:
> In article <[email protected]>, DoN. Nichols
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I might accept someone else's guess of an electronic metronome,
> > if there were signs of a speaker grille to let the "click" out.
>
> Show me the speaker grille on a bicycle bell and I'll show you one on a
> metronome.
A bicycle bell does not *need* a speaker grille, as the bell
itself is the sound radiating surface.
A mechanical (clockwork) metronome also does not need a speaker
grille, as the sound production is mechanical, and it is transmitted
directly to the air through the case.
However, an electronic metronome must have some kind of
transducer to convert the electronic pulse into sound, and this usually
means a speaker, which ideally should have a speaker grille to protect
the speaker from damage.
> I own a metronome very similar to the one pictured.
Looking at the image, it looks as though this is a set of
electronics which had been put loose in a container, and then had epoxy
mix poured in. Note the rounded corners. And in particular, it *looks*
as though the edge of the object has a meniscus from the surface tension
of the epoxy holding to the edges of the container in which it was
potted. (It could be that the image is causing an optical illusion, and
the edges are actually rounded -- in which case the speaker could be
sending out the partially open back.) Saving the image, bumping the
gamma up a bit, and enlarging it to fill the screen suggests that may be
the case, and that the front panel has a mix of different colors of
plastic, instead of me seeing reflections from irregular surface
curvatures which is what I *thought* that I was seeing.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Andy Dingley wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >466 a Froe?
>>
>> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
>> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
>> pass we've come to.
>>
>> I bet #467 has a xenon tube on the other side and is a stroboscope.
>
> A carpenter's adze to be specific..
OK gang, I stand corrected. Never could keep them straight!
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"Juergen Hannappel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Ned Simmons <[email protected]> writes:
>
>> In article <[email protected]>,
>> [email protected] says...
>
> [...]
>
>>> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
>>> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
>>> pass we've come to.
>>>
>>
>> Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have something
>> to do with the adze's fall from favor.
>
> Just saw an advertisement for double-sided adze's, with two different
> curvatures of the edge on the two sides. The seller warns against
> buying them if you are nor proficient in the use of an adze because of
> the greatly increased risk of injury. He likewise cautions against
> the purchase of double headed felling axes by the unexperienced.
> --
I grew up using double-bitted axes, tried a single once and just didn't care
for it. It just didn't "feel" right. A little hint for people splitting
firewood . . use your oldest, most beat-up dullest axe. This forces the wood
grain apart, where a sharp axe slices through the grain instead of
splitting.
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According to Rich Grise <[email protected]>:
> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:53:30 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>
> > Looking at the image, it looks as though this is a set of
> > electronics which had been put loose in a container, and then had epoxy
> > mix poured in.
>
> Actually, the case is Bakelite - when they made these things, epoxy
> hadn't been invented yet. ;-)
Then the combination of the illumination, the exposure, and JPEG
artifacts made it look like a concave meniscus instead of the convex
edges of the molded Bakelite housing.
Enjoy,
DoN.
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:19:55 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>The latest set has been posted:
>
>http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
>Rob
>
#466 looks like an adze.
All the others? I'm stumped.
Barbara
R.H. wrote:
> The latest set has been posted:
>
> http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/
>
>
> Rob
>
>
469. A sneaky way to slip in a SPAM ad for Landry's Appliances?
But, I never saw a *folding* yardstick like that before, it must be
pretty old.
Jeff
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:10:22 GMT, "R.H." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Four of the six have been correctly answered:
>
>
469 is for getting the alignment of holes when drilling for rivets.
The sheet with the holes already drilled is below the one needing the
holes. Place the pin in the hole you want to transfer and then the
hole in the top rod will show where to drill the top sheet. I've never
seen one made with round stock like that. Most where flat metal with
the bottom one having a pin welded in the hole.
Wayne Cook
Shamrock, TX
http://members.dslextreme.com/users/waynecook/index.htm
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:22:14 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> According to Rhiannon <[email protected]>:
>> 467- variac?
>
> Nope -- knob is too small and too close to the bottom edge to
> contain the diameter of even the smallest Variac or other
> autotransformer.
>
> I might accept someone else's guess of an electronic metronome,
> if there were signs of a speaker grille to let the "click" out.
I don't know where the speaker grille is, but the time I saw one,
the music teacher was using it as a metronome. :-) (And the upper
knobby thing is a neon light that blinks in sync with the clicks).
Cheers!
Rich
On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:53:30 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> Looking at the image, it looks as though this is a set of
> electronics which had been put loose in a container, and then had epoxy
> mix poured in.
Actually, the case is Bakelite - when they made these things, epoxy
hadn't been invented yet. ;-)
Cheers!
Rich
On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:45:24 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
> According to Rich Grise <[email protected]>:
>> On Sat, 01 Oct 2005 21:53:30 +0000, DoN. Nichols wrote:
>>
>> > Looking at the image, it looks as though this is a set of
>> > electronics which had been put loose in a container, and then had epoxy
>> > mix poured in.
>>
>> Actually, the case is Bakelite - when they made these things, epoxy
>> hadn't been invented yet. ;-)
>
> Then the combination of the illumination, the exposure, and JPEG
> artifacts made it look like a concave meniscus instead of the convex
> edges of the molded Bakelite housing.
It probably looks like a meniscus because the panel is recessed
a bit to give sort of a "bezel" effect, and it's hard to make
a mold with a zero fillet radius. Or maybe the panel is separate and fits
into the front of the box...
Thanks,
Rich
I beat you. I've used a froe to make shingles. Who else has used one and for
what?
Karl
"Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Duane Bozarth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Todd Fatheree wrote:
>> >
>> > "Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> > > On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow"
> <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > >466 a Froe?
>> > >
>> > > An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a
> (thick)
>> > > shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
>> > > pass we've come to.
>> >
>> > I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small
> percentage
>> > have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
>> >
>>
>> But one would hope that they would at least know what they are....
>
> Well, I've seen both in action and know what they are (or at least what
> they
> do), but I could have flip-flopped the names if asked.
>
> todd
>
>
On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:59:01 -0500, "Todd Fatheree" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I'm willing to bet that even among wreckers, a relatively small percentage
>have used a froe or an adze in the past six months.
I'm doing my best! Tomorrow's plan is to forge up a dozen or so shiny
new froes. They'll be going out through local shops, or eBay,
(if you want a froe for green woodworking in SW England, drop me an
email)
Ned Simmons <[email protected]> writes:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
[...]
>> An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a (thick)
>> shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days? What a sad
>> pass we've come to.
>>
>
> Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have something
> to do with the adze's fall from favor.
Just saw an advertisement for double-sided adze's, with two different
curvatures of the edge on the two sides. The seller warns against
buying them if you are nor proficient in the use of an adze because of
the greatly increased risk of injury. He likewise cautions against
the purchase of double headed felling axes by the unexperienced.
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Ned Simmons (in [email protected])
said:
| In article <[email protected]>,
| [email protected] says...
|| On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:04:04 -0400, "Norman D. Crow"
|| <[email protected]> wrote:
||
||| 466 a Froe?
||
|| An adze. A froe is for splitting lengthwise, an adze removes a
|| (thick) shaving. Is an adze _really_ an obscure tool these days?
|| What a sad pass we've come to.
||
|
| Sometimes referred to as a "shin hoe" (ouch), which may have
| something to do with the adze's fall from favor.
Makes a good solid "kunk" sound if it hits squarely mid-shin. DAMHIKT.
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