What is it? CCI

According to R.H. :

O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

1109) Hmm ... it looks like something for driving a drill bit (of the brace and bit form) upside down. You chuck the tapered square in the chuck of the brace (or more likely an extension of some sort) and pop the actual drill in the square hole on the other side. (I presume that square hole has a similar taper.) 1110) It looks as though it is designed to roll pleats in cloth.

If the edges of the discs were sharper, and the grooves in the other roller were something other than wood, I would consider it as being intended to slice some wide material into multiple strips. (And it is interesting that there is some variation in the spacing between discs.

It also looks as though the top roller has short threaded sections to allow adjustment of the position of the discs.

1111) Looks like the inner curve is pretty consistent, and the back side has a tang of a narrower width, so I think that it might be a special tool for disassembling some fairly current object, perhaps something like removing a fusing roller from a photocopy machine --- but that is purely a guess. 1112) Looks like a multiple gauge -- the width of each projection is for checking and setting some part of a machine (again, like a photocopy machine). 1113) Looks like a cable cutter -- perhaps the other half is mounted on a long wood handle, or perhaps it is mounted on a workbench devoted to working with the cable in question. 1114) This looks like a form of a Wheatstone bridge. The four colors correspond to a choice of four standard resistors accessed through the sockets and plug.

The percentage scales are used when an external standard is put (probably between two of the three binding posts at the right, with the unknown between the other pair) so you read the resistance in terms of the percentage of the resistance of the standard.

The gal/tel switch allows you to either read zero on the meter (visible as a needle below the glass eye), or to listen for the quietest click on the headphone.

It looks as though it has a buzzer assembly wired through the hinges (presumably the wires do connect to the hinges, and the hinges connect to something below the board). That would be used as the "A.C." setting -- and if the frequency is stable enough, it could be used for measuring the impedance of capacitors or inductors, which would be pretty immune to the "D.C." measurement. Also -- the headphone would be easier to use in the "A.C." mode.

Now to see what others have said.

Enjoy, DoN.

Quality bridges are used in labs all of the time. The manual ones are in laboratories for experiments, but the electrical and electronic ones measure R-C-L components in various combinations. Often the AC speaks of the ability for the C-L or reactive bridge branches.

Mart>> 1114 - I don't thnk this is a simple wheatstone bridge. Wheatstone bridges

"RicodJour" wrote: I live not too far from the Whitestone Bridge and it looks _nothing_ like that. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Wheatstone bridge--Whitestone Bridge. Like the difference between "Fire" and "fireflies."

Anyone who can't see the difference between a Wheatstone Bridge and the Whetstone Bridge should hone up his reading skills.

Thanks! I did some searching and found the exact same tool as mine.

Rob

Weststone Bridge? Is that the one Fred Flinstone crossed on the way to the quarry?

R

How about:

The difference between "Ohms in the box" and "homes in the Bronx" The difference between "electric resistances" and "erected instances" The difference between "electric bridges" and "eclectic bridges" The difference between "potential drops" and "precipitous drops" The difference between "charge carriers" and "Charger carriers" The difference between "Volts and Amps" and "bolts and ramps" The difference between "commutator's resistance gauges" and "commuter's persistent rages"

Carl G.

"Leo Lichtman" wrote in news:qpCPi.206136$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net:

Fireflies like a hot banana.

George

Weed stoned bridge

far out!

The owner of this device sent me this response to your observation:

"I took the bottom off and sure enough the wires in the top cover do connect through the hinges to circuits underneath."

I'll post a photo of the open bottom of the box on the answer page.

Rob

Five of the six have been answered correctly, some links and a few more photos can be seen here:

One more for this week, someone just sent me some photos of an unidentified object, here is their description of it:

It's 'apparently' solid brass. The red is foam material.... the ends of the 'legs' with the foam unscrew as if for an adjustment. The bare leg unscrews at the "Y". The "Y" leg is 7 1/4 inches and the other two are 6 1/4 inches long. Stamped on the 'bases' is an heraldic eagle and the name "Schisler" stamped on each base..... it is solid and heavy!

Maybe someone will recognize it, I've never seen one before.

Rob

I found a reference to Schisler fitness equipment via google. I'm betting it's a Y handle for a workout machine, I've used similar handles on a triceps pushdown machine. The foam grips reinforce that impression.

According to Sam Soltan :

Like the road signs in Maryland (I haven't seen these in Virginia or DC so far) which show a picture of a motorcycle with rider, and the text "Open Joints on Bridge". :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

According to R.H. :

That was the only thing which seemed to make sense, given what I could see in the photos.

Thanks! DoN.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

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I haven't been able to find the same reference but this sounds like it's probably the right answer, thanks.

Rob

Aren't the grips on a pushdown machine attached to a cable? I can imagine a workout use where the grips would be screwed to a rod with a disk.

Schisler was known for the Buckeye Barbell. Suppose you wanted to lift with your palms at a 45-degree angle. You could unscrew the stem, put it on the floor with the disk down, pile the weights on the stem, and screw on the fork.

On the fork, you might need to unscrew the disks to replace the foam.

I was sent three photos of this object, in one of them there is a sticker on the main shaft in which you can read the word Buckeye, so I think your idea is a good one. I'll pass it along to the owner, thanks.

Rob