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587 Lionel train dual controller. Black buttons reverse the trains. Red lever blows whistle.

590 Change dispenser. Mounts on belt. Fill each tube with coins. Push each lever down do drop a specific number of coins into your palm. Used by news-kiosk operators, for example.

592 Ring adapter anvil for a blacksmith/silversmith. The rectangular end, up in the bottom photo, goes into the rectangular hole in a full-size anvil. Bang the rod/strap stock over the partial curved surface to form most of the ring. Finish it on the cone.

R.H. - The blowhorn stake should never be used in the hardy hole of the anvil. Putting a tapered square shape in the hardy hole then hammering on it could snap off the heel of the anvil. This stake is used in a stump or in a stake plate mounted in the surface of a workbench. Hardy tool tangs are of a size that match the hardy hole and rest flatly on the surface around the hole, not applying pressure to the inside corners.

On 2/16/2006 4:29 AM R.H. mumbled something about the following:

587 looks like the speed control on my Lionel train set I had 40 years ago.

590 coin sorter collector (left to right, quarter, dime, nickel, penny)

587: Transformer for an old electric train set. That takes me back... 590: Conductors change holder

That's all I've got...

Same here. Had a lot of derailments thanks to a need for speed. :)

588: Some variety of cable stripper? 589: Water faucet handle?

Used one for my paper route lo these many years ago. :)

591: Well bail for drawing water. Valve opens when bail reaches the water and closes upon being lifted. Once the bail is out of the well, the water is released into a container by pulling upward on the ring at the top of the interior rod. 592: Blacksmith's/Tinsmith's stake for forming sheet metal. Wide side is for starting conical-section pieces, : Small side is for finishing into candle molds, etc. Many other (ab)uses are possible. I use one quite often.

Yes. Used by telephone installers on the drop wire from the pole to the house.

Yep, very handy. I use mine for slitting open all types of multiconductor cable.

There's an adjustment to control cutting depth, you can use it on two thickness' of cable without further adjustment, and to top it off you can easily remove the blade for sharpening. Found mine in a pawn shop about 22 years ago and I'll never get rid of it. Don't know of a source of supply though. ;(

dennis in nca

589 Keyhole cover. Don't remember where I saw them, but they hang on a screw above a keyhole, hanging down by gravity. Push to one side to insert key.

#587 An electric train controller (Lionel?) #590 A belt-mounted change device #591 For twisting threads? #592 Blacksmithing tool (hardy?)

589 bob for feeding drawstring through hem 591 bucket for water well

Yer dead on! I submitted that one. I picked it up from a trash heap behind a hardware store (ironmongers?) in England about 30 years ago.

They were used to keep the Butler from seeing what he shouldn't see.

Jeff

We still use them on outer doors to protect the lock from windblown crud, and to keep the draught out!

587. Lionel Train Transformer

590. Coin Change dispenser (like carhops would have used)

589 is one of those little covers for keyholes to stop the draught getting in. Our old house had them on every door

ally

Not to dispute the experts, but ... The (few) keyhole covers I saw were much thinner than this. This pic looks a lot like the things my grandmother had on the ends of the cords for her venetian(sp?) blinds.

Art

#590: The coin tubes in one of the belt-worn coin changers (like the drive-in carhops used to wear.)

Once again, that's all I've got.

583 is a castellated nut. A cotter pin keeps it from loosening or tightening.

585 is a chain binder used to tighten chains holding cargo.

Frank

590 is a high speed changer, it holds nickels, dimes, and quarters.

592 sheet metal stakes.

Steve R.

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