What is it? CIII

According to R.H. :

O.K. Posting from rec.crafts.metalworking again.

593) A wrench, probably for something like a shutoff valve buried in the ground with the pointed pick on one side of the handle for hooking and removing a cover plate. 594) One of the forms of sheet metal nibblers. This one looks as though the plate which should be below the metal being cut is somehow raised too high by a spring. 595) Now this is a weird one. Looking at the lighting bolts on the "muzzle" end, I suspect that it is a spark lighter using something like the flints in old cigarette lighters and a wheel spun by the trigger. 596) A stirrer for mixing chemicals -- for example photographic chemicals. 597) A miner's carbide lamp. The top is filled with water, the bottom with lumps of calcium carbide, and the lever along the top allows control of the rate at which the water drips into the carbide.

The combination of the water and the carbide produces acetylene, which feeds through a nozzle in the reflector. Some of them have a flint and wheel so they can be lit without needing a match or other source of flame.

598) Extreme close-ups of "face" playing cards -- Kings, queens, or jacks. 599) I'm not positive which of these is the one which has not been shown before, but I *think* that it is the one with the three "sticks". (How do we identify the one which we are answering about?) O.K. I see that while all are "Album 3", this one is "loop4.jpg".

Anyway -- I *think* that these are arc welding rods. The metal is too fat (and the color is wrong) to be the other guess, a "sparkler" from 4th of July fireworks collections.

Now to see what others have guessed.

Enjoy, DoN.

The R.H. entity posted thusly:

595 - Flint igniter 597 - Carbide lamp 598 - Face card 1: Jack of Diamonds 2: King of Diamonds

Loop3: Ball bearing (used) Loop4: Punks for lighting fireworks

That's all I know ( or think I know). The crimper thingy sure looks familiar, though

The Robert Bonomi entity posted thusly:

Don't think so. Sparklers have a metallic texture. These look like they are porous and somewhat soft, just like punks.

596 glass stirring rod with "policeman". Used in chemical analysis when transferring precipitates from a beaker to filter paper e.g. 597 carbide lamp

Some do, some don't. The ones that burn 'magnesium white', do have the metallic texture to them, agreed. some that burn other colors (e.g. blue or red), are much less metallic looking.

594 - Valve handle 595 - Flint sparker for lighting a gas torch or burner 596 - Sheet metal nibbler 597 - Carbide lamp 598 - Playing card 599 loop1 - climbing cam loop2 - A shedding comb loop3 - Cannon ball loop4 - Punk stick for lighting fireworks - or possibly incense loop5 - An "EXIT" sign loop6 - I think it's a clamp for retaining a spring. Maybe for auto suspension? loop7 - Textured handle? Non-slip flooring?

Maybe, but from the scaling I'd gues it to be pretty large. 4" maybe? I'd say something more like a cannon ball.

Thanks for mentioning the screw, that's how it was when I got it at the flea market. As mentioned on the answer page, I didn't realize the end plate was stuck on the cutter, but after hammering it off, this tool is back in it's original shape. It works a whole lot better now that it's been repaired.;^)

Sorry about the misleading photos in the OP.

Rob

Oh, it's supposed to be *animated*! No wonder it didn't make sense. You have to *tell* people if you want them to turn on things like animation and Javascript, you know. In fact, why require it?

The R.H. entity posted thusly:

Right, but the face and suit? I think I got it right.

Yes, you were correct, it was the King and Jack of Diamonds. I forgot to mention that here in the newsgroups but on the answer page more detail was given.

Rob

Sorry, I didn't know that some people turned off animation and Javascript. Now I'm wondering how many people do this and if I should continue with it or just go with non-moving photos, the only reason that I used it was to try something different.

Rob

Keep it simple for those that don't have every new-fangled bell and whistle installed on their pc. Personally I hate these intrusive moving images that Javascript and Flash player impose on me when I go into websites.

-- Dave Baker

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I use firefox, and have it set up disable Javascript by default. Too many sites have attacks that use Javascript, and I hate pop-ups. Anyhow - a box appears that tells me Javascript is requested. If I feel confident, I enable it either temporarily or permanently.

But to answer your question -

says 4 to 13% have disabled javascript

says says 11% - but I can't duplicate his search to get the latest numbers.

I do (turn off javascript). I have an extension for firefox (NoScript) that lets me selectively turn it on for a given host, domain, etc... even on a temporary basis.

I normally don't do it for any site I'm not using in a work related way: usually university applications & such. If a site requires javascript for navigation I may not bother with it.

er

hi R.H.

I think that you are doing such a great job of entertaining us each month that you can do whatever you want to do to keep this interesting to you!!!!!!

thanks for your time Dave

According to R.H. :

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It depends upon the site. If I am going to a well-known (to me) site, I may turn on JavaScript (or Java), but normally they are off, because I know the nasty things which can be done by abusing them.

Granted, most of those nasty things are aimed at Windows systems, so my unix boxen are less vulnerable so far -- but who knows when someone will target an attack at the various unix systems.

I happened to have it on when I visited your site last, but a warning that JavaScript is needed is a polite thing to do.

I used to have it off more of the time, before moving to Opera as a browser, which does an excellent job of blocking pop-ups. (So does Mozilla with the right options set, but Opera is a faster browser at the moment -- and it has fewer things enabled which might be problems.)

FWIW -- I *refuse* to install the plugin for ShockWave Flash. I have yet to see anything that it does which I *need* done, and once when I did have it installed, I found strange processes running after I exited the browser. It took me a while to yank out Flash by its roots. I have the same feelings about RealAudio.

I *might* install them for special purposes -- *if* the browsers would offer the ability to simply turn them on and off from a menu as you can with Java and JavaScript.

Most of the time, I have cookies turned off, too.

Enjoy, DoN.

I should clarify that: I mean "require" in the sense of usability. If you're using it as a border between this weeks and last weeks widgets, there isn't a problem for me.

And... I've been visiting every week. :)

er

593 wrench for turning square valve? stems

594 sheet metal nibler

596 paint stirrer

597 carbide headlamp

598 playing card

587 Lionel train transformer

590 coin change dispenser

Jon

According to Enoch Root :

I recognize that e-mail name and username.

It created some confusion at one point in a book which I have read. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.