What is it? CIV

603 Boot puller

604 Rock Drill Bit

605 Flue connector

601. Looks like fletchetts but not any I've seen. You drop them out of planes, shoot out of shotguns or cannons at the enemy. Karl

600 Looks like a sprag ratchet wrench. Provided stepless ratchet action.

604 Point for a driven well.

Only ideas on one this week.

604 driven well point

They appear to be those used in the 2.75" folding fin aerial rocket. AKA "nails".

Kevin Gallimore

The only one I know this week is 603... It's a boot jack for cowboy boots.

600. Some sort of ratchet wrench 601. Weapon. Looks like the spikes that ninjas would throw, but they look too heavy and crude. 602. A planishing stake. 603. Boot jack. 604. Well point. 605. Concrete slab jointing tool. R

600 - Some kind of automatic ratchet, hydraulic fittings???

601 - Fletchette, old style. I believe the newer ones have compressible fins so more can fit in a shell

602 - a really big tack? A horseshoe stake to handicap better tossers?

603 - boot jack

604 - some kind of rock drill, I think the holes allow water to be fed down to flush debris to the surface

605 -

600 is a wrench made for tightening swagelock tubing fittings.

I think it's made by Parker.

Jim

601: blowgun darts? 603: a bootjack

Haven't looked at any guesses yet, but here are mine:

600: just the handle part of a machine tap - it rides on the spindle, and actuates the clutch "as needed". 601: Omigod! Flechettes! =:-O

602: No idea - anvil attachment for watch cases? :-)

603: Boot Jack - stick your heel in the U and step on it with the other foot.

604: Tree Feeder - pound it into the root ball, and dump plant food down it. Or, a ground rod for sandy dirt - you pour salt water into it to increase the conductivity. :-)

605: No idea.

Cheers! Rich

604: Sand point for a water well.

600: Faucet wrench

601: Mini darts

602: Valve handle

603: Wine bottle holder

604: Depth gauge

#600 Looks like it's designed to fit over a rotating shaft for some purpose #601 Some type of nail with a "cross" head"? #602 Decorative spike of some sort #603 Bootjack. Used to aid in removing cowboy boots or other tight-fitting shoes #604 Sandpoint. Used to drill test wells for water

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According to R.H. :

O.K. As always, posting from rec.crafts.metalworking.

600) A wrench for tightening Swageloc "flare" fittings. The rollers will be pushed back in one direction, but will press firmly against the flats in the other direction, giving it a ratcheting action, without needing to be properly aligned on insertion as a normal box wrench would require.

I've got one with two sizes on two ends -- for the 1/4" fittings and for the 5/16" fittings.

Note that they are not truly flare fittings, but they are used in the sorts of places where a flare fitting would be used.

The open part of the 'C' shape allows it to be slipped over the tubing both before and after tightening, so you don't wind up with an expensive wrench trapped on the tubing. :-)

601) Either some kind of steel quarrel for a crossbown, or a variation on the "lazy dog" anti-personell devices dropped from a high-flying aircraft, letting the long fall build up the kinetic energy to injure or kill someone.

The ones which I have seen were smaller and made of lead. These may be intended to penetrate something more solid than a person.

602) I find it hard to imagine this beeing driven into wood without maring the finish on the head.

Offhand, I would think that it is for looping a rope over, or perhaps for hanging clothes from, and it should be pressed into a pre-drilled hole, not driven in with a sledgehammer.

603) A bootjack! Used for removing cowboy boots. One foot is placed on top of the ramp to hold it down, and the heel of the boot on the other foot is placed in the notch to hold the boot while the foot is withdrawn. 604) Hmm ... I've never seen one, but I suspect that this may be a perforating charge -- an explosive set off in the bottom most section of the pipe in a drilled well, to perforate the walls to allow the water (or oil, depending on the well) to flow in. 605) No guess at all on this one.

Now to see what others have already answered.

Enjoy, DoN.

The R.H. entity posted thusly:

600. Shaft ratchet wrench 601. Crossbow quarrels (bolts, as in arrows) 603. Boot Jack (for removing boots) 604. Bottom section for a well. Driven in.