What is it? LXXIX

From Rec.woodworking

454: Tone generator? Cheesy sound amplifier? 455: Staple puller? 456: Looks like an automotive windshield tool for removing trim 457: Interesting saw? 458: For weaving fish nets? Rope splicing? 459: Ancient dust pan.

#454: Massage head for shower #455: the famous wiggy-waggy-thingy #456: A release for bow shooting #457: artificial limb for sharky #458: for repairing fishers nets. #459: butter scratcher.

At least 4 of my answers are wrong.

Nick

454 "Archer" = Radio shack. Possibly an early radio to be worn on the wrist? 455 ? 456 Makes me think of an archery release, but no trigger. Slip the twine around something small that you need to pull? 457 Ice saw, used for cutting ice from a lake or pond surface. 458 Something to use with a loom when weaving? Waitaminnit . . used for making/repairing fishing nets? 459 Was going to say a cranberry rake for picking them, but the fingers aren't long enough. Possibly an odd version of one, or similar design for other type "picking".

Not much luck this time.

457 Hay Saw 458 Bobbin for weaving loom 459 early dust pan?

I'll pass on the rest

Hand held speaker. Use two for stereo.

Apple puncturer.

Handle for something.

Hay saw.

Patented safty knitting needle.

Cheese scoop.

John

454: Battery-powered telephone sound booster (for the hard of hearing) sold by Radio Shack circa 1970. The strap holds it to the speaker end of the handset.

A little tougher this week, Rob.

454. Something from Radio Shack 455. Adjustable wood stove eye lifter 456. Garrote handle 457. Pawl 458. Weaver's gadget 459. Scoop off of a toy steam shovel

From RCM.

Gary Brady Austin, TX

455 Farriers tool

457 Ice saw

458 Loom shuttle

459 Pooper scooper - for horses

Harvester for grass seed

Looks like.....

454 Telephone Amplifier 457 Variant of a Scythe probably specialized for a specific type of grass or area 458 Loom Shuttle 459 Feed Scoop

454 - Telephone audio booster for folks with poor hearing. Turn it on and slip it over the earpiece. Strap holds it. Should be a foam cup on the bottom to block feedback. 455 - 456 - Half of a windshield cut out tool? 457 - Hay knife 458 - Weavers bobbin ? 459 - Harvesting scoop?

454: telephone handset amplifier

457: Bale cutter for haybales

Barb

I'll pass on the ones other people have got right.

457 works like a sickle, for cutting weeds.

459 could be a dust pan, but that does not explain the serrated edge. Probably used for scooping or picking up something like grain, or chicken pellets out of a pile.

448 The whole series looks like it came from the same box of old stuff. b is an electrical plug for 220 volts. d looks like an adapter for plugging into a light socket. They usually screw in--this one looks like it would twist in.

449 is the edging used to secure wall-to-wall carpet.

459, antique pooper scooper.

454. Old Radio Shack telephone amplifier for the hearing impaired.

Lance

According to R.H. :

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

454) "Archer" brand was Lafayette, IIRC.

What I think that it is is an amplifier for allowing the hard of hearing to use a telephone. It is held to the receiver's headset by the strap (Leather? Rubber?), and the volume is adjusted by the red potentiometer visible to the right. That particular style was available back in the late 1950s as as starting period.

455) A couple of guesses here:

A) A remover for the cast iron lids over burner holes in wood stoves.

B) Something which would slip over a pivot and the spurs would engage gear teeth to rotate something to adjust it.

456) A handle to pull on something. It might pivot on the edge at the top (suggested by the pivoting plate to which the string is attached), or it might be for a straight pull.

I'm not sure that the string is original. It may be that the pivoting plate was originally held to a movable part by a pair of screws through those holes. If it *is* -- it looks somewhat like parachute cord.

457) It looks like some kind of saw for cutting off flush with the ground or some other surface, except that the angle of the teeth is not quite right.

Could it be for cutting weeds or plants of some form? A closer look at the "teeth" might show signs of sharpening as a blade.

458) A bobbin for weaving fishnets and similar things. The line is wound around the enclosed spike and then back over the horns at the rear end. This allows a respectable length of cord to be carried on it.

I once knew how to do that weave, but have forgotten over the years.

459) The barely visible slots between the teeth suggest to me that this may be for cutting growing foliage of some form, and collecting what is cut off.

Are the bottom and sides steel? It looks as though they are.

460) Oh! You don't have one of these yet. :-)

Now to see what others have guessed.

Enjoy, DoN.

#454 Radio Shack earpiece amplifier for a telephone handset.

#454 Old wrist radio #455 No idea #456 Looks like an activation handle of some sort #457 Ice saw #458 Netmaking needle #459 Guessing: Ice scoop or ice rake for bulk ice bin

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