What is it? LXXXIX

509: I think it is called a horse. You put your wood in the jaws and step on the lever below. This holds the wood so you can either carve or use a drawknife on it. 510: Every farm boy knows this one. It is used to plant seeds. You put the seeedsin the bag. You begin walking in a straight line. You crank the handle. The seeds are thrwon out in an arc in front of you. Very hard work. 511: I am guessing that this tool is used to hand process some kind of fiber.

508 ? 509 Carving horse 510 Hand powered seeder 511 Looks like a tool for removing stubborn jar lids. 512 Inside of a toaster 513 ? 514 ?

508 looks like a punch of some kind 512 is a close-up of a toaster

510 is a broadcaster for seed or fertilizer. 512 toaster 509 I should know but can't remember. Karl

508 staple remover 510 seed broadcaster 511 jar lid remover 512 inside of toaster 502 electric cable plastic sheath cutter 503 pole/ tree climbing foot hold 505 spring of a hand exerciser 506 wire stripper

Really nice job with the photos

509 Heavy leather stitching horse, makes a better stitch than by machine if done correctly.

510 Organ grinder broadcaster seeder nice example

508: Band cutter for metal banding. 509: Draw horse. 510: Seed spreader. 511: Jar opener. 512: Toaster. 513: Optical lens caliper 514: Butter churn paddle holder. Puff

my guesses,

508. staple-less stapler 509. used for book binding 510. seed broadcaster 511. jar opener 512. toaster 513. no idea (obviously something to do with lenses) 514. no idea (but what a nasty looking sharp thing though huh? wow, replaceable cutting edges.) (i thought perhaps a "fleshing knife" for scraping cow hides but seems pretty heavy (for all day use) and why would it need replaceable blades?) (and the vertical handle is like way too close to the cutting edges for comfort)

It has the same rough style of the staple-less staplers I remember but the business end is all wrong. Seems more likely to me it's for pulling staples.

I just did a google search for "stapless stapler" and "staple-less stapler" and none of them look anything like the ones I remember from my youth. (Big chrome handles, a punch-and-tongue on the business end.)

Tim.

513. Positioner for a microscope stage. It appears the screw at left is for for clamping the slide. A modern version here...

Ned Simmons

509 Saddle makers bench and vise 510 "cyclone" seeder. (I have a couple of them) 514 ? mayhaps a Coopers "draw knife" ( some other word for it) ...lew...

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:37:46 GMT, "R.H." scribbled:

from rec.woodworking

#509, bench with a vice, couls have been used to hold saws for sharpening, or other flat objects. The pedal closes the jaws.

#510 - some kind of seed broadcaster or fertiliser spreader?

#512 - Inside of pop-up toaster. (That's what mine looks like)

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509: straddle-seat clamping bench, but whether for woodworking or leather working, I don't know. Stepping on the lever pulls the clamp shut on the material. 510 a seeder bag. turn the crank, the blades spin, and broadcast seed. Probably for wheat, rye or some other sort of grass. 514: some sort of woodworking shaver or scraper.

Barb

508 - staple remover

509 - harnessmaker's bench

514 - currier's knife for scraping and cutting animal hides

Buddy

#508: Wild guess: novelty paper "stapler" that joins sheets of paper without a metal clip.

#509: Shave horse

#510: Old hand-driven grass (or other small seed) seeder. My dad has one just like this. Kind of curious how much this is worth.

#511: Not a clue

#512: Looks like some sort of card rack

#513: Looks to be an optical stage of some sort, a lens is clamped into the semi-circular clamp. It can then be precisely positioned in an optical train in the horizontal and vertical directions with the brass knobs and verniers

#514: Knife of some sort?

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508: Another typewriter tool?

509: Early portable folding automatic milking equipment. Not popular with cows.

510: Seed spreader

511: Double cheese slicer

512: Inside of some electronic equipment

513: Possibly for determining placement of optical center of glasses

514: Very odd file

This one was priced $27.

Rob

Thanks. Guess he won't get rich from that one. :-)

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