What is it? Set 438

"Rob H." fired this volley in news:jncedg01gg3 @news6.newsguy.com:

Rob, this is _definitely_ correct. I still have one my Dad left me from his boat.

Lloyd

Your dad? Heck, I bought some new myself.

I hated them. Better designs came along later.

That's not how they were described at the auction where I saw them.

Yeah the open end and hole allows the rod to bounce around if you use them on a boat. I like the coil style for shore fishing and simple tube style on the boat.

I have a lot of custom picks made from them.

Sign of a misspent youth perhaps :)

Nope just being a cheap SOB when it comes to buying lock tools. When you look at the prices on commercial picks and realize what they are and that they do break now and then you discover that a few broom teeth and a good file or Dremel is much cheaper. Most of my picks set in a box collecting dust. You can usually cut a key easier.

Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2539) Levers of some sort. Perhaps could be used as brakes on an old steel tired wooden wheeled wagon.

2540) Support for a very hot container on a wooden surface like a tabletop. The three small feet minimize the conduction of the heat to the support.

2541) Designed to clamp on the edge of a workbench. Looks like it is intended to support soldering irons while plugged in between soldering joints.

2542) Perhaps shims for a keyway broaching set -- but those would have an 'L' shaped bend near one end.

Perhaps special purpose solder -- like perhaps Sil-Phos -- used to solder copper plumbing for air conditioning refrigerant.

2543) Looks like a firefigher axe -- designed to break through barriers quickly to allow fighting the fire behind them.

2544) Well ... it is a protractor, but for what is not clear.

Perhaps for holding a disc shaped workpiece to bring it to a grinder. Hmm ... disc shaped and grinder -- perhaps for sharpening a circular saw blade? If so, there would need to be a larger wooden surface than is shown (perhaps from a museum) which also holds the grinder which will sharpen the teeth.

Now to post this and then see what others have suggested. (I'm rather late today.

Enjoy, DoN.

The answers for this week can be seen here:

In some states it is a crime to possess lock picks if you aren't a locksmith, so I recommend checking your local laws before making your own picks.

Rob

Shazzam! I just saw my name in lights. Thanks, Rob. My pleasure to take a couple photos for you. The white background is the top of my ancient Whirlpool washing machine.

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This week's set has been posted:

Rob

Guess: Is #2540 related to "canning" (preserving food in jars)?

I get my picks from my locksmith supply house. Sometimes need to pick a lock to open it, and make keys from there.

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Nope just being a cheap SOB when it comes to buying lock tools. When you look at the prices on commercial picks and realize what they are and that they do break now and then you discover that a few broom teeth and a good file or Dremel is much cheaper. Most of my picks set in a box collecting dust. You can usually cut a key easier.

I still keep in practice but most of the time I can impression a key without a problem.

Some do, but not others. Need to keep assortment of skills, to get the job done. Sometimes I use two or three techniques on the same job, on the same lock.

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I still keep in practice but most of the time I can impression a key without a problem.

And Tawm didn't jump in on that one? I'm SHOCKED... ;-P

You are an electrican, aren't you? ;-Þ