What is it? Set 448

Thanks for the good description, I guess it was easy if you knew the answer but I did a search on the company name and didn't find an answer for this tool.

Nope, not coal

You've got two of the three correct.

Removing bottle caps? Art

Cider press?

And all the rest were wrong, I gather?

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You've got two of the three correct.

Painter got to stay hydrated. I did think bottle cap remover, but on a paint tool?

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Removing bottle caps? Art

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It's been long enough since I were in the areawas last there but that looks like could be John Rice Irwin's Museum of Appalachia in/near Clinton/Norris, TN. If so, I'm pretty sure I know it... :)

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Bottle opener is right

Not a cider press

Yes, that's the one

On 7/5/2012 6:41 PM, Rob H. wrote: ...

OK, I'll let the regulars continue for a while then... :)

He was a kewl dude--if you took these pictures and aren't from there (I think you're somewhere in OH?) did you get to the Lenoir Museum just up the road towards Norris. Mr Lenoir was still alive for a number of years when we in the area. It was a treat to spend as much time as one had the leisure to take hearing all about his collecting and how he came to get any one item.

There are plenty of "mystery objects" there... :)

It's now part of the State of TN parks Dept at Norris Lake as he donated the entire collection to the State in return for the agreement to maintain it which they've done an admirable job thereof...

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I'm with WB on that one, its for installing cable locks/strain reliefs.

2604 Targets?

I've always used a medium sized pair of channel locks on Heycos.

I don't know about boiling cane juice, but I believe farmers used to boil maple sap in shallow rectangular pans, providing a large bottom for heating and a large surface for evaporation.

If it's 5 feet edge to edge, it might hold 75 gallons. The shape would make it fairly rigid. It has no corners and is lowest at the center.

These days, the spoilage of citrus crops is greatly reduced by washing with water containing a little bleach and a little baking soda. I imagine it has always been desirable to wash some crops for inspection and storage, such as root crops and apples picked up from the ground.

For nonfloating crops, a net could be hooked to the rim. That way, heavy dirt would settle to the bottom, leaving the water clear. After most of the water was removed with buckets, the tub could be tipped up and cleaned.

Posting from Rec.crafts.metalworking as always.

2599) Well ... to me, the first part looks like a rolling mill for grinding rain in the circle. The upward pointing end of the right-angle piece of wood should fit into a hole in the center stump and I guess that a person walks the axle around

The other part looks like it might be for winnowing the grain.

2600) O.K. This one I *know* -- though I have not seen one marked and built quite like this.

HEYCO makes strain reliefs for power cords an the like. Two pieces of plastic (usually black, and sometimes tethered together by a string of plastic). They have notches in the OD, and distort the cord into a 'U' shape within the body of the relief.

These pliers are designed to grip the two halves from the side (thus the angled tips) and compress them to deform the power cord enough so the two halves fit into a hole punched in the chassis. When the pliers relax their grip, the two halve expand a bit and grip the hole so it won't pull out.

The metal 'U' around the pliers is to keep the jaw geared to the handle to cover a specific range. You can move that to disengage the gears to allow adjusting for larger or smaller strain reliefs. Very useful tool. I have two, which I keep set to common sizes in what I do. Mine have a nut which is removed to allow the gear mesh between jaw and handle to be shifted.

2601) This one looks to me like part of a strain relief for running telephone cables between the building and the pole. There should be another part which slides into it or which is locked by the center tabs to keep a grip.

2602) For holding two things at a specific angle while they are glued together.

Or -- for holding steel cable in the shape of an eye while it is being served to keep it in that form. Hmm ... the previous object might be used as part of the serving.

2603) Hog-scalding kettle -- for removing the bristles from the hide of a hog prior to cutting it up for meat.

2604) Dodging tools -- for holding back the exposure of some areas of a photographic print, while the rest is allowed to darken more.

Now to post and see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

Good answer, that's what the owner said they were.

Feel free to give the answer if you want.

I didn't know about the Lenoir Museum, next time I drive past Norris I'll stop in, sounds like an interesting place.