What is it? Set 466

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Rob

2708 bottle jack

2710 Trigger guard

2712 o-ring sitting on a box

Robert

Crazy Ed

#2710, A handle on a sword?

Bill

Some sort of sharpener. Possibly for artists charcoal/pencil/quill etc. The wheel looks much like that used in can openers, before the days of ring-pulls.

I am going to guess 2712 is a Vietnamese crystal radio that is held up to the ear.

I see now it was actually a US made radio dropped on Vietnam during the war

Probably not crystal as I first supposed since one of the labels on the switch means "shutdown" (google does not translate the other label)

Thanks! Absolutely fascinating site. Some of which I knew about..but much..much I wasnt aware of.

Gunner

It's definitely a jack but I don't think it's a bottle jack.

Thanks, that's a good link, I'll use it when I post my answer.

"Rob H." fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@news1.newsguy.com:

Rob, it's most certainly a bottle jack. It's a "long ram" bottle jack. Common as hens' eggs (not teeth).

However, that doesn't disclose the purpose of the rachet-like attachment at the top -- which I suppose is for load locking, so it won't sag once the height has been established. I think there may be a part missing.

LLoyd

Must be for a very large bottle?

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It's definitely a jack but I don't think it's a bottle jack.

I agree w/ Lloyd, Rob--it's a bt

It is a hydraulic jack of the long-ram type. "Bottle jack" to my knowledge is at least typically applied to those of roughly the bottle size but the principle is the same for this one.

I agree w/ Lloyd the ratchet is part of a locking mechanism the other portion of which isn't shown. I would guess the original purpose was as a farm equipment or similar application for the high lift...think of the ubiquitous mechanical ones of roughly same size for the purpose...

If it was supplied w/ some specific piece of equipment, that's long since gone unless there's a vendor mark on it somewhere. The green looks like _could_ be old Oliver green.

Ok, I'll take your word for it, it didn't look like the bottle jacks that I saw when I searched the term. Thanks

I don't know what this one is but I forgot to include this description from the owner: "Its double walled, brass I think. The knob has No 893 stamped into it. It has an annular ring with small holes in the ID of the thru bore. It was was found in an old dumpsite from the gold rush era, in El Dorado County, Ca."