I need some help with 2966 and 2968 this week:
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Rob
What is it? Set 509
Sep 05, 2013
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2969 -- Cricket cage, used to keep them for fishing bait
Ed Huntress fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
2965 is a bottle opener 2966 looks like the inking platen of an old printing pressLloyd
2968 is an underscribe used to mark seams in hard vinyl flooring , edge cuts on lam-in-place formica countertops , etc . The bottom pin rides the edge , the top needle is adjusted for which function . The slider is reversed in that picture , the needle should be right above the guide pin . -- Snag Floor mechanic for 15 yrs+ .
2967 is a type of Cole drill used to drill railroad rails for connector plates
Paul K. Dickman
2970 looks like the end piece for an old wooden singletree.
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Bottle opener is correct.
I couldn't find an inking platen like 2966 on the the web so I'm still not sure about this one
Thanks, sounds like a good use for it.
Den 05-09-2013 12:41, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh skrev:
I'll second this.
Years ago I've made some of these :-)
(spade like) bits is bottom right. The hooks grab the rail head to support and position, as well as providing bearing for the feed.
Good answer, it was marked "railroad drill" with asking price of $95.
This answer is correct.
2966 a Hand Cranked Flat Lap?
Crazy Ed
2966 - A Hand Cranked Flat Lap?
Crazy Ed
I'm glad to say that both unidentified items were solved this week, the answers along with an update from the previous set have been posted here:
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Rob
More on the nail stripper:
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I've no quibble with the identification, but there something about that rail drill that doesn't look any earlier than around the middle of the last century. I'd have expected them to have been motorised by then.
Rob H.:
Regarding 2967, I'd just like to note that although welded rail is indeed the norm on heavily used main lines, and is being used more and more widely, jointed track held together with fishplates is still anything but rare today.
Of course that doesn't mean that this particular tool is still needed much!
Posting from my desk top PC in the living room, as always.
Fun web page. I'm thankful that you take the time. I enjoy these.
. Christ> I'm glad to say that both unidentified items were solved this week, the answers
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This guy says he started on the railroad in 1976. He didn't see them used, but his father may have.
Western-Cullen-Hayes still makes manual rail drills.
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