What is it? Set 526

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Thanks! Looks like you nailed another one, I'll pass this along to the owner of it.

In case he wants to know where to get the material for cutting and assembly we used to buy this brand material specifically.

Ice pick

Robert

Sounds like a good possibility. Thanks

Ok, I'll forward this link to the owner of the tool. I found a similar cutter in their catalog.

I used to make temporary survey pins from 1/2" copper pipe and nails. I'd cap a 3" piece of pipe, solder the head of a 3" nail to the cap, and put a band of red reflective tape around the pipe.

I'd stick the nail into the ground. I could center a plumb bob over the top, and I could sight it from a distance.

The mystery device might have served a similar purpose. The long pin could be inserted into the ground without much resistance. The bullseye marks might have been to sight from shorter ranges. For longer ranges, it might have been rotated so that the solid marks would appear centered.

It seems to be laminated. Would that be to prevent warping?

I may be a little off base... but how about a board for a maitre d'outhouse to keep reservations straight? ;)

3067 is a dexion angle cutter. That's the only one I recognise.

Steve

Not sure if this is right but I'll send it to the owner along with the rest of the guesses for it. I already sent him the ice pick theory and he thought the steel might not be strong enough for that, but maybe the tool was not well made.

Posting in the usenet newsgroup rec.crafts.metalworking -- no matter which of the three cross-posted ones you see it in.

3067) *This* one I *know*.

It is for cutting structural angle iron to length. (Usually the kind which has perforations along its length to bolt things to.

3068) To start with -- before going to the larger images website, this has the look of telephone wiring.

A pity -- only the first of the images of this is on the *larger* site. I would really have liked to see the other two images at higher resolution -- especially the second one with the relay contacts. O.K. I can zoom in enough. The contacts do not look designed for either high voltage or high current.

It appears to be two relays, each of which switch the outermost two terminals between the next two for the upper terminal and the two nearest the middle for the lower terminal -- working both ways in from the ends.

O.K. The three upper terminals are the connections to the relay coils, which are the black columns above the multi-terminal board, and below the upper terminal board. Center is probably common to the two relays.

And the relay contacts are in the glass protective housing below.

Still likely to be either telephone, or perhaps telegraph signal switching gear -- especially given the obvious lack of high voltage or high current capability.

3069) Looks like a dispenser for something at least partially cylindrical. Size is hard to judge, but it might work for something like .38 special handgun cartridges. Likely not for .45 Auto.

3070) No provisions for wiring on the back, so I guess that it is a game board -- something like cribbage? Not sure whether it has enough holes for that game -- I've never played it.

3071) I've never seen one quite like this before, but it is obviously a circle cutter to go in a brace and bit type drill. (The tapered square head at the top is a giveaway.)

3072) Looks like a wrench for rotating unfinished wood of say up to 4" diameter or so -- perhaps with the bark still on.. The spikes would not work well in metals -- nor too well with plastics.

Now to post and then see what others have suggested.

Enjoy, DoN.

The fact that it's finished and laminated makes me wonder if it was intended to be exposed to water. I can't think of a kitchen use. How about outdoors?

The holes look big enough for .22 caliber cartridges, but I don't know why anyone would want to lay out 24.

How about screws? If a mechanic routinely needed to remove 24, he could see at a glance if he had them all out and if he had them all back in. They would stay clean, and a block of wood would be more stable than a tin can. The metal inserts would keep the heads of the screws up where he could grasp them easily.

Perhaps the space in the middle was for a 4" piece he didn't want to forget to put in before he reinstalled the screws!

It's a most peculiar thing. I agree it looks like a cribbage board but not only does it have nothing like enough holes, I've never seen one with such nice metal inlay around each hole.

These, and the pattern of the wood leads me to an obvious question: are any of the holes electrically connected? They do look suspiciously like

4mm "banana plug" sockets.

They do look like sockets but I can't say for sure if they are or not. I took the photos at a tractor show back in the fall, someone was selling it at the flea market. I don't own it so I can't take a closer look. I'm still thinking it's some kind of game board, probably for one that was not well know.

Everyone whoknows how to play Cribbageknows that each playeruses two pegs to score the game (up to 121). So this board offers a place to restthepegs before anyone has won a game, and tally-up to 10 (games). My "track board" has holes that goes up to 8 (games), but it didn't come to two pegs for that purpose.

It could be used for any other game too, enablinggambling perhaps where thepublicexchange of funds may be frowned upon.

It just occurred to me, a game of Euchre is scored up to 10 points (but the way I heard it, you're supposed to usethe four 5 cards to display the score). I think that's to distract you while you've being cheated! ; ) Ithink I have never seen what I thought was an "honest" gameof Euchre. It may have been played, but I can't sayas my background is too limited.

Bill

I believe what you say about track boards but I couldn't find any on the web.

This could be the answer, the only game score boards with 24 holes that I've found on the web are these Euchre boards:

They aren't the exact same configuration but this is the closest I've seen so far. Anyone know why they would have four pegs if they are only tracking two scores? Maybe just two extra pegs.

Thanks, Rob

A decorated awl for decorative work? Or simply a hairpin?

Looks like a carved ivory handled bodkin needle. Or if the tip is gone it could be a fancy button hook.

No need for something running as slow as a brace-and-bit driven one -- and easier to adjust for size if you are making a single cutout at a time -- like to clear a piston/cylinder in a head gasket. (In a drill press, you would want two cutters at the same radius to minimize off-center weight vibration.)

Now -- with two cutters, you have two choices:

1) For a single hole -- either carefully adjust both cutters to the same radius from the pivot point, or remove one of the cutters. (If the latter was done with the one in the puzzle, it might have been lost over the years. 2) For making a ring gasket -- adjust one for the OD and the other for the ID. Probably best done with them on opposited sides of the pilot. Two cuts at the same time.

Enjoy, DoN.

The euchre boards have smaller holes, and they didn't go to the trouble of laminating the wood.

Here's a caddy for 1/4" bits.

The owner bought it because it provides a tight fit. It also looks more stable than most bit caddies.

I hate knocking over a caddy and having the bits fall out. If a 1/4" bit fits snugly in the holes of the mystery item, I wonder if that could be the purpose. The owner of a craft shop found a source of metal fittings that would fit a 1/4" bit snugly, and he made stable laminated caddies for farmers who hated having bits fall out of caddies! Well... maybe...