521 is a gramophone speaker/tone arm. 522 carpet seam tool? Pie piercer? Dress pattern transfer tool? 523 climbing exercise thingy. The pegs slide in the slots, and you climb in a pseudo hand-over-hand fashion. 524 screen thingy 525 wax seal for sealing envelopes 526 "slim jim" for jimmying car doors?
What is it? XC
Nov 24, 2005
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515. By the way, that "map odometer" is formally called an "opisometer".
524 is a tool for replacing window screens that use plastic or rubber to hold the screen in place. One end forces the screen into the channel and creates a form for the rubber strip. The second conforms to the rubber and forces the rubber into the channel thus locking the screen in place.
Thanks, I was wondering if "map odometer" was correct but couldn't find another term for it.
Rob
The head of this tool probably weighs between four and five pounds.
Here is a photo of a couple of sand rammers:
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The head on the larger one looks the same as the tool in my photo, and the smaller one looks very much like the second reaming iron that I previously mentioned. The handles are obviously different, but the business ends look exactly like the number 518.
Rob
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