What is it? XCVII

#561 is a post-hole borer

557. Hoof gage used by farriers to measure hoof angle and determines the levelness of the foot. 561. Ground anchor for guy wires. 562. Maybe a pedometer?

560. Well, its a wooden sand casting pattern, but what of? The colour code is all mixed up, too. I though red was "to be machined", and the core print isn't yellow... (?)

It looks like a negative for a vane pump rotor, or maybe a magnetron anode.

Thanks! Rich

. #561 is an anchor used by augering into the soil for whatever anchoring purpose one might need. The eye is used for tying off and for slipping a cross handle into to screw it into the ground.

562 Battery ammeter used to check batteries in early radios.

Carl G.

Looks more like an earth anchor than a hole digger.

There isn't enough screw to carry the loose dirt out of the hole, but the blades will cut their way into the ground and allow the hole to close back around the shaft, making it difficult to pull it loose without unscrewing it. The eye at the top of the shaft would allow a rope or chain to be fastened there, tethering whatever is attached to the other end of the rope.

561. I would have guessed an ice auger, for ice fishing, not much in the way of flutes though...

R.H. said the following on 1/12/2006 3:36 AM:

This may have been asked/answered before, but does anyone know or remember a TV Game show LONG time ago that would have unusual objects and 2 wrong and 1 correct answer were given? If you do remember the name of the show I would appreciate you sharing it with me :-)

Susan

Yeah, I remember that. I think Soupy Sales was one of the celebrities. Three celebs would provide ideas for what the object was, and the contestant had to guess which celeb was telling the truth. I think the show was about the same time as "Whats my Line" and "to tell the truth"..

Hmmm...

--riverman

"Take A Guess"?

--riverman

The Barbara Bailey entity posted thusly:

Yup.. they are common at horse events like trail rides, etc. for tethering horses.

Your description is similar to that of a game show called "Liar's Club", except that in "Liar's Club" three of four celebrities provided incorrect answers. Also, it wasn't produced a LONG time ago. It was produced in

1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1988. The host in 1969 was Rod Serling. Other hosts were Bill Armstrong (1976-1977), Allen Ludden (1977-1978), and Eric Boardman (1988-1989).

Carl G.

Try this URL...

"Liar's Club" As I recall, Larry Hovis was one of the regulars on the panel and was quite good at coming up with plausible (but false) identifications.

"557. Hoof gage used by farriers to measure hoof angle and determines the levelness of the foot. " The shape of it made me think it was a farrier's tool but I couldn't figure out what it did.

Sure seems like 558 is also a farrier's tool, for digging stuff out of the hoof, prepping it for the new shoe.

Thats it - was a good show. I only remember the original, and 1969 was a long time ago - at least in terms of how I look today v the 60s :-)

Thanks for the help.

Susan

The R.H. entity posted thusly:

That's most definitely not an ice auger, or at least it's not even close to any ice auger I have ever seen, and I've seen quite a number of them.

A search for "ice auger" in Google Images will show you what an ice auger looks like... the main feature being 'threads' that go most of the way up the shaft.

Could there be a distinction between an ice auger which drills a hole, and an ice anchor auger, which provides an anchor in the ice?