What is it? XLVI

Hmm ... that would give 27.75 turns to go full scale. I have seen a very few pots which were twenty turn instead of ten turn -- but even that would not reach full scale. Perhaps this one was made to go on something else -- a mechanical tuning device in some custom equipment. Normally, they are set up to go to full scale at the end of ten turns. Most used in later years are much shallower with a counter in a window which increments once per full turn, and has a 0-100 dial in the center.

Enjoy, DoN.

It's a bottle opener, for those of us who remember caps that weren't twist-off.

djb

• R. H.

My children thought it was a lego man helmet. (But I think it is too big, and I cannot figure out the release/open like handle at the bottom.)

On 1/27/2005 4:39 AM US(ET), R.H. took fingers to keys, and typed the following:

As a fan of LEGO, I can say that no helmet exists that looks like that :)

• Jonathan Wilson

But maybe another plastic toy brand?

• Jonathan Wilson

But maybe another plastic toy brand?

However, it really looks like metal. The inner grey part looks like something that can be rotated, i.e. some adjustment tool.

Drag control for a fishing reel.

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• TomH + antonomasia-at-canada-dot-com

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Also:

New what is it question.

I bought a meat fork at a yard sale. It also came with a knife. The fork has two tines. Both items have nice bone or antler handles. They look like they are probably fifty years old.

On the meat fork, there is a folding thingus just up from the handle. It moves ninety degrees. It is wishboned shape just like the meat fork. It folds up or down. When folded down, it lays along the handle. When folded up, it is at a ninety to the handle. When it is folded up, you can sit the fork down, and the two points of the wishbone and the end of the horn handle keep the two tines off the surface you sit it on. This is the only use I can think of for the moveable piece.

Is that what it is used for, or does the piece have another/other uses?

Steve

This is what it is for, to keep the fork off of the tablecloth...

I am amazed once again at the things that I can learn here. Thanks for the info. My MIL and I were just discussing it. She is 86, and didn't know what it was for either. I figured something that old, that she would surely know.

I love usenet.

Steve

#255 is a horse-drawn wagon axle nut wrench. I have a couple.

That's what it's for.

Barb

This one isn't a toy nor an adjustment tool, and you're right, it is made of metal.

Nope, it isn't any type of plane.

I don't think it made to go on a piece of equipment, probably just a stand alone hand turned counter.

Correct.

This one isn't a zipper tool.