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For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For a wide variety of some of my best pieces. Thursday, September 25, 2008.
Thursday, October 9, 2008. 1430 A bee hive or bee gum. The two notches are doors and the rods in the center are for support. 1431 Possibly for locking a gate or corral, a padlock or cotter pin could be placed in the small holes; also someone has suggested that it was for locking a water pump.
Thursday, October 23, 2008. For first time visitors I recommend this archive. For some of my best posts.
Friday, December 5, 2008. The wooden piece fits on top of the blade for use as a handle. This tool can be seen in the Dictionary of American Hand Tools. 1480 A wall mount forward seat.
Friday, December 12, 2008. Used to lock-up liquor along with some glasses. 1486 A Lightning Letter Opener, manufactured by the Bircher Co. , model H-2, patent number 1,838,840. 1487 One of a pair of lawn aerators. 1488 A device for sorting card records, patent number 2,261,719. To view the entire post.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009. 1533 No answer yet for this tool, I think it might be a fish scaler. 1534 Compression blades on a J47 Turbojet Engine. It was used on many types of aircraft, including bombers, reconnaissance, interceptors, and fighter planes.