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OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Three of the beams, (the ones w/circles), are marked M&W. The two in the front are 15 x 120(s) the rear one is a 30 x 120 and the one w/the rectangular hole (3rd one) is a mammoth callenge 25 x 120
The collars are different sizes 3/8 to 1" w/some kind of hand missing.
? engine hand crank?
Unknown Screwdriver, all I can read is "The Prefect Handle" imprinted around the shaft.
Re: OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>LOW ANGLE VIEW
Re: I'll do the easy one, engine crank
Dave Mount
>That's what the crank is almost certainly. Note the shape of the "teeth" that engage to the shaft -- they're made so when the engine fires the crank cams out instead of throwing you into next week. I have one for my old International/Farmall H tractor, though the "drive spurs" look different on that one. However, I never use it as they are an accident waiting to happen. On the exceedingly rare occasion when it won't start with the starter, I pull start it instead.
Best,
Dave
Naaa Dave, I'll do the easy one...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>That screwdriver isin't unknown Kevin. It is a "Perfect handle screwdrive". Lot's of people like them and I've seen them modified into all kinds of tools.
Re: OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Robin Corell in Atascadero Ca
>The beams are called parallels. they are used for varius tooling set ups similar to angle plates or 1-2-3 blocks. Not familair with the one maker but Challenge makes very nice angle plates. the ones I have seen are machined nicely. yours most likely are parallel in both directions as well as having faces that are square to each other and ends that are square. they come in diferent levels of quallity depending on the tolerances you need, but for wood work they are about as acurate as anything you will ever need. Nice score.
Robin
Re: OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>Thanks Robin, that's kind'a what I figured they were. The guy that dropped them off came back and left a 20 x 120.
Are these used in pairs of the same size?
What do the numbers mean? A 20 is 3 5/16" , x 6= 120 (19.87") making each unit 0.1656".
Re: OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Thad
>Kevin,
The last item which has the hinges are part of a wrench the name I believe to be Parmalee. It has a handle which is attached with a pin and is wrapped around a pipe for a non marring grip. We have some at work and I will try to post a picture of one in action. Each wrench fits one particular size of pipe. They are not cheap, the ones we have with the handles cost around $400.
Regards
Thad Smith
Re: OK, Wha'd I find this time? 4 unknowns
Kevin French, Antrim, NH
>I figured there was a handle and have was looking for it in the metal bin yesterday. The guy is on his 2nd load hoprfully there's a 3rd on sat.
It's been a very good week even though it was a short week, tue. the truck was full.