Thursday, March 12, 2009

1561. A battery lifter/carrier:



The hole for the positive terminal is a little larger than the one for the negative terminal:


















1562. A chain link fence stretcher, check out step 3 under "Installing the Chain Link" on this page to see it in use.



















1563. A Civil War cannonball sizer, it was used as a gauge to determine if a cannonball was the correct diameter.



Another version of this tool, it's nine inches shorter than the larger 20" model:


















1564. A leather rolling machine, patent number 1,067,164:

From O'neal Lee's collection



















1565. A brace bit for hand grinding engine valves, the various pegs fit different sizes of the two holes in the top of the valves.



Another similar tool:





















1566. A Walter A. Wood wrench for use on a mowing machine, the only text on it is the number 2152:



These two end parts were used to pry off a Pittman arm:





































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Last week's set is seen below, click here to view the entire post.








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