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13062 Broom
iambroom Send Email
Aug 18, 2010
11:12 pm
Rest easy, Chuck. The advantage of America is that we don't have to hold the same opinions. And with over 2,000 translations in my sig generator, there's bound...
13063 erik_mage Send Email Aug 21, 2010
1:26 am
I'm with ulfindenn, or how ever you spellit Steel is a great way to bend shape re shape or fabricate. It sounds a little like the project is still in the...
13064 erik_mage Send Email Aug 21, 2010
1:26 am
Yes I have done it . part as a challenge but also to show off that it can be done. It has passed tillering and sunday I hope to shoot it. Lets see if it...
13065 leaking pen
the_leaking_pen Send Email
Aug 21, 2010
2:01 am
umm, i would borrow some armor. and face protection. If that blows.... you will hurt....
13066 erik_mage Send Email Aug 21, 2010
1:02 pm
I've blown up plenty of bows. This design is a compression bow . I think this is the only reason it is still together. The forces are compressing the purple...
13067 Conal O'hAirt Jim...
baronconal Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
1:03 pm
Any guesses as to what it is? The total length is 11 1/2 in., and the scoop-like section is 1 3/4 in. wide by 5 in. long, excluding the shaft. No makers name...
13068 Alaxandr MacLochloinn
treevemilne Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
1:58 pm
It's definitely not a cutting tool. The edges are purposefully rounded. Could this be a shaping tool, meant to press something flat rather than cut it? My ...
13069 Bill McNutt
billmcnutt Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
2:07 pm
My first thought was that it was some kind of specialized scoop for soft material. Will From: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com...
13070 Trevor Payne
littleaiden Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
2:15 pm
As thick as it seems to be, I would almost think it is some type of shaping tool.  Kind of like an auto body form.  Either to be inserted inside a small dia....
13071 Colleen Vince
mary_ostler Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
2:16 pm
Kind of looks like what my dad bodged together to try to seal a tar roof seam that was leaking. Oxy-Acytlene torch to heat, and then run it over the seam. No...
13072 Bill McNutt
billmcnutt Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
2:27 pm
Good idea – way better than my guess, and I seem to recall seeing oddly shaped tools for old-school auto-body work. All had the thick mass of an anvil. But...
13073 Mike King
thespanishpe... Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
2:35 pm
Looks like an old spoon for doing body work Miguel From: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com [mailto:medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Conal O'hAirt...
13074 Chuck Phillips
chuckp1066 Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
3:20 pm
I'll go along with the bodywork guesses. It's old enough to possibly date from when lead was used in the same manner that Bondo is today, and has the look of...
13075 Royce
martiel01 Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
3:21 pm
I would have to agree with this guess, my first thought was some sort of iron, as in heat it up and press it onto something. I'm just trying to figure out...
13076 Dan Baker
LordRhys@... Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
3:29 pm
Oh I know! It's an Ice Cream scoop! I'll have rocky road please ... -- ()xxxx[]::::::::::::::::::> Oh I know!  It's an Ice Cream scoop!  I'll have rocky...
13077 conradh@... Send Email Aug 23, 2010
3:35 pm
... Have you considered skirts instead? I've been thinking of a trailer/booth myself, and rather than jacking the whole frame it seemed simpler to just have...
13078 Bill McNutt
billmcnutt Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
4:42 pm
Ooop! Good point. Missed that. Will From: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com [mailto:medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Royce Sent: Monday, August...
13079 leaking pen
the_leaking_pen Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
4:54 pm
Also, everyone saying that it would be heated, look at the wood where the metal piece enters. There would be more signs of cracking and shrinkage if the metal...
13080 Trevor Payne
littleaiden Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
4:58 pm
Old style Lead work is done with wooden paddles, not metal.  The wooden paddles are dipped in hot wax, then used on the molten lead to move it around.  Then...
13081 Megan Shogren
brockenspectre Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
4:59 pm
I have, but I would prefer to avoid having steps up into the booth.  A 6" ledge could be bridged with a relatively short ramp, and someone with a cane or ...
13082 Electric Wolf
elecwolf Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
5:02 pm
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Conal O'hAirt Jim Hart < ... Oddly, I'm thinking something for carrying a hot pot. With the indention and the lip helping to...
13083 Megan Shogren
brockenspectre Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
5:04 pm
... than "shop tool"... -Kat Ferneley ________________________________ From: Dan Baker <LordRhys@...> To: medievalsawdust@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon,...
13084 W. Roberts
sancoeur Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
6:23 pm
That was my first impression, an elongated ice cream scoop for BIG ice cream cones. And I'll have butter brickle if you've got it, otherwise, French vanilla...
13085 avalonbear Send Email Aug 23, 2010
7:33 pm
After reading all the comments on what this item could be I went out to my shop where I have some old tools of my grandfathers. I found a tool very similar to...
13086 David
tristandewar... Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
8:08 pm
It looks like a slap hammer, used in body work, for slapping out small dents from inside a fender....
13087 D'vorah bint al-A...
dvorah.batadar Send Email
Aug 23, 2010
11:19 pm
... That was my first thought, until I saw the tool's thickness. Ice cream scoops typically have a (relatively) sharp edge for slicing into hard ice cream. I...
13088 RuthT
windsingersmoon Send Email
Aug 24, 2010
4:13 am
A friend gave me a 'heads up' on this discussion/mystery tool,....thinking I might have something to contribute. I've seen the pix and enlarged it (looking for...
13089 RuthT
windsingersmoon Send Email
Aug 24, 2010
4:29 am
If anyone wants to contact me, Don't use the 'asa.wood@...' address shown at right. (I no-longer use that e-mail,.....they went and 'fixed&#39; what Wasn't...
13090 RuthT
windsingersmoon Send Email
Aug 24, 2010
5:21 am
I have a friend, I met on e-bay. (We Actually 'met' for real, when I made a roadtrip, last year, up through his area) Anyway,....been friends for Years,....the...
13091 Crazy Cat Lady
brockenspectre Send Email
Aug 24, 2010
6:24 pm
I'm working on an embroidery frame based largely on the following pictures: http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/8586-allegory-of-march-triumph-of-mine\ ...
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