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Post by tw on Jan 22, 2010 11:02:38 GMT -6
UFO-watchers Ahoy! I found this in a dumpster together with some woodworking and metalworking tools. Does anybody know what it is?  |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Jan 22, 2010 11:16:15 GMT -6
I won't swear to it, but I think it's a "leading" tool from back in the days when autobody work was done with lead instead of plastic body filler. If I understand correctly, the lead would be heated just to the melting point, so it'd flow onto the (acid-etched) dented steel. A spoon like that one was used to chill the surface fairly quickly so it could be built up instead of just running off onto the floor. Tricky work, lead. A gasoline blowtorch was used to heat the steel & lead. Could be something else altogether, though. You DID gather up all those tools, right?  |
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Post by tw on Jan 22, 2010 13:07:02 GMT -6
Thanks......Looking in the bookshelf...... In my car body repair handbook from 1959 the only leading spud mentioned is a wooden one smeared with sheep tallow. Then comes half a page on the advantages of sheep tallow compared to the inferrior swine lard. By now you should know me well enough to know the answer of that question  I picked what seemed to be usable. This thing and a small Sargent block plane missing the lever cap. The rest of the tools were damaged beyond the point of no return.. |
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Post by sawduster on Jan 22, 2010 13:09:30 GMT -6
Ah, the wonders and thrills of dumpster diving. ;D
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jan 22, 2010 13:19:31 GMT -6
It's a "Boot Horn" like a shoe horn... to aid in getting boots ON.
Yes? ;D ;D
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Post by tw on Jan 22, 2010 13:27:15 GMT -6
Then it must be for somebody with boots way smaller than my size 48 (US size 13) ;D
It is only about 6 inches long.
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Post by TDHofstetter on Jan 22, 2010 13:36:08 GMT -6
Oh, GEEZ - I didn't realize it was that SMALL. (Where have I heard that before? ) Maybe... just a tiny prybar? Wood putty applicator? |
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jan 22, 2010 13:41:25 GMT -6
Then it must be for somebody with boots way smaller than my size 48 (US size 13) ;D It is only about 6 inches long. Golly, it sure looked bigger than THAT! How about a Clay Sculpturing tool? ;D ;D |
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Post by tw on Jan 22, 2010 14:17:31 GMT -6
Sorry boys. I had miscalkulated from metric to inches. Somewhere it all went wrong....  The correct lenght is 27,5 cm which makes 11 inches. |
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Post by fredbelknap on Jan 22, 2010 16:11:47 GMT -6
TW this is just a guess. I have some motorcycle tire tools that are about that size.  |
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Post by sawduster on Jan 22, 2010 20:04:23 GMT -6
TW this is just a guess. I have some motorcycle tire tools that are about that size. That makes sense. I was thinkin maybe some special blacksmith tool or something. |
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Post by gomer on Apr 20, 2010 20:23:33 GMT -6
Somewhere a 1/16 scale kayak model is missing it's paddle. |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Apr 20, 2010 20:35:07 GMT -6
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Post by sachbvn on Apr 20, 2010 20:52:09 GMT -6
Somewhere a 1/16 scale kayak model is missing it's paddle. lmao! Zac |
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Post by gomer on Apr 20, 2010 21:58:49 GMT -6
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Post by TDHofstetter on Apr 21, 2010 8:19:11 GMT -6
Not an IRON one, you can't!  |
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Post by deathwish on Apr 21, 2010 8:38:25 GMT -6
Not an IRON one, you can't! Iron Oar . . . hmmmm |
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Post by Ruffnek on Apr 21, 2010 8:53:57 GMT -6
Not an IRON one, you can't! Iron Oar . . . hmmmm Mark, that's a good one! |
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Post by gomer on Apr 21, 2010 9:08:14 GMT -6
Not an IRON one, you can't! Actually, not even a Balsa one. Anyone else notice how when you turned 45 your muscles started getting softer. One more reason I built the pirogue. I paddled 8 miles last Tuesday. Man I was sore. |
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Post by TDHofstetter on Apr 21, 2010 15:19:39 GMT -6
Bet so. Quite a few years ago, my ex & I paddled a canoe across Lake George (NY) in calm weather... and just as we got to the other shore the wind kicked up & gave us pretty heavy surf (for a canoe) to paddle back in. By the time we hit the "home shore", I was just about flat busted.
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