tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6368974355002287972011-04-21T14:24:47.387-07:00Rob H.noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-636897435500228797.post-64236148555659756242007-07-11T14:19:00.001-07:002007-07-16T15:58:13.091-07:00<br><br />1031. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_pigeon_shooting">Clay pigeon</a>, used in trap shooting<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1031n.jpg" /><br />Photographed at the <a href="http://www.traphof.org/index2.htm">Trap Hall of Fame</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1032. "Quick release" used by the movie/tv special effects industry - this one will hold 2200 pounds. A pyro charge in the cylinder on the top activates it, pushing the release bar. A safety pin can be seen on the right, next to the hole used as a hanging point. A trigger line can also pull the locking bar open. <br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1032s.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1032l.jpg">Larger image</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1033a. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flail">Threshing flail</a>, used to thresh out small lots of grain.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1033s.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1033as.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1034. Caulking mallets, used for driving ship caulking tools, usually made of a hard wood such as boxwood, black mesquite, or live oak.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1034s.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1034a.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1034b.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1035. This is the Peters Cartridge Company shot tower. High in the tower molten lead was dropped through a copper or sheet-iron sieve, the lead cooled and formed into small spheres as it fell into a water basin, it was then used for projectiles in firearms. <br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1035.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.traphof.org/shot-towers-2/shot-towers-photographs-1.htm"><br />Built around 1917</a> to replace a tower that was over twenty years old.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1035a.jpg" /><br /><br />More info: <a href="http://www.traphof.org/shot-towers-2/shot-towers-page-1.htm">History of the American Shot Tower</a><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1035bs.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1036a. Combined level and grade finder, patent number <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=K7Z9AAAAEBAJ&dq=764809">764,809</a>, used for laying out the grade for road and railroad construction, the sighting apertures allow it to be used as a transit.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1036ns.jpg" /><br /><br />1036b. Clinometer, patent number<a href="http://www.google.com/patents?id=SlpvAAAAEBAJ&dq=416683&jtp=1">416,683</a><br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1036nas.jpg" /><br />Both of these are from Jim Brown's collection<br /><br />More info on gravity inclinometers can be seen <a href="http://www.craftsofnj.org/toolshed/articles/Gravity%20inclinometer/GRAVITY%20INCLINOMETERS.htm">here</a>.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1036bs.jpg" /><br /><a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/pic1036l.jpg">Larger image</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Last week's set is seen below, <a href="http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/2007/07/set-177.html">click here</a> to view the entire post:<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%206/set177.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />More discussion and comments on these photos can be found at the newsgroup <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/rec.puzzles?hl=en">rec.puzzles</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/636897435500228797-6423614855565975624?l=pzphotosan178-x5.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rob H.noreply@blogger.com0