"This rope I perhaps shouldn’t be pulling out of my garden drainage pipe. (I though there might be something hidden on the end before I got concerned and stopped)"
A: "That is a conduit, not a drainage pipe. The string was there so that someone could pull wire through it at a future time."
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Rod 3 year s ago
40. Blade for meat mincer.
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Tine 3 year s ago
Rod, my mom has one just like this, probably from the 40s/50s or so.
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Onnie 3 year s ago
#32 "finger/hand acupressure massager", wink, wink.
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Lazar 3 year s ago
#6... Maybe I am daft but what is a Ball Mill and more so what is a sprue when still attached ???
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Left 3 year s ago
Lazar, I'd like to know that answer myself?
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Boetius 3 year s ago
Left, Ball mill is used for grinding Iron ore, it looks like a huge cylinder laying on it`s side with openings on either end,
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.
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Randolph 3 year s ago
Bonus - it's a meat grinder knife.
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Tine 3 year s ago
As interesting as these posts are it still surprises me that people don't ask the ones that would know then and there when they have the chance. Especially #37 and #30 (unless found after the parents passing away of course); I'd ask the waiter/parents what the hell it was for.
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Mckenna 3 year s ago
#28 came with a programming book from Commodore in the 80's. You were supposed to make a flow chart of your program to illustrate how it worked/was supposed to work.
Yeah, that "special" finger !
. The balls are added to help in grinding the ore.