Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things

[FRJ]

Dimitri,
that cartridge came out in 1934. Do you know the date of that box?
Nice rule. Does it have pins?

[IMBand]

I have a liquor cabinet in my dining room with some display in the top.
Over the last few years I have been trying to fill a little treasure chest with
interesting items.

[jerryd6818]

IMB, that's a very clever idea and looks neat as all get out. Have you given any consideration to making a miniature pirates treasure chest (as seen in movies) to put that stuff in?

(or maybe buy one off eBay - http://cgi.ebay.com/PIRATE-TREASURE-CHE ... 256660ea41)

OR - get a wooden cigar box. The cigar store where my Aunt works, sells their boxes for not much money (couple of bucks) and there are some really nifty looking cigar boxes made of wood.

Just some thoughts. Maybe you like what you have.

[IMBand]

jerry,
Those are all great thoughts. I originally had went looking for a glass
chest cause I didn't have alot to put in it and wanted to be able to see it, LOL.
Now that its coming along nicely, I had thought about a solid sided box for the
coins and 'pieces of eight' and such. A cigar box is going on the list for sure,
thanks for the idea. Probably 75% of the gems are real, some are glass but no
plastic or anything. Heck, the old glass marbles even look cool in there, imho.
Thank you for the help jerry,

IM

[jerryd6818]

Some are quite fancy and some are very plain and rustic. Some current boxes are quite expensive. There's a Fuente Opus X "Fuente Fuente" 32 count box from 2008, up for sale on eBay and they want $800.

I use them to store my "treasures" and yes, that includes some pocket knives. I got a half dozen boxes from her last weekend when I went down there. Here's a small example of what's available.

[Iron Hoarder]

I use a bunch of cigar boxes to store my leather sewing stuff. They are great for it.

[Miller Bro's]

Thanks for all the comments

that cartridge came out in 1934. Do you know the date of that box?
Nice rule. Does it have pins?

Joe, I did not see a date on the box The Ruler is a Stanley it does have one pin, you can see it in the picture, just above the #7

[FRJ]

I see it Dimitri. That's a long pin. Nice stuff there. Thanks.

[orvet]

Having grown up in a service station in the 1960s I have used this device many times.
If you are old enough to have used this device you are probably old enough to have busted down tires by hand!
That will make you sweat, cry and probably bleed!

Anyone know what this item is?

[ringergary]

Yeah, it's a vulcanising clamp for patching tubes.
We used to carry them in our 4x4 all the time.
Really good when you go to patch a tube, after you'd dismantled the tyre, and found the patch had got wet
and would stick properly, pull it off and start again.
Brings back memories.
Thanks for posting Dale.


cheers Gary.

[Iron Hoarder]

I bought one of those clamps because I wasn't sure what it was and I didn't already have one. I think mine is for truck tires. It's huge. How do you do it? Tubeless tires were old by the time I was born.

[jerryd6818]

That's really odd Dale. One of my buddies and I had a conversation about those just the other day.

Iron Hoarder - The kit came with hot patches that were diamond shaped shallow tin cups. on the outside flat part they had the rubber patch stuck to them and the inner "cupped" part was filled with a fibrous, flammable substance. The kit also had a tire roughing tool which was nothing more than a small piece of sheet metal with holes punched in it so it looked like a cheese grater on one side. There was also a tube of adhesive.

1.) rough up the inner tube all around the area of the hole, insuring you get beyond the perimeter the patch will touch.

2.) Apply a thin coat of adhesive to the tube over the area you just roughed up.

3.) Set the patch cup on the tube with the patch down and the hole in the tube centered on the patch.

4.) Screw the clamp down firmly on the patch.

5.) Rough up a corner of the flammable material in the patch cup.

6.) Light the flammable material with a match. (For a kid, this was the neat step.)

7.) Wait for the material to completely burn and the patch cup to cool.

8.) Remove clamp and gently peel away the patch cup from the patch.

If your prayers have been answered, you now have a inner tube that is once more airtight. If not, go to step one.

[Iron Hoarder]

Thanks a bunch for that. I've been wondering about it for a year now and just hadn't got around to looking it up. I never had the computer when the memory of that old clamp happened to come to mind.

Thank god for tubeless tires and plug kits.

[Miller Bro's]

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[FRJ]

Is that a leather bound powder flask?

That's really nice looking, Demitri.

[Miller Bro's]

Joe,

Yes, it is a leather cover. Here is a Brass one

[FRJ]

Those are really nice looking, Demitri. Thanks.

[Miller Bro's]

Joe

[Owd Wullie]

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From the size of the spout, that looks like a "shot flask" rather than a powder flask. They used 'em to dispense bird shot into the shotgun barrels of the old fowling pieces as they were called.

A lot of the old flasks utilized the spout as a measure. They were sold long and you cut them down to get the charge you wanted. In use, you held a finger over the end of the spout and actuated the lever with your thumb until the spout filled. Then you released the thumb lever and poured your charge into the barrel. That could be risky if you had a hot coal smoldering in the barrel, it could light and turn your flask into a small bomb.

You'll notice that flasks are "lightly" built of thin materials. That is the reason, so they can't build up a lot of pressure before they burst.

I ALWAYS load my front loaders from a measure that is not attached to the horn or flask. Ain't had one blow up yet.

BOTH of them are cool as all get out!

[orvet]

Yeah, it's a vulcanising clamp for patching tubes.
We used to carry them in our 4x4 all the time.
Really good when you go to patch a tube, after you'd dismantled the tyre, and found the patch had got wet
and would stick properly, pull it off and start again.
Brings back memories.
Thanks for posting Dale.


cheers Gary.

Great work Gary, you had the answer in 2 hours and 20 minutes after I posted it!
I thought it would be harder to figure out than that.
Must be a lot of guys my age on here.

[ringergary]

Dale, Aren't you some 12/18 hours behind our time.
Looks like I answered before you asked.

Really good when we got tubeless tyres.


cheers Gary.

[trutemper]

Hi, Welder Bob,

I had an old motorcycle ridin buddy back in the early 70`s who rode an "Indian" and who had relatives from Ole Kentuck that brought him up some of this "lightnin"(properly named...ha!) A coulple little swigs of this stuff and I`d be seeing colors and had the biggest smile on my face!!!! You could place a tad bit of this in a spoon and light it and while you couldnt see the flame is would burn down to nothin in moments. Dang......those were the days!!! Thanks for reviving a good old memory!

Bob

[jerryd6818]

Dale, Aren't you some 12/18 hours behind our time.
Looks like I answered before you asked.

"Looks like I answered before you asked."

Gary, you're a ring-tailed scooter, you are.

Really good when we got tubeless tyres.

Now days they recommend you plug AND patch (inside of course) tubeless tires.

[Iron Hoarder]

They'll recommend anything they can charge you for instead of doing your self.

[jerryd6818]

They'll recommend anything they can charge you for instead of doing your self.

That's a true statement and you can do this yourself. The cold patches are available along with the roller tool. The plugs are available. The most intimidating part is getting the tire off the rim. I know I can do all that because I've done it more than once over the years and I may even have a tire iron still laying around someplace. I had one but it's been so many years since I've used it, it may have been misplaced, lost or given away.

Plain and simple, I don't want to. I changed my oil a couple of weeks ago for the last time. It was hot and I was sweating like a pig. It was hades on wheels getting down on the creeper and then getting back up again. Not only did oil run down my arm to my shoulder, I got in a hurry and spilled it on the garage floor. On top of that, it cost me within $5 - $10 or what it would cost to have someone else do it.

I'm not going to change my own oil anymore and if I have to fix a tire, I'll just plug it. The plugs last as long as the tire does.