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147538 | Jim Esten <jim.esten@g...> | 2005‑07‑13 | Re: Whatsits posted on GIC |
Here is a better version of the links: http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=3D1791 http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=3D1792 http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=3D1793 cheers, Jim (your friend GIC host...) On 7/13/05, Ren Tescher |
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147536 | rjtescher@n... (Ren Tescher) | 2005‑07‑13 | Whatsits posted on GIC |
Single Grain Guzzling Galoots et al, I've posted 3 whatsits to GIC, I kept seeing these at my local rusteteria and finally bought 'em because I didn't want them to slip away- hey, they might be valuable someday...to somebody... http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/index.php?action=addtolightbox&id http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/index.php?action=addtolightbox&id http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/index.php?action=addtolightbox&id Thanks and feel free to leave comments if yor purty shore ya know what they are! Ren Tescher Pine Island, Minnesota, USA dona nobis pacem __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp ______________________________________________________________ |
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147541 | Jerry Davis <jdavis@s...> | 2005‑07‑13 | Re: Whatsits posted on GIC |
(Ren Tescher) wrote: > I've posted 3 whatsits to GIC, I kept seeing these at my local > http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/index.php?action=addtolightbox&id I'm not sure about the others, but these are level sights. They were attached to a level then someone would "sight" through them to check elevations, heights whatever. At least that's what the books say. I've never seen any. Best, Jerry In wet Griffin, GA ______________________________________________________________ |
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147690 | "Shine, Stephen C (Steve), ALABS" <sshine@a...> | 2005‑07‑19 | RE: Whatsits posted on GIC |
Bugbear posted: > It's a tool for holding a spoke (providing a handle) > while you twist it into a hole in the hub. ...what us cycling geeks commonly call a "spoke wrench". Steve, in Hot Hazy Humid Howell, NJ ______________________________________________________________ |
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147686 | paul womack <pwomack@p...> | 2005‑07‑19 | Re: Whatsits posted on GIC |
Ren Tescher wrote: > Single Grain Guzzling Galoots et al, > > I've posted 3 whatsits to GIC, I kept seeing these at my local > rusteteria and finally bought 'em because I didn't want them > to slip away- hey, they might be valuable someday...to somebody... > > http://wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/index.php?action=addtolightbox&id > > Thanks and feel free to leave comments if yor purty shore ya know what > they are! I emailed Ren privately and told him I had an identical tool, bought purely because I didn't know what it was (and it was cheap ;-) Mine is a little cleaner than Ren's, so I had a very close look at it last night. You can too, courtesy of GIC: http://www.wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=1818 I figured that it's a clamp of some kind; and it's not made to sit on a bench, so it's not a vice, even a jeweller's. Looking really closely at the logo (and cleaning it out with a brass suede brush), I figured that the logo was a dog, but I couldn't read the name. Looking even closer with a magnifying glass (40mm lens reclaimed from a defunct 50p camera - old camera lenses are color corrected and rather fine) I saw the last letter was a 'K'. At this point my memory/brain fed me "King Dick", a maker best known for spanners. Here's the best photo I could manage quickly. http://www.wdynamic.com/galoots/4images/details.php?image_id=1819 Here's King Dick: http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/frm/frm_hist.htm Now, it's not a spanner; but I happen to know that King Dick also made bicycle tools; I have a spoke key in this brand. So, this morning I went to see my friend who runs the local bike shop - he's third generation, and knows about bicycles from their first days to recumbents. http://www.madgettscycles.co.uk/ I took the tool in and asked him if *he* recgonised it. He did, and he's got one, although more worn than mine. It's a tool for holding a spoke (providing a handle) while you twist it into a hole in the hub. Of an "ordinary"! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny-farthing BugBear (impressed) ______________________________________________________________ |
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