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197794 | Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y...> | 2009‑11‑12 | Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Galooteratti: This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ So far the best suggestion seems to be Gary Roberts': "Double team skiprope for gerbils?" But I can't help seeing an actual usable tool in it. Maybe it isn't a binding tool and someone will recognize it. Tom Conroy Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197797 | "Bill Taggart" <w.taggart@v...> | 2009‑11‑12 | RE: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
::-----Original Message----- ::From: oldtools-bounces@r... ::[mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of ::Thomas Conroy ::Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:01 PM ::To: oldtools@r... ::Subject: [OldTools] Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? ::This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff ::Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: :: ::http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ Clearly a cheese slicer. - Bill T. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197803 | "James J.B.N. DuPrie" <j.duprie@c...> | 2009‑11‑13 | RE: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Looks like a cutter for soap blocks. I use guitar strings on mine, but I tend to make fairly hard soap.. -J -----Original Message----- From: oldtools-bounces@r... [mailto:oldtools-bounces@r...] On Behalf Of Thomas Conroy Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 7:01 PM To: oldtools@r... Subject: [OldTools] Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? Galooteratti: This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ So far the best suggestion seems to be Gary Roberts': "Double team skiprope for gerbils?" But I can't help seeing an actual usable tool in it. Maybe it isn't a binding tool and someone will recognize it. Tom Conroy Berkeley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197806 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2009‑11‑13 | Re: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
James J.B.N. DuPrie wrote: > Looks like a cutter for soap blocks. I use guitar strings That's what I was thinking too. Soft new soap or a cutter for soft cheeze blocks. yours Scott ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197805 | Tom Dugan <tom_dugan@h...> | 2009‑11‑13 | RE: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Looks like something that would be used to keep a book open at a given page without using your hands. And it's adjustable for different size books. A little lightweight for the task=2C maybe=2C but that's my guess and I'm sticking with it. -T > Date: Thu=2C 12 Nov 2009 16:01:16 -0800 From: booktoolcutter@y... To: > oldtools@r... Subject: [OldTools] Whatsit: Double team skiprope for > gerbils? >>>> Galooteratti: >> This whatsit turned up in a bindery=2C but a query on Jeff Peachey's >> blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: >> http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ So far the best suggestion seems to >> be Gary Roberts': "Double team skiprope for gerbils?" But I can't >> help seeing an actual usable tool in it. Maybe it isn't a binding >> tool and someone will recognize it. Tom Conroy > Berkeley >>>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> > ------------- > OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados=2C both collectors and users=2C to discuss the history=2C > usage=2C value=2C location=2C availability=2C collectibility=2C and > restoration of traditional handtools=2C especially woodworking tools. >> To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools >> To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html >> OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools ___________________________- ___________________________- ___________ Hotmail: Free=2C trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171 222984/direct/01/----------------------- ------------------------------------------------- |
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197796 | Peter Robinson <peter.robinson.old.tools@g...> | 2009‑11‑13 | Re: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Thomas Conroy wrote: > This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff > Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: > http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ That looks like it might be for marking out an ellipse (I think) by running a pencil or perhaps an awl, along the string. It seems I'm all for wild speculation today! regards, Peter Peter Robinson in Brisbane, Australia still slowly working on my spokeshave index http://peterrobinson.galootcentral.com/spokeshaves/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197810 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2009‑11‑13 | Re: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
scott grandstaff wrote: > James J.B.N. DuPrie wrote: >> Looks like a cutter for soap blocks. I use guitar strings > > That's what I was thinking too. Soft new soap or a cutter for soft > cheeze blocks. > yours Scott > Would you really use thread to cut the cheese (sorry, bad pun intended)? Stainless wire I could see, and that was my first thought. But with all the slack, and thread, I didn't go there. -- Kirk Eppler in HMB, did some hunting with Joe J today, only slightly successful Pharmaceutical and Packaging Engineering eppler.kirk@g... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197811 | scott grandstaff <scottg@s...> | 2009‑11‑13 | Re: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
> Would you really use thread to cut the cheese Well, if we are 85 years before the invention of stainless wire? and that string was major tough stuff and the cheeze warm and soft?? maybe! I have cut a lot of cheeze. hee hehe 40-50 pound blocks. And with plain steel wire on two short stubs of broomstick. Wrap around once and pull! This is better than trying to go straight through but the cheeze was cold (cutting cold cheeze really sucks) and mostly mozzarella, so not exactly warm soft cheeze I could cut like the breeze. Ripping the cold hard cheddar is no picnik either. But at the creamery they sell curds. One day old cheddar thats still warm, salty and kind of squeaks when it meets your teeth. They line up out to the street to get it on wednesday, 10 am, and nobody gets more than 2 pounds, and its sold out before noon. But damn, its cheeze. yours Scott -- ******************************* Scott Grandstaff Box 409 Happy Camp, Ca 96039 scottg@s... http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/sgrandstaff/ http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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197812 | Thomas Conroy <booktoolcutter@y...> | 2009‑11‑13 | RE: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Galoots: > ::This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff > > ::Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: > :: > ::http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ To me, what seems most mysterious about it is that the blocks holding the strings can't be fixed in place, and the strings are slack. This is why I don't think it could actually have been used for slicing anything, though it certainly looks like that. In fact, I can't think of anything except a Hawaiian guitar where "slack-string" would be appropriate description, and even in that case it is probably less description than name. Still bemused. Tom Conroy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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198271 | Scott Stager <stagers@m...> | 2009‑11‑25 | Re: Whatsit: Double team skiprope for gerbils? |
Reverse the position of the two vertical pieces (containing the string holders). That will put the string attachments on the outside which will tighten the strings considerably. jj Then, are there tiny groves in the bottoms of the pointy pieces. If so the strings placed in those would be really tight, and would be way down at the bottom and cut a piece of cheese all the way through to the cutting board. Pure speculation from mediocre photos. --Scott On Nov 13, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Thomas Conroy wrote: > Galoots: > >> ::This whatsit turned up in a bindery, but a query on Jeff >> >> ::Peachey's blog brought no recognition from bookbinders: >> :: >> ::http://jeffpeachey.wordpress.com/ > > To me, what seems most mysterious about it is that the blocks > holding the strings can't be fixed in place, and the strings are > slack. This is why I don't think it could actually have been used > for slicing anything, though it certainly looks like that. In fact, > I can't think of anything except a Hawaiian guitar where "slack- > string" would be appropriate description, and even in that case it > is probably less description than name. Still bemused. > > Tom Conroy > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > OldTools is a mailing list catering to the interests of hand tool > aficionados, both collectors and users, to discuss the history, usage, > value, location, availability, collectibility, and restoration of > traditional handtools, especially woodworking tools. > > To change your subscription options: > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools > > To read the FAQ: > http://swingleydev.com/archive/faq.html > > OldTools archive: http://swingleydev.com/archive/ > > OldTools@r... > http://ruckus.law.cornell.edu/mailman/listinfo/oldtools ------------------------------------------------- Scott Stager Columbia Missouri ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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