It may be a sounding rod, used to measure fuel in tanks. Red paint usually means fuel. I'd expect it to be non-sparking brass. The...
Some sort of squeezifier, no doubt. Lots of things needed this procedure, mostly edible items. I'd try smelling it.
Check for a maker's mark. Generally found on the inner (concave) part of the blade on this tool, but not always. There may also be a railroad...
This isn't much better than a guess, but I do recall seeing a wooden machine for rifling gun barrels. It was fairly complicated and had sliding...
I've learned a little more about this thing. I believe it is Samuel H. Flagg's 1874 patent for a 'stock-twister for hair-switches.' Patent...
I'm leaning towards a newer origin myself. The interior isn't slick enough for a pharmaceutical application. That said, mortars are used in...
No doubt the table shows mortar-wear too...
Looks like the bottom might have table-wear....
I'd look for use-wear next. Interior bottom of mortar, business end of pestle and shaft of pestle where it meets the rim of the mortar. Of...
I've never seen any, but guys that used to work in steel mills and such have told me about wearing wooden shoes or clogs of some sort in high heat...
When I saw the original post, I expected a boat.
If the tripod thing is a 'Ridgid Tri-stand,' it could be worth well over $100, depending on the model.
You have an older automobile 'tow bar.' The chains would secure the flat ends to the bumper or axle of the vehicle to be towed. The socket end...
They may well be stainless steel but it is possible to get tool steel this shiny fairly easily. I did it while learning about media blasting....
My first thought was 'Why bother?' Around here these are on the Don't Buy list. Church basements are full of them and they don't move in the...
Although I'm a little unclear about how it works, (I don't see how the spool comes into play, and is it removable?) I'd say anundverkaufen has...
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