What is this? - Page 158

glatt · 06-02-2014, 08:33 AM

Zippy gets it.

It's a nail puller. I'm still trying to get it all cleaned up so it works well. I wonder if it worked well when it was new? I've never seen one like this before or even seen a reference to one.

The sliding handle is a hammer that drives the beak down into the wood around the nail head. Then as you pull back on the lever, there's some complex mechanical action going on that multiplies the grabbing power of the beak holding on to the nail head as you pull it out.

Only problem is 120 years of rust have made it a little sticky in operation. The ramming handle gets hung up on the shaft sometimes. I'm making progress though. Nothing moved at all when I started cleaning it up, but now everything that is supposed to move does move. PB Blaster is a good thing. I saw it at a roadside stand yesterday and it called to me.

glatt · 06-02-2014, 08:49 AM

And this is the patent.

The inventor sold it to Samuel Nafew, who had a company in NYC manufacturing cast iron stuff. I never even heard of this company, so they must not have been very long lived.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-02-2014, 12:21 PM

Cool find, where did you get it? It's a miracle it moves at all. My uncle used to soak rusty binding stuff in automatic transmission fluid, but these days any good penetrating oil should loosen it up. It will take time and patience, though. The patent drawings show how it works, which I couldn't fathom from looking at the picture.

Gravdigr · 06-02-2014, 04:05 PM

I ain't changing teams or nothing, but, I like Glatt's tool.

Sundae · 06-02-2014, 05:45 PM

Glatt is a torturer. That is not cool.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-02-2014, 09:12 PM

Not taking off metal is a good plan. When iron turns to rust the volume increases significantly which binds moving parts. If you can get the rust off with chemicals like Navel Jelly you'll do minimum additional damage.

zippyt · 06-02-2014, 11:04 PM

Glatt look at this
http://www.castironcollector.com/cleaning.php

glatt · 06-03-2014, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

Glatt look at this
http://www.castironcollector.com/cleaning.php

Very interesting. They talk about using molasses to clean rusty tools. So maybe that brown sticky stuff really was molasses?

I'm going to try some more oven cleaner, and then see if I can set up an electrolysis bath with stuff I have on hand.

It would be cool if I got it working and then set up a GIF of it in use.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-03-2014, 11:29 AM

More likely old cosmoline than molasses.

Gravdigr · 06-03-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

...cosmoline....

That's the word I was trying to think of.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-03-2014, 10:10 PM

That's because you're a manly man with a natural aversion to cosmo.

Big Sarge · 06-03-2014, 01:56 AM

I hope you will post a pic when you get it cleaned up

lumberjim · 06-11-2014, 02:30 AM

What is this?

No, really. What the Fuck is this?

It was very firm to the touch. Like poking a baby's head.

It's maybe eight or ten inches wide. We were out walking on the beach just now, and found it. I'm thinking some kind of jelly fish.... But it was so dense.

And no, I didn't flip it over. Because Fuck That.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2014, 04:16 AM

Sea life is not my bag but Google had this beached Cannonball Jelly. If it's firm to the touch it's probably very fond of you.

Carruthers · 06-17-2014, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

What is this?

No, really. What the Fuck is this?

It was very firm to the touch. Like poking a baby's head.

It's maybe eight or ten inches wide. We were out walking on the beach just now, and found it. I'm thinking some kind of jelly fish.... But it was so dense.

And no, I didn't flip it over. Because Fuck That.

This event made one of the national newspapers this morning.

I'm not sure if it's the same thing but thought you might like to have a look.

It was found down in Cornwall in SW England.

More pictures and text from a local newspaper here:

Barrel jellyfish still washing up on shoreline. Look at this River Fal monster

06-02-2014, 12:21 PM	#3
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06-02-2014, 05:45 PM	#5
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06-02-2014, 09:12 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Not taking off metal is a good plan. When iron turns to rust the volume increases significantly which binds moving parts. If you can get the rust off with chemicals like Navel Jelly you'll do minimum additional damage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-02-2014, 11:04 PM	#7
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Glatt look at this http://www.castironcollector.com/cleaning.php __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-02-2014, 08:33 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Zippy gets it. It's a nail puller. I'm still trying to get it all cleaned up so it works well. I wonder if it worked well when it was new? I've never seen one like this before or even seen a reference to one. The sliding handle is a hammer that drives the beak down into the wood around the nail head. Then as you pull back on the lever, there's some complex mechanical action going on that multiplies the grabbing power of the beak holding on to the nail head as you pull it out. Only problem is 120 years of rust have made it a little sticky in operation. The ramming handle gets hung up on the shaft sometimes. I'm making progress though. Nothing moved at all when I started cleaning it up, but now everything that is supposed to move does move. PB Blaster is a good thing. I saw it at a roadside stand yesterday and it called to me.

06-02-2014, 08:49 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	And this is the patent. The inventor sold it to Samuel Nafew, who had a company in NYC manufacturing cast iron stuff. I never even heard of this company, so they must not have been very long lived.

06-03-2014, 11:29 AM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	More likely old cosmoline than molasses. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-03-2014, 10:10 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That's because you're a manly man with a natural aversion to cosmo. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-03-2014, 01:56 AM	#12
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I hope you will post a pic when you get it cleaned up __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

06-11-2014, 02:30 AM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	What is this? No, really. What the Fuck is this? It was very firm to the touch. Like poking a baby's head. It's maybe eight or ten inches wide. We were out walking on the beach just now, and found it. I'm thinking some kind of jelly fish.... But it was so dense. And no, I didn't flip it over. Because Fuck That. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-11-2014, 04:16 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Sea life is not my bag but Google had this beached Cannonball Jelly. If it's firm to the touch it's probably very fond of you. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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