What is this? - Page 122

BigV · 12-05-2011, 08:05 AM

Yeah, I know.

I see it answers the question nicely, but it is something of a thread ender. "Hey, look. Got it? Ok. Move on." meh. It was a creative idea. I was trying to continue the conversation.

infinite monkey · 12-05-2011, 08:07 AM

The threads! You're ruining them!

(This is an inside joke. My vet's old front desk lady...now long gone, had made a hand made sign: Keep your animals off the seats. The cushions! You're ruining them!)

glatt · 12-05-2011, 08:09 AM

What's this?

Lamplighter · 12-05-2011, 08:14 AM

A drill to bore holes in pipes ?

glatt · 12-05-2011, 08:20 AM

Yes! A chain drill. They are very beautiful and effective tools. You put the chain around the back of the pipe and slide it into the slot on the other side of the drill. Then when you use a brace to twist this thing, the threading in that central shaft pulls the bit slowly and steadily into the metal. It really makes drilling very easy and effective. With a chain drill like this, you can drill holes in metal by hand about as fast as with a modern electric drill.

glatt · 12-05-2011, 08:21 AM

This one might be more difficult.

What are these things?

Spexxvet · 12-05-2011, 08:26 AM

Early swimming flippers

infinite monkey · 12-05-2011, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spexxvet

Early swimming flippers

Ha!

Great minds, spexx, great minds.

Horse skis?

glatt · 12-05-2011, 08:38 AM

Are those like Huskies? Or Russkies?

Spexxvet · 12-05-2011, 08:39 AM

Gold bar "sleds"

Lamplighter · 12-05-2011, 08:41 AM

Trucks in mountainous areas carry "emergency drop chains" for icy roads and runaway trailers.

Are they some sort of "emergency drop skids" for railroad freight cars ?

infinite monkey · 12-05-2011, 08:43 AM

I'm not sure about all of it, but one of those things is a dollar bill.

(preens smugly)

glatt · 12-05-2011, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Trucks in mountainous areas carry "emergency drop chains" for icy roads and runaway trailers.

Are they some sort of "emergency drop skids" for railroad freight cars ?

You're really close. Close enough that I'd say you have it.

They are called skid shoes, and heavy wagons going down hills used them to slow the wagon and also keep the brakes from wearing out and the metal tires on the wheels getting a flat spot worn into them as the wagon skids down a hill.

These would hang by chains on the side of the wagons, and you would stick them under the wheels at the top of a hill, and just skid down the hill on them.

HungLikeJesus · 12-05-2011, 09:35 AM

It seems like it would be hard to steer. Maybe the roads were straighter then.

glatt · 12-05-2011, 09:41 AM

They might have only used them on the rear wheels.

12-05-2011, 08:05 AM	#1816
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yeah, I know. I see it answers the question nicely, but it is something of a thread ender. "Hey, look. Got it? Ok. Move on." meh. It was a creative idea. I was trying to continue the conversation. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

12-05-2011, 08:09 AM	#1818
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	What's this? Attached Images

12-05-2011, 08:21 AM	#1821
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This one might be more difficult. What are these things? Attached Images

12-05-2011, 08:26 AM	#1822
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Early swimming flippers __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-05-2011, 08:39 AM	#1825
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Gold bar "sleds" __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-05-2011, 08:07 AM	#1817
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	The threads! You're ruining them! (This is an inside joke. My vet's old front desk lady...now long gone, had made a hand made sign: Keep your animals off the seats. The cushions! You're ruining them!)

12-05-2011, 08:14 AM	#1819
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	A drill to bore holes in pipes ?

12-05-2011, 08:20 AM	#1820
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Yes! A chain drill. They are very beautiful and effective tools. You put the chain around the back of the pipe and slide it into the slot on the other side of the drill. Then when you use a brace to twist this thing, the threading in that central shaft pulls the bit slowly and steadily into the metal. It really makes drilling very easy and effective. With a chain drill like this, you can drill holes in metal by hand about as fast as with a modern electric drill.

12-05-2011, 08:38 AM	#1824
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Are those like Huskies? Or Russkies?

12-05-2011, 08:41 AM	#1826
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Trucks in mountainous areas carry "emergency drop chains" for icy roads and runaway trailers. Are they some sort of "emergency drop skids" for railroad freight cars ?

12-05-2011, 08:43 AM	#1827
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I'm not sure about all of it, but one of those things is a dollar bill. (preens smugly)

12-05-2011, 09:35 AM	#1829
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	It seems like it would be hard to steer. Maybe the roads were straighter then. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

12-05-2011, 09:41 AM	#1830
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They might have only used them on the rear wheels.

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