A Brass Candle Snuffer

At least, I think that's what it is.

the handle doesn't look quite right -- it appears to have been lopped off. I should come up with a nice way to terminate the handle.

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A Handle Tip

I found something that may do nicely. Here's a view of it.

It's a little, hollow, brass-plated steel cap of some sort. It was in a bin labelled "miscellaneous". I'll fill it with epoxy, bore it to accept the end of the handle rod and glue it on with CA adhesive. That should finish off the snuffer reasonably well.

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Here's the cap filled with epoxy.

(I can't get over how well I guesstimated the amount of epoxy to mix up; I got it exactly right. You'd think I knew what I was doing.)

I'll leave that to fully cure for a day or two, then it will be ready for boring and installation.

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And here it is all done.

Now I have to see if there's a candlestick in the house that needs a snuffer to go with it.

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A 0 - 100 Amp Simpson AC Ammeter

This meter  is much more compact than the one I showed earlier. Its bezel is 2 3/8" square; its round body in back would fit a 2 3/16" diameter panel opening.

Inside, the coil is nowhere near as substantial as that in the other meter.

The difference is huge. Presumably, this meter's designer knew what he was doing, but one has to wonder about that relatively light gauge winding's ability to sustain a high current reading without heating excessively.

Whatever. This meter can join its bigger brother.

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A Vermont American 5/8" Countersink

I like these single-flute countersinks, they don't 'chatter', but some of them can be poorly ground with inadequate or non-existent relief angle. This one appears to be beautifully made. Here's a good view of its business end.

I'll put this in the cabinet where I keep all my countersinks.

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A Cutler-Hammer No. 10316 H89A Pilot Relay

It's not entirely clear to me what this item is for. I think it may be for starting motors that don't employ an integral centrifugal switch for energizing/de-energizing the start winding.

This appears to be an item that's been long out of production. I think that Cutler-Hammer was acquired by Eaton at some point, but I can't seem to find the story of that.

In any event, I have sixteen of these. I'll stash them in my miscellaneous switches bin.

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An Edwards No. 725 Dixie Buzzer

This one was made in Canada. I doubt they're made here anymore.

Edwards and this style of buzzer are still with us. Not everything has gone solid-state and microprocessorized.

I'll stash this with some miscellaneous electrical gear. I could use it to give my house a doorbell, but I doubt that I'd care for the sound of it, and knocking still works, even in the event of a power outage.

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A 0 - 100 Amp AC/DC Ammeter

From my dad's days as a generator mechanic, no doubt. It was made in England. Major diameter at the bezel is 99.4mm. It would fit in a 93mm diameter panel opening.

The logo on the dial face says, "NEWAGE GROUP". Newage Group these days appears to be a clothing manufacturer.

On the rear of the meter's case is "HOBUT". Hobut looks more like it.

I opened it up just for the heck of it. Here's a view of the meter's innards.

The terminals and coil are quite substantial, as one would expect for a 100 Amp meter.

A date revealed itself when I took the casing off -- it's "1959/2".

I'll give the grimy casing a good scrub, and put this away with some other spare gauges I have.

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Five 7/16" Bore Pillow Block Bearings

They were made in Canada. Googling "F602C" got me nowhere.

7/16" is not a real common shaft diameter, so the likelihood of my finding a use for these is slim to nil.

Be that as it may, I'll stash them in my 7/16" diameters bin.

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An Orange Knob

Aside from being ugly, it's a pretty nice knob.

I'll stash it in the bin where I keep spare knobs and handles. If I ever find a use for it, I can refinish it to suit.

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A Boxed Set Of Six 12-24 Taps

Well, that should keep me in 12-24 taps for the rest of eternity.

12-24 is one of the more obscure inch threads; I hardly ever encounter it.

Anyway, this can go in the drawer where I keep my taps and dies.

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A Small, Rather Odd Doorknob

It's a bit smaller than a usual doorknob, and it's meant to go onto a threaded spindle. The thread appears to be 3/8"-20, which is an obscure UN thread that I've never encountered before. The setscrew is 14"-28.

This can go in my bin of spare door latch sets. Perhaps a use will suggest itself someday.

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