A Rabone No. 1176 Folding Carpenter's Rule

The firm of John Rabone & Sons is no longer with us. There's a bit of information on it here.

This rule is not in great condition -- it's a bit warped, and doesn't fully close properly.

I'll stash this in my spare tools drawer. I'm unlikely to ever use it.

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A 3 TPI, 5" Long Jigsaw Blade

I'm not even going to try this out. This is way more blade than a jigsaw was ever meant to power.

To the scrap metal bin with it.

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A Knife Blade For A Jigsaw

Something tells me that this was not one of the world's great innovations.

I doubt that it's very useful. I'll hang it up with my jigsaw blades. Perhaps a good application will come to mind some day.

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A Strombecker Razor Saw

The saw is pretty much a ruin.

Strombecker was a huge player in the slot car business way back in the '60s. They appear to be no longer with us. There's a brief history of the firm here.

I may as well toss this in my scrap metal bin -- its useful days are behind it.

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A Bicycle Inner Tube Repair Kit

Let's see what's inside.

The usual stuff, along with three automotive tubeless tire plugs. Hmmm.

I'll sort this out, and stash it with my tire repair things -- automotive with automotive; bicycle with bicycle.

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A Virgin Package Of Thirty Clear Push Pins

It's never been opened.

I guess I'll open it, and dump the pins into my little drawer of spare push pins. This will keep me in push pins for a long time.

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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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