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What Is It? for 5/20/2012

Posted May 20, 2012 12:00 AM
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Re: What Is It? for 5/20/2012

05/20/2012 9:07 AM

Looks like a cherry pitter

http://www.etsy.com/listing/95146215/vintage-cherry-pitter-shabby-farmhouse?ref=sr_gallery_2&ga_includes%5B0%5D=tags&ga_search_query=hand+cherry+pitter&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=hand+cherry+pitter&ga_includes%5B%5D=tags&ga_view_type=gallery

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05/20/2012 10:48 AM

As a 6 year old, I was memorized by the kinematics and mechanics as I turned the crank.

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05/20/2012 11:18 AM

Did machinery really have consciousness back then?

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05/20/2012 2:44 PM

Well my other toy was a rock and a stick.

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05/21/2012 2:02 AM

Very good pock up, well done
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05/21/2012 5:40 AM

Agreed, or some other soft fruit.

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05/20/2012 11:51 AM

It's a device for reclaiming mercury.

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05/20/2012 6:47 PM

Early dentists spitoon.
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05/20/2012 8:42 PM

help for a one armed junky?

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05/20/2012 11:43 PM

A mechanical slicer
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05/21/2012 1:43 AM

It is an old Wine Dispenser!

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05/21/2012 1:44 AM

The Deerslayer's "bullet"-maker.
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05/21/2012 6:58 AM

Juice extractor

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05/21/2012 8:07 AM

A mechanical spittoon?

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05/21/2012 8:24 AM

A trap door Bed-Pan...LOL
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05/21/2012 12:03 PM

holy cr@p.......bris milôh has been automated?

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05/21/2012 10:21 PM

The guillotine used on the killer chicken. S.M.

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05/22/2012 3:55 AM

1930's Vasectomy appliance.

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05/22/2012 2:28 PM

Cherry Stoner

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05/28/2012 5:51 PM

Phoenix911 was the first to guess correctly - it's an antique cherry pitter.
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