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I had a need to sharpen some milling cutters I don't have a tool grinder for milling tools so this is the MK 1 tudedude milling tool sharpener.
So far very pleased with the results :-)
I took my pencil sharpener in another room where light is brighter and arranged another setting...
Edited in Lightroom with Kim's preset "organic"
Founded in 1884 in Dayton, Ohio NCR became a leader in manufacturing cash registers and was the first company to make electronic cash registers.In the 1950’s, NCR began to make computers. The company contiued to operate from Dayton until 2009. These pencil sharpeners were reproduction cash registers made as corporate gifts.
Philips and orange, need I say more?
Because I could. I know many words.The best words. Like short and sweet.
at the Foley Saw Sharpener--1980. Ralph operated Ralph's Cafe on west Main in Cushing, Oklahoma from 1951 to 1971. After closing the cafe, he used the building for his saw sharpening business. He was 77 years old when this photo was made.
[group] Tits and chickadees | [order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Paridae | [latin] Parus major | [UK] Great Tit | [FR] Mesange charbonniere | [DE] Kohlmeise | [ES] Carbonero Comun | [NL] Koolmees | [IRL] Meantán mór
spanwidth min.: 22 cm
spanwidth max.: 25 cm
size min.: 13 cm
size max.: 15 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 13 days
incubation max.: 14 days
fledging min.: 18 days
fledging max.: 14 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 8
eggs max.: 10
Ox-eye, Teacher Bird, Saw Sharpener, Black-headed Tomtit
One of Ireland's top-20 most widespread garden birds.
Status: Resident
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: The largest of the tit family. Striking black head with large white cheek patches and black band running down the centre of a bright yellow breast. Back yellowish- green, wings and tail silvery blue. In flight, white outer tail feathers show. When perched, a distinct white wingbar shows. Bill is pointed but stout, legs bluish-grey.
Similar Species: Blue Tit, Coal Tit.
Call: Typical song a loud, full "teacher, teacher" and many other variations. Call a scolding sound or a quiet, repeated " tew, tew tew".
Diet: Mainly insects, seeds and nuts. Will use peanut feeders and take scraps on bird tables.
Breeding: Breeds throughout Ireland - prefers broad-leaved woodland, but also in farmland, parks and gardens. Nests in cavity in tree or wall. Often choosing unusual site such as a pipe or letterbox. Readily uses nestboxes.
Wintering: Widespread.
Where to See: Common and widespread throughout Ireland.
Physical characteristics
Large tit, with quite long and broad tail, quite heavy and spiky bill, and rather large domed head. Body and tail like Sylvia warbler. Plumage basically blue-green above and yellow below, white-cheeked black head, black central stripe on underbody, and white wing-bar and tail edges. Sexes closely similar, some seasonal vareation.
Habitat
Breeds in west Palearctic from higher to lower middle latitudes, continental and oceanic, in coolest and warmest forest zones, from subarctic to Mediterranean, and marginally in steppe and semi-desert. Extralimitally in Asia extends deep into tropics. Able to ascend mountains to treeline exceptionally 1900 m. But is much more a lowland species, disliking pure coniferous forest, and preferring mixed types and preferring mixed types and more open or even fragmented and scattered tree cover may be less important than structure and density of undergrowth.
Other details
Parus major is a widespread resident across most of Europe, which accounts for less than half of its global range. Its European breeding population is extremely large (>46,000,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were declines in a handful of countries during 1990-2000, populations were stable across the vast majority of Europe, and the species remained stable overall.
Feeding
Wide variety of insects, especially Lepidoptera and Coleptera, also spiders. Significant amount of seeds and fruit in winter. In winter, forages in wide variety of sites but mainly below 6-7 m. In spring, feeding height generally rises suddenly to above 9 m when feeding on caterpillars. In winter, takes insects from bark, twigs, walls, and leaf litter, and may move nearer to human habitation to feed at bird-tables, etc.
Conservation
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence 30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. [conservation status from birdlife.org]
Breeding
Laying begins April over most of west Palerctic, March-April in lowland areas in south, May in north. Nest is built in tree-hole or, if not available, in wall or other man-made structure of any kind. Nest consists of a foundation mainly of moss, often with some dry grass or other vegetable matter, thickly lined with hair, wool, and often feathers. Clutch is 3-18 eggs which are Incubated for 12-15 days, by female alone.
Migration
Resident over much of southern and central part of range and irregular eruptive migrant from northern areas, sometimes moving in huge numbers. Altitudinal migrant from some of highest breeding areas.
Iduna von Idea! Made by Idea G.m.b.H., Leipzig. Alfred R. Wepf collection, Villa Müslischreck, Switzerland.
Produced ca. 1921 - ca. 1963 (source: www.spitzmaschine.de/maschinen/idea/iduna.html)
Pencil sharpener. Made in Spain by Play-Me, ca. 1970s.
See pencilsharpener.net/contents/en-us/d83_pencil_sharpener_p... for all models.
Pencil sharpener. Made in Spain by Play-Me, ca. 1970s.
The Alfred R. Wepf collection
See pencilsharpener.net/contents/en-us/d83_pencil_sharpener_p... for all models.
Tesla Turbine Pencil Sharpener
This looks like a CD case, but it is actually the world's simplest turbine!
Two CD discs and four magnets form the rotor inside this CD jewel-case Tesla turbine. There is no shaft or bearings. It is a magnetic drive.
Compressed air enters the hose and nozzle seen here, spirals around inside the case between the discs, and exits out the centre exhaust hole.
See the movie at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xabkw_KiLGg
A pencil sharpener: industrial design, writ small.
northern Virginia.
17 November 2015.
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A now abandoned oil fields office near Abilene, Texas which was operated from approximately 1964-2002. What a find! Someone had already kicked-in the door, but when I entered, it felt like time had stood still. Whomever managed this office left it 'as is', and it seems as though it hasn't been touched since then.
The strangest part about shooting photos of the one-room building is how most of the items or operations conducted there could now be completed with the one device I held in my hand! My Iphone.
I could take the photos, make phone calls, log stats into a database, store files, keep a contact list and probably transmit data back to headquarters wirelessly. It's truly amazing how things have changed.
Visually, I was impressed with the amount of paper that was used, how everything was handwritten, and how difficult most of that office work would be for us, if we had to work without our computers and mobile devices.
It also amazed me that no one ever removed the items in the office for storage. An oilfields museum should grab this stuff because it would make for one amazing exhibit.
Enjoy the photos!
I did this old pencil sharpener a real disservice by trying to clean it up using Comet cleanser! It made it look much worse!
The pencil sharpener came from Scrantoms Book and Stationary store that went out of business in the early '80's here in Rochester. There was no "W Germany" after 1990....so you can take it from there.
Anybody know what a small hand sharpener would go for these days? I have no idea why I left the price tag on for over 25 years.
Iduna von Idea! Made by Idea G.m.b.H., Leipzig. Alfred R. Wepf collection, Villa Müslischreck, Switzerland.
Produced ca. 1921 - ca. 1963 (source: www.spitzmaschine.de/maschinen/idea/iduna.html)
This portable lightweight scissors sharpener T0801C features a ceramic whetstone piece set in plastic. The tiny tool is designed specifically for the user to sharpen the two blades simultaneously, a process that's safe and controlled due to its design. It restores scissors to a precise cutting edge and is great to travel, take to classes, offices and workshops ,keep your scissors sharp and accurate. Helps realign existing edge, removes burrs, and can be adapted for right- or left-handed use.
Product Features
•Compact and lightweight
•Quickly sharpens blades to precise cutting edge
•Sharpening rods reshape worn blade edges
•Tuning rods smooth inside of blades for effortless cutting
•Safe and easy to use for both left and right handed scissors
Sharpening instruction
1.Hold the thumb and forefinger to the textured tab by one hand and insert a pair of scissors through the offset slots by another hand.
2.Draw the scissors back in a cutting action with gentle pressure.
3.The tool's sharpening rods reshape worn blade edges, while its tuning rods smooth the inside of the blades for effortless cutting.
4.Test blade sharpness on a piece of fabric, and repeat the sharpening process if necessary.
Specially in north-east Asian countries; knife sharpening is still a career for some. There are few who roam around sharpening knifes at different localities and earning their lively hood; in India. This guy has managed to place himself near one of the busiest places in Bangalore; Bamboo Baazar; just in front of Russell market.
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Venue : Bamboo Bazaar, Bangalore [ Bengaluru], Karnataka, India
Lens : Canon EF 50mm F1.8 II
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