Tool Talk
What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: bgarrett on May 21, 2012, 10:22:06 AM
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Its about the right size to clamp on a broom stick.
What is it?
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Looks like a beaker \ flask holder
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ditto...
Old,because it is not alumnium...
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Definitely a 50s or earlier Ring Stand clamp from a lab someplace.
You find the other half it is a handy third hand.
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Test tube holder
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It does appear pretty old and is in a configuation I've never seen. Is it steel?
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Best I recall from 50+ years ago it's a clamp for holding a water cooled condenser on a ring stand or grid. I was kind of asked to leave the chemistry lab under somewhat less than joyous circumstances involving sugar and potassium chloride. I do well recall a lot of screaming from the chem teacher and frequent use of the words last straw.
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They aren't really for holding anything in particular, they are kind of a general purpose clamp for holding whatever you want held on a stand or over a flame or such. Test tubes, flasks, (the ones for beakers have bigger fingers) distillation apparatus .....
It is surprising how hard it is to reach 90 proof....
*Cough*
>sugar and potassium chloride
Waste of perfecly good sugar, sugar is for fermenting...-P
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It is surprising how hard it is to reach 90 proof....
*Cough*
>sugar and potassium chloride
Waste of perfecly good sugar, sugar is for fermenting...-P
90 proof is the reason behind vacuum distillation Rusty. Walk in the park and no chance of scorching.
Not much need for sugar if you malt properly. Nobody watched grain, but a lot of eyes watched the sugar.
Sugar chloride is such a fine detonation system when mixed with battery acid that's been concentrated. All components are readily available too.