What the hell is it?

[Old Man Roger]

 

[Old Man Roger]

It’s like Russian dolls mixed with funnels..lol

 

[The Cobbler]

for stuffing sausage casings?

 

[vwpieces]

With the lead solder its definitely 19th century food industry

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

It is a saw set.

 

[four.cycle]

it's a really really really long funnel.

 

[619DioFan]

My guess is for punching various size holes in gasket material or thin leather.

 

[Old Man Roger]

My guess is for punching various size holes in gasket material or thin leather.

Its made of pretty thin tin like material. I don't think it would cut.

 

[sick467]

It looks like they nest very nicely for storage...can they be reversed to make a long thin funnel? Very cool, whatever it is!

 

[RPH]

Powder horn for the guy that has different calibers.

 

[Copymutt]

Handmade set of funnels.

 

[LXCam]

I'm not sure but I bet Mrs. Tinman is damn happy Mr. Tinman has such the selection.

 

[oldmachinenut]

You beat me to it,
“ Does the tin-man have a sheet metal”

 

[Old Man Roger]

You guys are creative lol

 

[four.cycle]

I'm not sure but I bet Mrs. Tinman is damn happy Mr. Tinman has such the selection.

winner! winner! chicken dinner!

 

[oldmachinenut]

Roger, I meant no disrespect with my post, whatever it is it is very cool. I love finding things like this that someone made to solve a problem.
It kind of reminds me of the collapsible drinking cups that the cool kids in my scout trip had in their camping equipment back in the 60’s. Please let us know if you find out.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It kind of reminds me of the collapsible drinking cups that the cool kids in my scout trip had in their camping equipment back in the 60’s

You ain't the only one! I spent a good 15 minutes googling various combinations of collapsible and telescoping tin funnels. It smacks of military to me. WWI. Maybe even earlier. Hiking? Early automotive?

Btw, some of us old boy scouts still have them!

 

[tyyost]

Could they be a set of sprue cutters for sand casting? Example

 

[Wrench97]

Home made funnel kit

 

[4xdog]

If the segments had numbers or letters on them, they could be some sort of gauging tool. Those kinds of things have been used in lots of industries for years.

Say a diameter-checker in a marble factory, or if used the other way around, a wet-sand-slump-checker in a sandcastle factory. But with no grading indicators on the different pieces it makes one think they were intended to be used at one time.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Could they be a set of sprue cutters for sand casting? Example

I think you might have it.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Roger, I meant no disrespect with my post, whatever it is it is very cool. I love finding things like this that someone made to solve a problem.
It kind of reminds me of the collapsible drinking cups that the cool kids in my scout trip had in their camping equipment back in the 60’s. Please let us know if you find out.

I was not offended?

 

[Old Man Roger]

After some googling, Tyyost has it. Thank you sir I actually found the exact same kit , but it’s sold, so when I click on it I can’t find the page.

 

[RTM]

I was thinking "cutting sprue off the casting" when I first read Ty's post, didn't get to click through to see it's for sand cutting for a while. Nice jump.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Since we got that mystery solved, what the hell are these weird looking feeler gauges for?

 

[PoorUB]

Radius guage

 

[The Cobbler]

yup, radius gauges

 

[RTM]

Radius gauges come two ways, in a folding pack like yours, and in a pouch, like these Lufkin.

Lufkin General Catalog 12-B : Lufkin Rule Co. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

300 p., illus., 19.3 cm, trade catalog

archive.org

i used mine for a scale drawing last week

 

[Old Man Roger]

Aahhhh!