WHAT IS IT? Mystery Tools #98 a & b Ques & Answers tubalcain mrpete

[@sluggo2014]

I like the new format. I like the old format. I like the rants. Never apologize when you're right. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@mrpete222]

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[@jamesspinks716]

Someone needs a hug?

[@shawnbenson979]

100% agreed all of your comment!

[@randyfrieler5524]

Like the new format, nothing hateful in your rants, in my opinion. Just old-school common sense. Keep em coming.

[@lowcashranch1412]

I'm 50 years old and I was never shown that pressure demonstration. Thank you for filling in the holes of my education! I have been a subscriber for at least 10 years and am so happy you don't do this for the money.

[@stime6472]

I'm 60 and I have never seen one either.

[@dannyl2598]

Love the bonus rants!

[@hogtwentysixjdh]

Absolutely, a few more would be helpful !!!

[@madmodder123]

Please keep this series going, we love it

[@beaverc2884]

I rarely post comments, but I have watched almost every episode of your what is it and the answers. I have this obsession with finding and using older tools, I have a nice collection of tools and get a lot of joy using them all thanks to you, I wish I lived closer to you. Rants, I wouldn't call them Rants. You're just speaking the truth. Take care of yourself, so those of us that truly watch your channel religiously can enjoy many many more videos. 😊 Thank you I like both fomats, the other format had me waiting for the answers like a kid waiting to open my presents on my birthday. 😊😊 Thank you again.

[@TomLow-gf8pb]

I like the new format! I don’t remember the vacuum demonstration in school, I am 79yrs. Thanks for what you are doing. Sincerely, Tom.

[@jaybailey3518]

I enjoy every minute of your content...and I rant right along with you !!!

[@mrpete222]

I appreciate that

[@bobb.4807]

Keep the rants going Mr. Pete , love the new format !

[@larry400]

Like the new format of the “What is it?” Rant away on topics like that, the world needs to hear it.

[@roberthoffman7130]

Yes Sir, the new format is a hit for me. Sometimes to much time passes before I get back for the answer video....keep it up Pete

[@alangknowles]

Nice to have answers together with questions.

[@derekmills1080]

Mr. Pete, I’m being a little unfair being a retired physicist. Number two is/are the two halves of Magdeburg hemispheres. Created by Otto Von Guericke to demonstrate atmospheric pressure. In the middle of the 17th century, much larger hemispheres were sealed with grease and attached to a vacuum pump. Apparently horses couldn’t pull them apart, hence showing the pressure of the atmosphere keeping them together. I have a similar set in my vast collection of interesting items (called ‘junk’ by my younger brother) and used to attach one half to a beam on the ceiling and had a ‘volunteer’ on the other end. Much to the amusement of pupils, the two halves couldn’t be separated. 👍🇬🇧👍🇺🇸👍

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for your comment. When I made this video, I actually was considering tying 1/2 to the ceiling and filming it. But my basement is too shallow. Good to hear from a science teacher

[@derekmills1080]

@@mrpete222 Thank you for your kind comments. 👍

[@Maker-G]

I think it’s a good idea, always enjoyable to see odd tools. If you had items you found trouble identifying you could always throw them in the following tool Q&A. Thanks for all you do!

[@willsheffield2000]

Don't despair, Mr. Pete!!! We NEED you!!! Sanity is in short supply nowadays! I like any format, I find all of'm entertaining!

[@mrpete222]

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[@danielj.schneider5162]

I like this format! I have a Proto carbon scraper just like that and it works well, especially if you can soak the carbon with some Berryman B-12 Chemtool first. I don't recall seeing No. 2 demonstrated when I was in school, but we did have a lot of good science when I was in school. I'm about 30 years behind you, but I agree that the state of education is shameful today. It simply amazes me how unprepared to confront the world our youngsters are lately. Keep up the good work!

[@ekkef70]

Please continue! There are so many people who make a second video for the solution. I love that I can decide for myself how long I want to think about these great puzzles. And by the way, it improves my English skills. Thank you so much from germany!

[@mrpete222]

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[@frankdoner8402]

You are definitely a success Mr Pete .Marvelous simply marvelous .Thank you 😊 .

[@MissouriOldTimer]

I am in complete agreement with you on the schools allowing cell phones in school. Here they no longer have "shop" or home economics classes, I don't know if they even still teach Roman numerals, although I am not too sure that part is very applicable these days. There are so many more rants I could go on about so many so called modern advancements.

[@mrpete222]

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[@rdrnnrmike]

I like the new format. I would often miss part b of the original formant. Spot on with your rants…I often share the same opinion and feelings. Please don’t give up.

[@mrpete222]

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[@johnquinn3899]

Like the new format. Always interested in learning “new” topics. John

[@mrpete222]

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[@stevel.2458]

Absolutely like the new format! And rant away, you are usually 100% right on!

[@jimfiles3307]

Good morning Lyle, I like this format better because sometimes I don’t get back to see the follow up video. Your corn video reminded me of a roadside corn picking venture my brother did. He brought back some beautiful long ears and we boiled it for dinner. One bite in and it was the TOUGHEST corn ever. We learned later that farmers usually plant 6-8 outside rows of FEED CORN to discourage thieves from getting to the prized crop. It sure worked.

[@roberthoug7864]

They are killing you my friend Carnivore is the only way to live if you want to live long without going to a nursing home. eagle

[@2jz4me25]

Lol, omg. Your rants are the best!!😅 A compilation of all your rants would be priceless. 😂

[@mrpete222]

Yes, I should do a compilation video, lol.

[@JamesOsborneJr]

That's what I like about you, you tell it like it is and don't hold nothing back. No one has to wonder what you think about a something , and I like that. Reminds me of my grandfather. 👍 And I do like the new format , I like getting the answers now. Keep it up , I'll be watching.

[@mrpete222]

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[@Aussiblue]

The Mystery Tools videos are my favourite videos of yours and I prefer the old two part format.

[@raydavis1612]

As someone in your age category raised by a shop teacher, I always enjoy your tool videos and own some pretty unusual items myself. Thanks.

[@mrpete222]

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[@1musicsearcher]

This version works for me. I especially like the extra rants.

[@bocody]

I like the new format and the rant was a classic and spot on correct. I’ve never seen the vacuum sphere before. Keep doing what you’re doing 😊

[@jayminor9757]

Works for me Mr. Pete. Along with your rants, wth which I totally agree, I like the new format. Nice to know that there is some good old common sense and decency out there.

[@theseldomseenkid6251]

Love the: What is it series. Bonus Grandkids story and a rant !!! YES !!!

[@emerycreek8016]

I love the magdeburg hemispheres! I don't think I've seen them before. So much can be learned from items like that.

[@garychaiken808]

I recall in my science class the teacher demonstrated #2 to show the power of a vacuum. And #3 looks like it would sharpen a wooden dowel or taper it towards a point. Great job Mr Pete. Thank you 😊

[@mrpete222]

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[@cnettrouer]

I definitely like the new format with question & answers bundled together.

[@MrShobar]

1. Rust scraper. 2. Demonstrates atmospheric pressure ("Magdeburg spheres") 3. deburrs rods and tubes. 4. for successful pollination (I'm not an agronomist).

[@charlesthomas1142]

Love the all-in-one show and tell format, love the series. I always learn something. Thanks!

[@ironwrx]

Hi. As a devout toolaholic, I love your “What is it?” Series. You will not be surprised to learn that here in Southeastern Vermont, that the Magdeburg air pressure demonstrator settled out of the curriculum, (like sediment settles in the bowl of a carburetor), and I’ve never heard of one before. Maybe they taught about it, but I was too busy looking at my girlfriend!!😂

[@mrpete222]

Lol

[@robertbjorklund1924]

You tell 'em Lyle! I still have my dad's proto carbon scraper and still use it.

[@fernanjs]

Love the new format Mr Pete! I was recently recommending your old machine shop tips series to a friend. So much great information in those videos. However, the first 100 or so videos are somewhat more grainy and blurry than i remember. It would be amazing to re-do those videos with current video quality. Those basics are an important foundation for every good machinist

[@mrpete222]

Yes, the cameras were not that good 18 years ago. Maybe I should redo some of those

[@tractor6574]

It was cool watching the vacuum demo. I also like when you give the answer later in video. I sometimes miss the answer video and have to search for them days later. A nice 15 min class, very nice format. I am looking forward to your next one. Maybe you can show how some of these tools are used.

[@Rick_Bagnall]

The vacuum sphere was very interesting. I'd always read about them, but never seen one demonstrated in real life. The drawing you showed with the horses is one I've seen in every book on the subject I've ever read. Well done!

[@mikewater1958]

I enjoyed this video! Keep this series up with the questions and answers in one video.

[@jasonsummerfield1407]

Thank you for the new format! Many times, I missed one half of the what is it videos. Please keep up the great content!

[@mrpete222]

More to come!

[@DuaneRoof]

I like this format too, I hated to wait so long for the answers

[@WeberSarge]

I always enjoy this series, and seriously wish more people would pay attention to this type of educational videos, versus the intelligence-eating click bait on every social media platform. Btw, I graduated in 1983, and had never seen the atmospheric pressure tool you showed on this video.. Pretty interesting if you ask me. Today's youth is really missing out and it shows in our society - try getting new people to work in any of the trades and actually stay.

[@mrpete222]

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[@marcpeters2211]

First time I knew all three items. I did not know about the corn field. Interesting format even though I did not mind the old format, having to wait and read the comments was always entertaining and often enlightening.

[@marionstorm9004]

Again, I watched all the way to the end! I only knew the spoke "sharpener", but had a general idea that the corn stalks had to do with seed production. I was never allowed to work de-tasslling corn, as I had to drive a tractor on the family farm raising crops. PLease take this in the humorous manner it is intended, but you did prove with the Magdeburg hemispheres that you can suck much more than you give yourself credit for. You weren't able to pulll the spheres apart! Love your channel Mr. Pete. Please keep them coming!

[@mrpete222]

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[@ckvasnic1]

I enjoy and watch all of your videos…. Thank you for sharing your time and many talents! All the best. Chuck

[@pyromedichd1]

I think this format is better for busy people who may not always be able to get back in a week to see the answers and may have even forgotten about the questions by then. I have one of the carbon scrapers which I occasionally use. Mine is either Sanp-On or Mac Tools. I found it works good when cleaning parts of my wood stove. I've never seen the Magdeberg hemisphere, thanks for demonstrating. I agree on the no phones in schools. I too went 18 years without calling my parents, in fact back then you didn't want anyone to call your parents because if they did you were in big trouble.

[@gt69440]

I like the new format (also liked the old) and the Magdeburg hemisphere is one of the coolest things I have ever seen, and now I need to go buy one.... Thank you for all the great videos.

[@mrpete222]

Cool, thanks!

[@melkel2010]

#3 I knew as a spoke shaver; yes I watch Engels! #2 Going on your hint about school, which I didn't finish, I thought it was some kind of a bell from science class, of course. Not the kind of bell you ring. But I got my lessons from babysitting, when kids get their whole faces stuck in a drinking glass and you gotta slip a drinking straw by their cheek to break the suction. Then don't give them glasses that can cover both their nose and mouth at the same time because it's a suffocation hazard. #1 I had to wait for the answer, also. I was thinking it was a paint scraper that didn't really work. When you said carbon scraper and never saw anyone acutally using it, I laughed. It's a must-have shop wall decoration! I love these, wish the notifications showed your channel up more frequently. It makes me think of all the puzzling trinkets that get dug up in archaeology, and no one can guess what it is, and even if anyone guesses right you'll never know because there's no one who knows that's around anymore to tell you! I had a half dome of this solid heavy glass round given to me by my aunt as a wedding gift amongst a bunch of cool stuff. For 5 years I couldn't figure out what it was, it had holes in it smaller than my pinky finger. I couldn't figure out if it was used to make rope or for macramae or straining something, or if it went to something. So one day I had the opportunity to ask her sister, and she told me you put it dome sidedeown over a large mouth vase and stick your cut flowers in the holes. It keeps them in arrangement. I tried it but it just didn't look good no matter what. Styles in flower arrange vases must have changed. Enjoyed this! Thank you!

[@mrpete222]

My mother had one of those things for holding flowers

[@WHATISIT5000]

One of my bosses told me " If it was easy, everyone would be doing it." I always thought that was a dumb answer. Love the videos and hope you will keep doing them.

[@mikeirwin9985]

I remember the Casco glue advert. Don't stop the rants , Ive enjoyed them all.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Lyle does not disappoint! Another great episode. Q and A both is fine.. I just love the What Is It no matter which way. I always watch the still images at the end..

[@dannyl2598]

I think #1 is a fin straightener for A/C coils. Well.... I was wrong about that. Thanks Mr Pete.

[@jimfiles3307]

You are correct that it looks very similar to the AC tool. I wonder if the AC tool was copied from this tool. The condenser comb had a sliding cover that would change the width of the comb to fit between the fins.

[@dannyl2598]

@@jimfiles3307 Thanks, maybe it sucked as a carbon scraper and someone said " it works pretty good for a fin straightener". Who knows.

[@bubbak5106]

Mr Pete , thank you for the brake . I appreciate it.

[@mikes1345]

I like the format. I dont remember seeing that vacuum demo thingy in the late 60's when in high school biology and chemistry. We read something covering that principle about the same time (6th grade) as they showed pictures showing how heating air caused a chambers to spin. But we never saw live devices demonstrating the theories. I learned most of my science from the public library and in my dads garage. Dad was a shop teacher who didnt mind me trying things as long as his safety rules were followed. His safety rules are now enforced on my grandkids in my shop.

[@bobearl7859]

That is Seed corn and they're removing the male row. They also detassel them

[@jerrypolk5909]

I have always liked your mystery tool videos. I also like the combined format because sometimes life gets in the way of my KZbin watching and I have missed the answer portion in the past. I also agree with you 100% about the state of the education system in the US. I have mentioned things that I was taught early in school to my great grand kids and they have no idea what I am talking about.

[@bobcoombs7924]

thanks the an important rank! always spot on. 👍

[@bobcoombs7924]

Dare I say, 'Patron'?

[@dannys1532]

I do enjoy the new format. Thanks as always Teacher!

[@moldering]

Very interesting! Thanks mr.Pete!

[@E-Glide]

Excellent, lyle. Rants included

[@ellieprice363]

I like this new format with all the mystery tools and wild rants thrown in for good measure. I thought the black bell thing might be an old grammar school bell that went raaaaahhhp to call us in from recess. How interesting to learn that it was a scientific teaching aid. Three of my grands went to Iowa for several summers to work in those big seed-corn fields. I didn’t fully understand what they did until I watched this video. Hot sweaty work in tall corn was hard but they had big hearty meals, places to sleep, were paid well and made good friends with other teenagers. One summer was enough for some but most enjoyed it enough to return all three years.

[@johncooper4637]

1. A scraper of some type. Never used one in engine work, we used a wire wheel on a grinder. We also used a hand knurler on the piston skirts if there was piston slap. 2. A chamber to demonstrate vacuum, but I did not have one in high school. We used a program from the Physical Sciences Study Committee for our physics class. We did the collapsing can trick in chemistry class. 3. A tool for making tapers on dowels. The shaft fits a brace and is adjustable for depth. 4. Seed corn. You are absolutely right about the lack of basic science knowledge today in spite of the STEM programs. I was a nerd in high school so I took physics, chemistry, algebra I and II, trig and solid geometry. Calculus was not available.

[@mrpete222]

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[@markthomas5316]

Thanks Lyle, I enjoy your videos and the rants. Also liked the format. Sometimes I miss the answers to the items. God bless.

[@mc_cpu]

I prefer this format. Maybe throw in an unknown item at the end, then follow up on the next episode from viewer comments.

[@mrpete222]

Good idea

[@johncrable3349]

Hi Mr Pete...I like the new formatt. As per other comments, I sometimes miss one or the other. Thanks again and as always, have a happy day 😊

[@PlumpyDelicioso]

Vac chamber was really interesting. 👍🏼 love the spoke pointer too

[@gordonjohnson405]

I left high-school for early college in 1988. I never saw a magdeburg sphere. In the 80's Mountain West school administrators got some half baked idea that it would be wise to cross-train teachers for subjects they were unqualified in. So the gym teacher became the math teacher with predictable results. The math teacher became the chemistry teacher. And unintentionally blew up the classroom by dropping a large 1" cube of sodium into a glass cylinder of water. No one lost an eye. But there were as many small contusions from flying glass as you might expect. Back then no one cared much.

[@mrpete222]

They had me teaching an art class and math. I was totally unqualified.

[@gordonjohnson405]

@mrpete222 Sounds like it was an opportunity to teach drafting, and call the result art. Went to the local steel business to have a simple shape made from 1/2" mild steel plate. It was 10 mins of work with a plasma cutter, or maybe 15 with a torch. I drafted the part on plain construction paper. 1:1 scale. Some 2" holes. Mostly straight lines and right angles. It would have earned a "C+" or maybe a "B" in shop class. And I would have done it by hand if I didn't know that their plasma cutter would be cheaper than the hole saws I would wear out in the job. They were fascinated. The oldest guy there was maybe 40. They'd never seen a hand-drafted spec sheet before, and passed it around the shop to show everyone. They said they knew it must be important if I'd taken so much time... I was dumbfounded. It was the foot of a support column for my garage, whose factory position was slightly out of place. Easy-peasy. That scrapped foot got the holes welded in and turned into a shim on the garage a few weeks later. I fear the tools, CAD in this case, have usurped the place once occupied by the minds supposed to direct them.

[@dannyl2598]

I love the vacuum chamber.

[@rogertaylor1589]

Amen on the phones. They weren't that big a problem in the shop classes, but the academic folks were pulling their hair out in 2005 my last year. The texting feature just began and test answers were flying over WIFI. Love the rants, love the series

[@Ervan-l9v]

You are obviously a teacher. Keep it up. Nothing like the science of things are being taught today. Everything is taken for granted without understanding the basic principals involved. Grandfather was a village blacksmith and I have all his tools including some which you have shown. Growing up I spent many hours with him in that shop while he repaired items for locals including wooden wagon wheels, steel rims. sled runners etc. "Lost arts". I have a great appreciation for the lost arts but appreciate the fact that it will never be repeated. Did you ever hear of Rabbit Hash, KY.

[@37yearsofanythingisenough39]

I for one have never heard of it, but would you post the recipe please?

[@mrpete222]

Did not

[@Ervan-l9v]

@@mrpete222 Actually Rabbit Hash is a small town South of Cincinnati, Ohio on the Ohio river. Originated in the 17th century and is still there today. Interesting history, check it out, will appeal to your since of history. Grandfather was the village blacksmith prior to the devastating flood of 1937.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

I also like the new format. Keep it up, I watch them all. Thank you for sharing.

[@keepcalmandfarmon5401]

I like the new format because I am a fan of instant answers...like I get from my smart phone.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@brianhostak3961]

Great format !! You are right about the young teachers.

[@richardrogers567]

Thank you Mr Pete.

[@mrpete222]

You are very welcome

[@TraitorVek]

12:30 - I used to love reading the American Comics back in the Seventies in England, UK. Especially the the Adverts whose Typeface hadn't changed from the Fifties or Forties! Same Adds for about 30 years.

[@mrpete222]

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[@bolensthe1]

I like all your videos. Well 99% of them. As far as the format goes on the what is it? I don't really care either. One works for me. Carbon scraper who would ever thought? I've had one of those for years and always wondered what it was. Look forward to the 618 series.

[@roylucas1027]

I like the new format. Please continue to go in 5his direction. As for the rant, keep em coming. Thank you.

[@tramtoby]

Love it all, information and rants.

[@TCB031]

I like this new format when you're able to do it.

[@dale1956ties]

Thanks for another interesting video. I only got 1/2 a point if that's eve possible. I knew the spoke pointer was for chamferring a dowel but didn't know it was for spokes. I've see bigger ones for putting the chamfer on fence rails. Please try to remember that you do have fans out here. If you keep makin' 'em, we'll keep watchin' 'em.

[@mrpete222]

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[@kevinkoepke8311]

3, dowel pointer, 4, De-taseling for seed corn. I had a physics teacher who wrote a bunch of formulas on the chalkboard but never had models to demonstrate. He later ran a Radio Shack at the mall. Thanks, Mr Pete!

[@mrpete222]

That is actually funny

[@rickhand8228]

I enjoyed this episode and I think this format might be better that separating the questions and answers by days. I have a few comments based on my personal experiences: The carbon scrapers worked pretty well. The sliding band can be used to leave the the tips very flexible so they conform to combustion chambers or slid forward to make it somewhat like a solid end scraper. I didn't take the physics or chemistry classes in high school and having a very, very low draft number, I didn't even try to go to college. I graduated in 1972 and went straight into the military. I am certain that I have never seen that demonstration but my fifth grade teacher spoke of using negative pressure for scientific experiments. I owned a dilapidated building that once was a blacksmith shop. It had been stripped of anything of value before I owned it but I had been in it a lot before that happened. Two brothers had owned it and not only were they blacksmiths and ferriers, they built wagons and at least repaired wheels, There was the tools you showed there as well a a band saw, jointer and table saw. The saw and jointer were built of mostly wood and were driven from one of the two line shafts. Regarding the seed corn field- I live in corn country too, about two and a half hours south of you!

[@mrpete222]

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[@ssboot5663]

THANKS for the videos and THANKS for the Infromation that only the creators get to see. WE have no idea what youtubers bet paid. NONE> no idea at all. I find it interesting. I really don't think it's a bad thing that people know. I myself worked for $26.50 a day custom harvesting in 1981. We milked cows until 2010(class b) so I know what it's like to work for nothing.

[@haroldadelman1130]

Rants are the best part, but I love the series. I can usually guess about 70 percent of them. But all enjoyable!

[@mrpete222]

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[@marvinpybus4599]

I like the new format ( I will admit that I am impatient). I was pleasantly surprised that you recently found one of my comments interesting enough to reply to, I know that you are a very busy man, and I thank you for the reply. Years ago I swapped a Marlin model 1895 in 45-70 for a butchered up 12 inch Atlas Craftsman lathe, which I later gave to my brother in law. He recently asked me if I wanted the lathe back ( heck yeah!). I plan to use the knowledge gained by watching your videos to restore the lathe, so at least one old lathe will be restored as a result of your videos. If anyone who reads the comments knows of an old machine that has been restored as a result of Lyle's videos, please let him know. I'm sure that he would be encouraged by knowing about it.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@test1961]

Very interesting video either format works but the what is it series is very interesting and I’d like you to keep doing them.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks, will do!

[@debike3077]

Really like the new format👍

[@rossstenner4402]

I like both formats & I have paused to give my answers, 3 is like the device Mr Engels uses on the spokes of wagon wheels so they will fit in the device which produces the round tenons to fit into the felloes. 4 the farmer is making gaps in the corn so Roger Thornhill [Carey Grant] can run away from the aeroplane .

[@mrpete222]

You mean the biplane

[@glennking8206]

Thank you, I enjoy the what is it and the rants!

[@preachintime-odbc-pcola5376]

My Dad was a farm worker in his youth. He would have loved your channel.

[@materialsguy2002]

I like the new format as well. That is a very nice Welch catalog, and yes I remember that image (originally a woodcut?) of the hemispheres as well.

[@pangroszek3498]

Scratcher to remove thick rust? A vacuum ball to demonstrate the phenomenon of vacuum and the force with which it interacts. A stake planer either cuts sharply like a pencil or to a specific size, i.e. diameter.

[@4speed3pedals]

The black sphere, we never had one in my grade school nor my high school. In high school, we had a chemistry lab that was equipped with Bunsen burners, black marble (or some kind of material) top tables with a sink in the center. Weather was talked about in other science classes and I never saw that sphere before. I was a freshman in 1962.

[@mrpete222]

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[@jimoffenbecher2040]

The table was talc...

[@727jetjumper]

DIdn't know any, might have seen #1 before... but we're here to learn. Thanks Mr. Pete.

[@frogandspanner]

2: Magdeburg Hemispheres

[@fixitmakeit]

enjoyed this, all of it! A couple of laugh out loud moments to add to viewing pleasure, and the analytics are interestingly .

[@mrpete222]

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[@JuddStiff]

I would rather see the two-part format for the "What Is It?" series. It keeps me coming back and adds a little 'mystery'.

[@mrpete222]

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