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Good deal Jr. Glad to hear things are looking up.

Tommy, I'll be heading to Sedalia Wed. morning too. Of course it is only about an hour drive for me. See you all there.

Jr. you're just lucky that thing didn't fit in the back of my Jeep. :D

Attached is a pic of the type of chain used with this type of tool. The links have to be rotated so that one link is lined up with the slot in the adjoining link to separate or to reconnect the chain. This type of tool could be slipped on one link and the link rotated and held while the adjoining link could be slipped out through the slot in the held link. This type of chain is common in old machinery, especially farm machinery.

Yeah it looks like a chain break or detacher for the old rectangular link machinery chain.

Here is an old picture of a hammer with a similar linkage.

I had saved this picture because I have a punch/shear unit identical to the one in the lower righthand part of the photo. Only other one I have seen.

Good to hear you guys are OK Stan. It woke me and the wife up this morning. I couldn't figure out what was going on with the house shaking and the dishes rattling.:confused:

The feet style indicate old English. The underside profile of the horn is indicative of a Mousehole anvil. Do the numbers on the side have punch marks between them?

Wouldn't that be "bare" feet? :p

Frosty, in picture 2 it looks like you could use a pedicure. ;)

Here is a copy of page from the Silver catalog. If you go to OWWM there is quite a bit of info on the Silver Manufacturing company.

There should be a diamond logo on the side with the name Trenton in it. Lots of times though these weren't stamped very deep or they get obliterated by hammer marks. Trenton also made anvils for other sellers and then would usually have the house brand stamped on them, sometimes over the original Trenton logo.

i dont see a NASH in there...

matter of fact i have no idea how rare mine is or when it was made, what i do know is there is virtually no wear on it at all and below the nash logo there is three numbers, 1 1 9 and no other markings of any kind. ive looked up and down that thing for a serial number. if somebody knows more about it id love to hear about it, NASH sounds english to me... great site and thanks for sharing!

Looks like a Trenton. The number on the left would be the weight. The number on the right with the A prefix would be the serial number.

According to AIA serial number A157314 would have been made in 1917. (I think that is what the number is, kinda hard to see a couple of the numbers.)

whats the dooberry to the left of it??? ...

I'm guessing that the outside ring was made of two pieces with a scroll forgewelded to one end of each piece and then the two outside pieces forgewelded together. So in other words each weld that you see is actually two welds. Or . . . I could be all wet.:)

I've been out that way a few times on vacation. Last June was the last time. We usually try to spend a day or two in Idaho Springs when we are out that way. Had a great buffalo burger there as well.

it was of course rhetorical, the beer never lasts long enough to get warm
(partial to Brown Ale BTW)

Glenn

If you remove the ends of those spools, they also make excellent bases for top heavy equipment. See the attached pic of my 20 inch bandsaw. There is also one in the background of the pic mounted to an old metal table frame as a workbench top to with my Beverly shear attached.

Here is another site with some info
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and a site with some info on the Missouri kiln

News Tribune

Welcome flatcreek

If any of you mid-MO folks are going to Pat's on New Year's Day tell him I said howdy and will see him in Sedalia in May.

Preston

I been meaning to tell you that I stopped by Sid Sudemier's last summer and he had a hydraulic shrinker identical to the one you got from me sitting outside among the power hammers on his parking lot. Of course it wasn't in as good a shape as yours.;)

Steve White - Thanks for the compliment.

I saw in the other thread where you have a friend in MO that has a gig collection. Whereabouts is he located. I would like to see his collection sometime. I also have quite a few old examples of forged gigs that I have collected over the years.

Bernie

(1 X 112) + 16 = 128 lbs.

Twelve hammers beating
Eleven punches punching
Ten lathes a-turning
Nine welders welding
Eight drills a-boring
Seven shears a-cutting
Six belts a-grinding
Fiiiiiiive tons of coal!!!!!!!!
Four scrolling jigs
Three swage blocks
Two pairs of tongs
An anvil that weighed more than me.