mrichard76 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 It's dated 1898. It's got me stumped.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Looks to be a type of shear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 That was my thought at first but there is no blade or bypass. It is blunt looks like some sort of clamp. The two cams operate at 90 degrees to each other, but are skewed at 45 degrees in another plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefarm39 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Perhaps some sort of swage? Any patent number on it that you might be able to run a search with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 random thought when you mentioned the cam's going different directions, could it maybe be used to clamp a plow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 No Patent numbers that I can see. The angles look like it could be used for plow points. Maybe to swage down the points??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Could it be a manual RR track switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Doesn't look like one to me. Also has some decorative refinements. Maybe it was part of a larger machine/tool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryLWatson Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I could be mistaken but I believe that to be a rebar cutter. Used to see ones like that on job sites when I worked construction (B.R.--before retirement). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 Can we a picture from other sides?---I mean just looking at me from the back I can pass for a handsome man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Hahaha! Will try to get some more pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 On the 4th picture you can see allot of hammer marks. Also you can see numbers on multiple parts in the other photos. Can't make out the text(patent?) and the date is not so clear either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kehler Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 My guess would also be for plow shares, I think to reset the geometry of the point and landside after reworking the share. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Whats with the 3 5 6 on different parts? a built in step guide? is there a 1 2 4 somewhere it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Don't see any other numbering on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 The 6 is plain as day in the center of the rotating part on the base plate, in the well enlarged photograph. the 3 is on the edge of the slide that is engaged to the rotating part with the 6. The (moving?) part below the rotating part mounted upright in the original photo has a number on it as well, but I cannot make it out. I would guess a 5. Very interesting piece there. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yes that is a 5 on the part actuated by the vertical cam. Seems to be a real mystery here! Really bugging me as to what this is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I will side with Jim Kehler, for plow shares - setting/shaping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Walley Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 unless im a complete idiot ive seen the modern version of that thing. I used to work in a sheet metal shop fabricating duct work and we had a gadget just like that on a smaller scale... much smaller. any way if it is the same thing its a metal brake. the piece with what appears to be a 6 on it on our machine adjuster the lower break plate for the thickness of metal and severity of brake, crank it down and it would act as a shear and as you loosen it you would get varying degrees of break. loosen the bolt in the slotted hole and make your adjustment and tighten it again, and the smaller piece that is contacted by the larger vertical handle is the "blade" that gets pressed down when you rotate the handle. bear in mind the one we had at the shop was MUCH smaller than that and MUCH newer, but looks like the twin to that puppy. with the size of that thing and the angle of the lower "break plate" it looks like the device what could have been used to cut the leaf springs for my 29 model A and even plow blades perhaps. ours was a quarter that size and could handle up to 7/16 galvanized plate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 It is a device for welding the landside to the plowshare.Patent number: 633921Filing date: Dec 15, 1898Issue date: Sep 26, 1899 I have a picture of the patent drawing, but don't know how to post pictures on here since all the "improvements" to the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Ok lets try this . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Good job, BT. I had faith in ya!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrichard76 Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Thanks BT! Still trying to envision exactly how this works though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 http://www.google.co...ved=0CDUQ6AEwAQ (Machine for welding and shaping plow shares) The written portion of the patent has clear directions on using this tool. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spurrit Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I could be mistaken but I believe that to be a rebar cutter. Used to see ones like that on job sites when I worked construction (B.R.--before retirement). That was my first thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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