tdriack Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Hi everyone - this item has been in the parent's garage since I was a child. I know it isn't necessarily a blacksmith item, but can any of you gentlemen identify it's use??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olfart Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Looks similar to some T-post pullers I've seen except for the loop. Might still work for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 It looks like it could be a post puller to me as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranchmanben Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Looks like you could pull wooden posts with it. On second glance, it doesn't look very big judging by your hand on the handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Goat milking stanchion? Not a lot of history of the Spanish Inquisition around Ithaca so my other guess is probably way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 The bottle opener from the Jolly Green Giant's den remodel. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I ran a fast page thorough the 1897 Sears catalog and didn't see anything like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Before there was plastic "well pipe", galvanized steel pipe was commonly used, in wells up to about 100' deep. Part of the mechanism that was used to raise and lower those lengths of steel pipe, looked a lot like the pictured device. There would have also been a pair of "dogs", or clamps, that worked in conjunction with the "jack". But, that's just a guess, ... don't bet your lunch money on it's veracity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Looks like it was for lifting and aligning the end of a horizontal axle, pole or pipe. Something that required fairy precise levelling given the pinch bolt adjustment for start and stop. It only provides a couple of inches of lift. Could it be a basic tap control for irrigation? Lift the pipe and tie the lever handle to pipe for off, untie and let pipe down for on? Rather than lifting the ring could it be for pushing the base plate down? The ring would have to be horizontal to the ground to be a post puller, and the inverted U legs of the stand would indicate the end of a horizontal item being lifted could poke through... An axle jack?... but you could not get it off after you put the wheel on. Lifting mill stone spindles? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heelerau Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Looks like a puller for treated pine posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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