piglet_74 Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Does anyone know what this really is... It'll be an anvil horn for me but I have no idea what it was really for/called. I would like to find one for a friend. I found this at a yard sale for $5. Thanks in advance, Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 I've got one just like that; forgot where I bought it; but it was sold to me as a small blacksmith cone...I'm like you what was it in its first life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 It appears to be the top of a cone mandral, if the shank is square it would fit in the hardie hole of your anvil. What ever it was in it's former life for 5 bucks ya done good! You could use it in a vise if it doesn't fit your hardie hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted July 26, 2008 Share Posted July 26, 2008 Maybe it was a spool holder from a sewing factory. A lot of them got thread in on cone shaped hollow cardboard spools, maybe this was what they sat on. The round shank would fit into a holder at each sewing station. Just a guess, as I'm not sure either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironrosefarms Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 key keeper, that may be a very good guess. I have a sister in law who owns a very old commercial sewing machine that used the large cone shaped spools. More than once I have tried to con her out of the spool holder which looks very simular to the item pictured here. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 (edited) LOL, maybe I'm smarter than I think, or look. Come to think of it, I know of a long closed sewing factory near here. I know the renters of part of the building. Maybe I can get them to let me look at all the equipment in the basement. Edited July 27, 2008 by keykeeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Looks to be cast iron so I wouldn't be to keen on doing heavy or much cold forging on it. Cast iron cracks kinda easy. I have a cast iron bracelet mandrel that is about twice as thick that is used to shape round bangles. I use a rawhide mallet on it, never a steel hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piglet_74 Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 Thanks for all the responses. It'll give me some more things to google for. Good point about it being cast too. I was thinking I would use it mostly for opening up loops that I make to small or getting a radius without having to "free hand" over the side of the anvil (read as rr track ) Thanks, Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piglet_74 Posted July 27, 2008 Author Share Posted July 27, 2008 I took a wire brush to the shaft. The shaft screws into the inside of the cone. Stamped into the shaft was "warning, wear safety goggles". So I'm leaning toward some sort of driving tool or expanding tool. The end was slightly mushroomed when I got it. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Do a spark test to varify if cast iron or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Covington Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 It's most likely a mandrell for expanding exhaust pipe. Harber freight used to sell one similar to that. Travis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil shelton Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 i new here it is a muffler swege for thin wall pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 Morning Phil. Welcome aboard. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted July 28, 2008 Share Posted July 28, 2008 welcome aboard phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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