JA8025 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Anyone know?! Solid steel with a little brass. None of the local old timers or farmers we've asked seem to know what this is and one said it was not part of the original shop and was brought in stored there later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 JA: Does the "spindle" on the end appear to be intended to rotate and is there a drum inside the frame that looks like it was intended to rotate. It appears that the spindle and interior body are intended to adjust vertically. In any case, it looks like a beast and with a little modification could be a fine anvil stand if the height is right. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 They look to spin - husband thinks it may be an air-powered cylinder. Has inlets, outlets and a bleeder. It has packing like a hydraulic cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Hmmmm. Pics from different angles please? The other end, from the side and maybe one down from above so we can see how it goes together. Looks a little like a widget whisker washer from this angle but I could be wrong. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted September 6, 2020 Author Share Posted September 6, 2020 Sure thing, Frosty! I will get a few more when back at the shop tomorrow or tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 We LOVE pics you know. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 Here's some other pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 A pic of the top please. The ends appear to be bolted solid but the top looks interesting. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 At first I thought it was an old parts tumbler. I will go out on a limb and "guess" its an ancient shop made swage for expanding something and probably had interchangeable cone shaped mandrels of different sizes if that shaft goes in and out, not round and round. Have you seen any other cone shaped objects laying around? Scott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Is there any access port or door into the interior cylinder? If so, the idea of some sort of rotating tumbler has merit. If not, as Nodebt suggests, there may be an internal piston which moves the spindle in and out. The pipe fittings on the ends of the cylinder suggest introducing or exhausting compressed air or steam. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Frosty, which is the top?! haha Nodebt, not sure that it was something of the blacksmith's since it wasn't recognized by one of the family who worked in the shop in his youth. He said he wasn't sure what it was but that it wasn't there previously. Said his brother, who passed away and who's estate we bought, must have bought and stored it there after the shop closed. It is my understanding the blacksmith closed the shop in the 70s and sometime after that is when the owner of the estate bought or inherited it. Small town = lots of family relation and passing of property. George N.M., no access port or door that I have seen. I'll get you a few more pics tomorrow and wait for the next guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, JA8025 said: Frosty, which is the top?! haha The side you'd sit on. <SHEESH!> Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If you want to spend an interesting few days or weeks or months you could try disassembling it to see what's inside. "By hammer and hand all arts do stand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Sorry Frosty, hubby said he isn't standing it up again yet because it's too heavy Once he does, I'll get that other side pic for you! I need the 15 year old to get his work all done so he can partake in that endeavor, George N.M.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Make it a family affair and it'd be done already. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JA8025 Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Very true, Frosty! I need more hours in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I've wished for same but Mars is too cold and only gains us an hour. Then there are Mercury at 1,408 hours or Venus at 5,832 hours to the day but the cost of air conditioning would be a deal killer not to mention shipping. Maybe once we get orbital habitats we can adjust our days? Being planet bound is such a . . . <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 We've been working on increasing the length of the day on earth for *eons*. Perhaps we should have bought those second and third moons and sped up the process! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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