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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 13:51:42 GMT -5
Let's see who the real old goats are on the forum. If you know what this is, just answer "I Know". Then PM me your answer. I'll send the first old goat / old hen a box of slabs.
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Post by johnjsgems on Jul 19, 2012 14:38:42 GMT -5
Looks like a brick mason's tool for smoothing mortar between bricks.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 14:47:55 GMT -5
Well John, you got the tool part right. Just the wrong profession.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 15:05:18 GMT -5
Seems like we had one of those when I was a kid but I do not have a clue what it is though. I AM STILL AN OLD GOAT TOO. lol Jim
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 15:08:31 GMT -5
LOL, I have 3 of them Jim.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 19, 2012 15:08:58 GMT -5
I'm an old goat too but have no affinity for tools so haven't a clue what that is *L*....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 15:47:06 GMT -5
it's a whatzit that fits into the gizmo to start the thingamabob a-whirlin'
missin' the jimcrack that fits over the end of the whatzit tho
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Post by johnjsgems on Jul 19, 2012 15:55:19 GMT -5
If it's from your era Don maybe it is to clean out spoke holes in wooden wagon wheels.
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Post by deedolce on Jul 19, 2012 16:06:58 GMT -5
You whack dinosaurs with it.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 16:22:10 GMT -5
Well, at least I'm getting a good laugh out of the answers so far.
Hey John, not for spoke holes, but a few wagons were still around when that thing was first used.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 19, 2012 16:26:33 GMT -5
How about for chinking log houses? Jean
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Post by itsandbits on Jul 19, 2012 17:12:01 GMT -5
well, if it was offset a little further and the shaft was a little thicker, I would say it was clamped into a set of greased wooden blocks and a grindstone fitted on the round end. But seeing as it isn't, and it's not the hand crank for a tin lizzie all I can think is that it's a hook for retreiving things you dropped in the privey :<)
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 17:43:21 GMT -5
One answer is getting close, but I ain't saying which one. BWAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAaaaaaaaaaa.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jul 19, 2012 18:03:32 GMT -5
Okay, it's for when you're making a log cabin, and this helps you to line up the logs as you stack them? Wait a minute, how BIG is this tool? Looks to be about a 1/2" diameter? Jean
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 18:17:00 GMT -5
7/16" diameter X 7" long heat treated steel.
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 19, 2012 18:17:06 GMT -5
Is it an old-time wire stretcher?
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 18:19:25 GMT -5
Not even close. lol
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Post by grayfingers on Jul 19, 2012 18:42:54 GMT -5
It looks a little like a wood stove lid handle, but if it is, it's from before when they started putting springs on the handles.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 19, 2012 19:14:02 GMT -5
Nope. But I remember my uncle having a wood stove at the same time these things would have been in common use. I'll add that they're still used by people doing a certain job.
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Post by Thunder69 on Jul 19, 2012 19:59:07 GMT -5
a foot peg for lumberjacks ;D
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