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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. ![](http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac274/jakesrocks/101E0635.jpg) 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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