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Thread: HELP...Identify this old tool???
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4th August 2006, 06:02 PM #1
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HELP...Identify this old tool???
On my recent trip to southern VIC, I happened across this tool. It had a tag on it which said "unidentified agricultural tool". But upon closer inspection I noticed the 2 "blade" type cutters along it's shaft and it seemed to me that it may be more of a woodworking tool than an agricultural tool.
My thoughts are that the 'yoke' on the end would fit around a post or mast maybe, and the cross piece appears to be a slide. The 2 blade type fittings would then cut or shape a piece of timber when the operator pulled on the handle....Sounds good to me
The gentleman in the shop sold me a lubbily 41/2 Stanley Bailey, English, so I told him about all these knowledgable gentlemen on this forum and that I may be able to help
I hope it isn't some great rare piece of history and the price multiplies
maybr I'll tell him after I buy it
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6th August 2006, 03:12 PM #2
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Ah well......I guess I'll assume no-one knows what it is:confused:
Not even some sarcastic guessing????
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6th August 2006, 03:19 PM #3
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sorry mate, took a look when you put it up but have no idea.
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6th August 2006, 03:35 PM #4
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Your pictures seem to me to show some red writing on the tool. Is this correct and if so what does the writing say?
At first glance I have no idea what the item is.Regards,
Ian.
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7th August 2006, 11:54 AM #5
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My sarcastic guess was that it is a sheep dipper and the adjustable cutter wing looking things was a depth gauge so as not to send the poor ewes nose under all the toxic chemicals.
Sorry couldn't see a great deal of detail around where the wood bolts into it, not that it would have helped to identify it anyway.
Very interesting piece. Good luck.
Mick.
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7th August 2006, 01:39 PM #6
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It's simple ...
It's a doohickey for a thingamebob
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7th August 2006, 02:11 PM #7
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I have no idea, but here are my thoughts.
The curved end looks to be 2 feet so I guess that is the base. This then means the horizontal bar becomes something that you can stand on?
The blade section may then be upside down, so it looks like a 'u' rather than an 'n'. The other end could then be a stop.
Cutting a tenon for fencing?
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7th August 2006, 03:25 PM #8
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Thanks for the replies, guys.
Originally Posted by Mirboo
The red markings along the shaft are actually a patent No.. This was to be my next move, to try and track it thru the patents office. It has 2 red letters on the 'blade' attachment which are H B. Sorry , I meant to put that in my first post, as this is what made me think it to be more wood work related, as I have an old 'gentlemans saw' which has the H B initials and a swan as the makers decal on the handle.
Stuart, I don't think the fork piece would be wide enough at the feet for any support and the horizontal bar is slightly convex, which it appears to be more for sliding the tool whilst the fork piece (which is braced around its outside) is the 'pivot' as one pulls the handle around.
It's getting me more intrigued now :confused:
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7th August 2006, 03:43 PM #9
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don't have any good sarcasm or ideas either.
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9th August 2006, 02:22 AM #10
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http://www.princetonimaging.com/libr...age=p1116.djvu has a 964 page listing of Knights American Mechanical dictionary. To view it you need the DJVu plugin and then a shirt load of patience to step through the 964 pages.
My guess is that it is a wheel/wain wright or coopers tool of some kind?
Cheers
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9th August 2006, 09:31 AM #11
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An Australian Company called Horwood-Bagshaw manufacture farm machinery, and I think they are fond of blue paint. It could be a tool or part of a header(combine- harvester,for the poms!) or something like that. Google the name !
Jack the Lad.
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