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Reminds me of a saw part. back of blade runs in groove and between the two dogs up front. Yep found a pic of a reciprocating meat saw. The link is a better match but the photo gives you some idea.

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I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly .. but I was wondering if Pearl Sutton ever figured out what those hanger things were?
 
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Cyndle Bradley wrote:I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly .. but I was wondering if Pearl Sutton ever figured out what those hanger things were?


Hi, welcome to Permies! If you keep reading the thread (I think we are at 40 pages in at this point!) most things have been identified farther along.
I have put at least two racks in here, one of which turned out to be for wineglasses  


And one of which ended up getting it's own thread here where it was identified:
This rack needs it's own thread

If neither of those is what you meant, PM me and I'll look harder.
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I had this thing turn up in a box lot and am scratching my head.
Considering where it came from, it could be woodworking related but there are no sharp blades on any part.
Any ideas?
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Ooh what a fun thing!
Does that say "K 5" on the handle?

Looks like the 'blade' is detatchable? If this is #5 maybe it comes in other sizes?

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I think it says either "HA" 5 or "KA" 5 on the handle. The long part can be removed from the handle and double layer metal section. The diamond shape seems to be how it locks into position.

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Total WAG (wild assed guess) - I wonder if it's a special tool in the upholstery industry?  Before furniture was all foam and plastic.

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With the shape and dull blades, we thought something for loom weaving but upholstery could also be possible. I'm fairly familiar with the basics so I know it's not entry level if it is for that.

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I feel the tool is from a set with interchangeable blades.

I feel it is for making grooves. An antique grooving plane.

If you had the set it might be for tongue and groove.

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I'm in the upholstery tool camp, and in the interchangeable tips camp.

Reminds me of stuff  I saw long ago (mid 1970s) when my uncle had an upholstery shop. I was too young to understand what the tools were for, and I may be wrong, he had things for packing stuffing into things and pulling the strings that were used to contain packing in layers. I'm guessing (and it's ONLY A GUESS!) that it's something in that genera.

If someone has time to research it from that point of view they might find it.

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Well, an industrially knowledgeable friend suggests: incomplete hand-held tufting tool.
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Is there any branding on it?
For example: https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ellison_Tufting_Machinery

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It does look like a good possibility. There are no other marks than the ones on the handle that I already posted.

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So there ought to be another part with a hook or needle on that actually went back and forth through the material. I'm interested in this since making wool rugs was a hobby of my great grandfather, and we had a rug in the playroom as small children with a teddy bear design he had made....
I couldn't find a tool that looked identical, but there is a fascinating talk about the history of tools for hand-tufting by Michale Heilman here. Some had hand cranks and some went back and forth with a sliding motion. But it could date from anywhere from 1900 to 1970s.

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I merged your stuff with the following thread. I hope that is okay by you.

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I found this at a 2nd hand shop and thought "how cool is that!!" with no idea what it is. It is bowl-shaped, but it is HEAVY and solid metal.  Could be very old. But a curiosity to me regardless!  Any thoughts?  Thanks!  --Tess

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Do you know what metal it is? Looks a bit like bronze...
 
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I hope someone can ID that for you.

My guess is that it might be a cast iron wheel stop.

It looks to me like something that was cut away from its original location.

My second guess it that is something custom made to fill a need.

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Eino Kenttä wrote:Do you know what metal it is? Looks a bit like bronze...



I am not completely sure. It appears to be that to me as well.  I can't seem to find it through google lens. Not that it is a great help in every search.  I think it is pretty cool.  If I find it is worth millions one day, I will buy up land, save as much of Mother Earth as I can and live the rest of my days in perfect peace among trees & mountains.  LOL

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Anne Miller wrote:I hope someone can ID that for you.

My guess is that it might be a cast iron wheel stop.

It looks to me like something that was cut away from its original location.

My second guess it that is something custom made to fill a need.



Thanks Anne!  I can't imagine it being an actual bowl, just b/c of the weight alone, but your thoughts do make sense.  I might try to do a search with those parameters.  --Tess

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Tess Misch,
I have merged your topic into this topic. I hope that helps.

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Nancy Reading wrote:Tess Misch,
I have merged your topic into this topic. I hope that helps.



Thank you!  I'm still trying to learn all the forums and the best forums for posts.  I'll get it eventually! LOL  --Tess

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Tess Misch wrote:Thank you!  I'm still trying to learn all the forums and the best forums for posts.  I'll get it eventually! LOL  --Tess


No worries - this is one of my favourite threads - so I remember it well!

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I'm inclined to think that this is an object that was made just because someone had an interesting bit of metal....It looks to me like the depressions are what formed it into a bowl shape, they aren't regular enough to have a specific purpose, but it has been cut into a round. Maybe an offcut hole from a larger object that someone wondered what they could do with, although I can't think what the larger object was. The surface makes me think that it was cast, so it could just have been someone playing with casting metals, made a nice round ingot, and then a nice bowl.

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It looks like the world’s most unsuccessful attempt at sinking a steelpan (the musical instrument commonly referred to as a “steel drum”).


My intuition inclines me to say it’s a piece from a large machine, maybe something that went on the end of an piston, and that the dimples were attachment points. But that doesn’t really make sense.

Edit to add later: comment below suggests bottom of a cylinder; yep, that seems likely to me as well.
 
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Tess Misch wrote:I found this at a 2nd hand shop and thought "how cool is that!!" with no idea what it is. It is bowl-shaped, but it is HEAVY and solid metal.  Could be very old. But a curiosity to me regardless!  Any thoughts?  Thanks!  --Tess



My guess: bottom of a gas cylinder such as oxygen or other high pressure gas. Correct shape, approximately the right thickness, etc. Has been flame cut from a larger object. Not sure what the round dimples are, but in the fourth picture they look like weld beads so may have been added later.  

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Tess Misch wrote:I found this at a 2nd hand shop and thought "how cool is that!!" with no idea what it is. It is bowl-shaped, but it is HEAVY and solid metal.  Could be very old. But a curiosity to me regardless!  Any thoughts?  Thanks!  --Tess



My guess: bottom of a gas cylinder such as oxygen or other high pressure gas. Correct shape, approximately the right thickness, etc. Has been flame cut from a larger object. Not sure what the round dimples are, but in the fourth picture they look like weld beads so may have been added later.  



I will second the end out of a pressure tank guess.  Likely the left over scrap from someone building an oil burning stove.

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I will second the end out of a pressure tank guess.  Likely the left over scrap from someone building an oil burning stove.



Or a bell. Seems to be a popular use for old cylinders. Tried searching for pictures of the bottoms, not many out there. Thinner tanks such as propane are convex and use a collar to stand upright. Thicker high pressure are sometimes concave for the same reason. Seems odd but still has the strength of a dome shape.

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reminds me of my pitch bowl.
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I liked the guess for the gas cylinder so I looked for a bell from a old gas cylinder:



https://www.instructables.com/Compressed-Gas-Cylinder-Temple-Bell/

That certainly gets my vote!

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