Name that Thing~

[Neb]

Here's another one. Anybody know what this is? The top is stamped Made in USA 1917. Someone hubby knows on FB is trying to figure it out.
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Interesting question.

There may be a maker's mark just below the bottom left screw head. The resolution is too low to make sense of it. A double anchor?


So I have to choice between ....

Is that what it originally manufactured as

Or

Did someone repurpose something cool.

After some pondering I will go with....

An umbrella stand.


Ben

 

[LadyLocust]

Interesting question.

There may be a maker's mark just below the bottom left screw head. The resolution is too low to make sense of it. A double anchor?


So I have to choice between ....

Is that what it originally manufactured as

Or

Did someone repurpose something cool.

After some pondering I will go with....

An umbrella stand.


Ben

There was another pix, but now FB isn't letting him get to it. If he succeeds, I will share it. The center hole only went down about 4" (looked to me). I was even thinking plant stand. When I first saw it I thought of one of those meditation bells. Will see if he can find it.

 

[Caribou]

I want to guess they are window hardware.

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I am guessing related to a window latch.


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Could that be a half cleat to tie back curtains from a window?

Just guessing

Ben

Sorry, I don't remember the name. It looks like a piece off a smaller sailboat. I goes just above the chainplate to attach a stay with.

 

[Neb]

Sorry, I don't remember the name. It looks like a piece off a smaller sailboat. I goes just above the chainplate to attach a stay with.

Cleats ?

Ben

 

[Caribou]

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It is indeed a drumstick maker. You take your ground chicken, or whatever, and form your drumstick. You would have a box of dowels with one end sharpened, like a pencil. You shove the dowel through the hole at the end. When you open the mold the drumstick is then rolled inn bread or cracker crumbs. My grandparents used to sell them at their meat market. I remember Mom making these regularly.

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This was in a kitchen drawer at my older couple's house. Any ideas on what it is???

 

[Patchouli]

There was another pix, but now FB isn't letting him get to it. If he succeeds, I will share it. The center hole only went down about 4" (looked to me). I was even thinking plant stand. When I first saw it I thought of one of those meditation bells. Will see if he can find it.

a fondue pot?

 

[Caribou]

Cleats ?

Ben

Sorry. I believe the word I'm looking for is, deadeye. They are from the square rig days and are no longer used, having been replaced with turnbuckles.

 

[Peanut]

Received a gift today, just a few odds and ends. A friend was painting a house and bought an old machinists tool box from the new residents. It was left in the basement, a beautiful wooden box, a dozen thin drawers with all sorts of goodies left inside. He gave me a few items...

First, looks like a coin. Had a 1 on one side. There other side has a tiny swastika under an eagle. Guesses?

Second, I’ve seen similar tools but don’t know what its called. It’s a collapsing drill. Press down on the handle and the tip spins as the tool gets shorter. Unscrew the handle and there’s a selection of bits inside. They aren't regular drill bits, no point, blunt on the end like a router bit. I’ve seen screw drivers that worked like this but nothing so elaborate. I think it comes apart further but I want to know more about it first. Stamped on the shaft is "Yankee No 41, North Bros, Philly PA". anyone know what this thing is called?

 

[Patchouli]

1941, a swastika, an eagle? and does that say Deut...can't make out the rest of it....so I'm guessing a German coin and on looking online found:

GERMANY 10 REICHSPFENNIG 1941 COIN
am I playing the game correctly?

 

[Peanut]

1941, a swastika, an eagle? and does that say Deut...can't make out the rest of it....so I'm guessing a German coin and on looking online found:
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GERMANY 10 REICHSPFENNIG 1941 COIN
am I playing the game correctly?

thanks... went looking with your info..

My coin is a 1 Reichspfennig w/1941 as the date, can barely make out the 4.

 

[Patchouli]

@Peanut I can see the 4 on my screen with the zoom in. You can get anywhere from $10-$20 for it but I would keep it unless I had others to sell. One of my brothers used to collect the glass insulators and would poke around old abandoned homesites in the woods, finding old bottles with bubbles in the glass.

 

[elkhound]

Received a gift today, just a few odds and ends. A friend was painting a house and bought an old machinists tool box from the new residents. It was left in the basement, a beautiful wooden box, a dozen thin drawers with all sorts of goodies left inside. He gave me a few items...

First, looks like a coin. Had a 1 on one side. There other side has a tiny swastika under an eagle. Guesses?

Second, I’ve seen similar tools but don’t know what its called. It’s a collapsing drill. Press down on the handle and the tip spins as the tool gets shorter. Unscrew the handle and there’s a selection of bits inside. They aren't regular drill bits, no point, blunt on the end like a router bit. I’ve seen screw drivers that worked like this but nothing so elaborate. I think it comes apart further but I want to know more about it first. Stamped on the shaft is "Yankee No 41, North Bros, Philly PA". anyone know what this thing is called?

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Peanut thats called a push drill....some called it a yankee push drill. I have one like yours...theres variations of them made down through time.

 

[Peanut]

@Peanut I can see the 4 on my screen with the zoom in. You can get anywhere from $10-$20 for it but I would keep it unless I had others to sell. One of my brothers used to collect the glass insulators and would poke around old abandoned homesites in the woods, finding old bottles with bubbles in the glass.

I'll keep it, my friend knew i have a box of foreign money I got in my travels. Nothing valuable, mostly coins, a few small bills. He actually gave me 3 coins yesterday. One from Belgium that's badly worn. Then a 2 shilling british coin, dated 1960.

Peanut thats called a push drill....some called it a yankee push drill. I have one like yours...theres variations of them made down through time.

Thanks! I've seen similar used to build air planes on tv, ww2 footage. I'd never seen one irl.

 

[Pearl]

This has always been a fun thread!! So, I found this shoved way in the back of a cabinet in the utility room!! Not sure if I'm keeping it or not! Anyone ever use one??

 

[Mountain trapper]

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This has always been a fun thread!! So, I found this shoved way in the back of a cabinet in the utility room!! Not sure if I'm keeping it or not! Anyone ever use one??

I seen one as a kid, I think it's called an iron. My wife doesn't know what one is either.

 

[Amish Heart]

Oh, geesh, Pearl. Of course I have one. Mostly I use it for ironing tablecloths.
Mine is electric like the photo.
Don't have a SAD iron.

 

[Morgan101]

This is a great video of a generational difference and three examples of "What is that Thing". In all fairness if we were taken back to that age there were things our parents and grandparents used where we were totally clueless.
This is hysterical. Enjoy!

 

[d_marsh]

@Pearl

I believe that thing is the great-great-grandmother of this:

 

[Pearl]

@Pearl

I believe that thing is the great-great-grandmother of this:

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I believe you are correct!! I'll keep it for emergencies!!

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

We use it in the shop to set, glue on, board edging.

 

[dademoss]

1/2 a grilled cheese maker

 

[Pearl]

1/2 a grilled cheese maker

Yep, it's great for that!! I'm keeping it! Maybe a BACON PRESS!! I'm digging it out of the trash right now!

 

[Pearl]

This is an odd piece in a house I clean! The couple got it an auction, they have no idea what it is! They have a plant on top of it. Anyone ever see anything like this before??

 

[Peepaw from Tex]

Watchamacallit.

 

[Pearl]

Watchamacallit.

 

[SLADE]

cane rack

 

[Neb]

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This is an odd piece in a house I clean! The couple got it an auction, they have no idea what it is! They have a plant on top of it. Anyone ever see anything like this before??

Pedestal

Ben

 

[Pearl]

Pedestal

Ben

Yep, I did Google lens, that's what they came up with!! An old fancy pedestal!!

 

[Pearl]

cane rack

That's what the wife thought it was, because of the metal dish type things on the bottom!!

 

[d_marsh]

Pirate leg and holder. Not everyday pirate leg, special occasions pirate leg.