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Title: What is this thing?
Post by: BryanD on July 29, 2012, 02:53:04 PM

This thing is heavy.  Iron and wood.  When I first saw it I though it was going to be a wagon wheel hub.
This is my first post, I hope the pic's come through.
Note that looking down into it there is no residue.(http://)

Thanks,

Bryan

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: fancypants on July 29, 2012, 04:29:49 PM

Sorta appears to be a wheelwrights' jig/tool ... perhps you could post a pic of the bottom of your item , BryanD ?

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: mart on July 29, 2012, 07:32:10 PM

Does the metal part in the center come out !! It looks to me like it is a wagon hub and the metal part is just stuck down in it !!

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: JoshandLila on July 29, 2012, 07:34:53 PM

definitely a wagon wheel hub, matches my lamp.. no clue about they attachment though

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: sapphire on July 29, 2012, 07:42:48 PM

Looks to me like it was jury rigged with a U clamp, hook and 'handle' on a metal insert. The lip shape looks to be for pouring. Could this have been something 'invented' to hold something of very high heat and pour into a mould? .......all based on it being metal and if it's a complete receptacle of course.

My first thought was molten metal or glass.

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: mart on July 29, 2012, 07:50:11 PM

I would like to see it out of the hub !!

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: fancypants on July 30, 2012, 08:43:11 PM

I'd like to see that thingie too , mart !

Perhaps it may also have been used by a cooper/millwright/wheelwright for holding hot mild steel or iron rivets , as a transfer (from a furnace)/insulation goldbergesque item .

I can only think of a few metals/alloys that would not burn-up the wooden wagonwheel hub , when molten .... lead , pewter , tin , or (most possibly , unless the wheel-hub is totally unrelated to it's purpose) babbiting alloys .
The type of crucible that it appears to be (to my eyes , mostly hidden by the surrounding wheel-hub) would be one where a 'quick pour' would be required (long , tube-shaped) , which is why I think babbits . Could have just as well been used for pouring shot/bullets/sinkers , I suppose .

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: cogar on July 31, 2012, 04:40:51 AM

Well, whatever that item is that is jammed down into that spoked-wheel hub ….. that steel rod “linkage” …. and chain “grab hook” ….. needs to be explained.

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: mart on July 31, 2012, 08:23:34 AM

I also think it was used for pouring a hot something into a mold then set in the hub to let it cool !!  What ??  cant tell like it is !! Need to see it out of the hub !!  I can`t tell either how the hook works !!

Title: Re: What is this thing?
Post by: BryanD on September 03, 2012, 11:27:03 AM

Quote from: fancypants on July 29, 2012, 04:29:49 PM

Sorta appears to be a wheelwrights' jig/tool ... perhps you could post a pic of the bottom of your item , BryanD ?

I am sorry I took so long to get back to your quick reply. 

I have come to learn, and believe, that it is indeed a hub and linkage with the hook  for simple utility.

Thank you.

Bryan