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What is this thing... Not found with a detector..
- Thread starter Guvner
- Start date
Coin Rescue Inc
Well-known member
That is similar to what is used today to remove Pulleys from a shaft.
As the shaft spins the ropes get shorter.
Not very strong looking. Maybe used to pull wheels off of something?
As the shaft spins the ropes get shorter.
Not very strong looking. Maybe used to pull wheels off of something?
Steve(Can)
Well-known member
Yeah, not very strong looking for a bearing puller..... Think I've seen stuff like that before.... thinking for setting broken bones? Leg straightener for polio and rickets?
Below is a frame they used for that. The mechanisms you got, Guv, would anchor on either end?... I gotta a couple books of civil war medical devices and equipment... somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up. Cool stuff, Guv! Does where you found it give you any clues?
Steve(Can)
Well-known member
bone setters... these are from europe, 1700's thereabouts
Steve(Can)
Well-known member
The other thing maybe... for delivering calves, but gotta hunch a bone setter is a better shot. Pretty cool, Guv.
Not sure myself Guv. ,, pretty cool tho ,, I'm guessing it was used as a puller of something,, wagon wheels,, something similar ,, maybe even to help mold wood or metals , like rocking chair backs or rockers ,,, that's more my way of thinking ,,, I'm not smart enough to be knowing much about them old medical tools ,,,, of course I have heard of them using hatchets and saws for bones and stuff . If that was some medical equipment,, I'm glad I was born in the age of pain meds ,,, back in them days ,, a bottle of likker was about all they had ,,, and as that would numb the senses ,, it didn't do a whole lot for pain .
If ya find out what it actually is,,, let us know .
If ya find out what it actually is,,, let us know .
bootyhoundpa
Well-known member
The piece to the left appears to be for compressing something…. The square shaft has holes which appear to spaced about 1” apart.. at a glance the only thing comes to mind would be like a spring compressor but why would it only need to compressed only 1 or 2 inches…. Everything has that early 1800s look to it…. Don’t really know though..
Steve(Can)
Well-known member
What's the one on the left?
He told me what the square thing was. I believe it was a type of vise for something but it's escaping me right now...
Guvner..
Well,,, as good a guess as any ,,,,Finally! Its the adjuster for the fourth prong in a seven prong liver scratcher!!!! Well maybe…..
Just got actual answer. It’s a 4 sided bar clamp made most likely for some special need.
Picketwire
Well-known member
I have watched Wally Wallington move some pretty big stones with what looks like the 4 sided bar clamp and a pebble.