What the heck is this?

[nonhog]

And better yet what can I make out of it?
Found it in my drain rock. Heavy sucker.

 

[dwp99]

I'll be the first to try. Looks like a piece of a screw conveyor wear plate. I'll leave it up to you to make whatever you want

 

[MoonRise]

It's a chunk of metal sitting on top of a waste basket. The waste basket has a paint stirring stick, a paint brush, a hammer, a small piece of plywood, and some various wrappers and garbage in it.

There. Happy to help.

Use the metal for something that needs metal.

 

[Perrorojo]

Auger blade from the gravel pit where the rock came from.

 

[Lippyp]

Looks to me to be cast as well so probably not a lot you can do with it other than throw it at the neighbours cat/dog/kids/wife/windows.

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

Man! You guys are better at this than me.....I was just gonna say "somethin' busted".......

 

[nonhog]

I probably should have been more clear. Whats it made out of?

Come to think of it the threads been entertaining as is.

 

[MoonRise]

I probably should have been more clear. Whats it made out of?

Come to think of it the threads been entertaining as is.

Entertainment value is mostly free, real on-topic answers may cost.

How am I supposed to know what a chunk of metal is from over the internet from a few pictures?

Is it rusty? Probably a steel of some sort.

Does it stick to a magnet? Probably steel of some sort. But not all steel alloys are magnetic (some stainless steels are non-magnetic, as well as some 'alloy' steels like Hadfield steel).

Does it make sparks like steel when you grind it? Then it's probably steel of some sort.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spark_testing

http://www.capeforge.com/Spark testing.html

Does a file 'cut' the unknown-possibly-steel chunk? Then it's not a super hard steel. At least it isn't hard right now, although if it is an alloy that can get harder it might not be in that hardened state right now.

What to make with it? Whatever you want to make out of a chunk of some unknown probably steel piece that might have broken off of an industrial feed auger at the quarry or gravel place somewhere.

 

[nonhog]

How am I supposed to know what a chunk of metal is from over the internet from a few pictures?

How am I suppose to know how your suppose to know?

Is it rusty? Probably a steel of some sort.

No rust


Does it make sparks like steel when you grind it? Then it's probably steel of some sort.

I have that on a video, but in print its better. Not sure my eyesite is good
enough but my kids would be.


What to make with it? Whatever you want to make out of a chunk of some unknown probably steel piece that might have broken off of an industrial feed auger at the quarry or gravel place somewhere.

LOL

Seriously thanks for the links

 

[dockterj]

Could be 4160 steel.

 

[NUTTSGT]

It'd be scrap in my book.

 

[Defender Chassis]

Make a knife.

 

[GarageEnvy]

Piece of an alien spacecraft wreckage. Tomorrow I will edit this post to read weather balloon.

 

[Steevo]

It's a chunk of metal sitting on top of a waste basket. The waste basket has a paint stirring stick, a paint brush, a hammer, a small piece of plywood, and some various wrappers and garbage in it.

There. Happy to help.

Use the metal for something that needs metal.

That isn't just any hammer, either.

It's a Bacon hammer!

I wonder why someone threw out a perfectly good bacon hammer?

 

[DanCo]

A couple of bucks at the scrap yard.

Dan

 

[randomtwinkie]

metal boomerang.

 

[cyamaha2007]

Make a knife of hatchet.

 

[Ironhorse]

The Steel Ring for the water main on your street...

 

[mark883]

It is the wear plate from the auger flights in a sand screw or coarse material washer, per dwp99

Many aggregate outfits now use heavy urethane in this same application.

These machines are elevated at one end, material goes in the bottom, water is dumped in, fine crud washes out the bottom as the heavier rocks are elevated to the top.

Likely, its hard than heck- it basically spins around in rocks and sand all day.

 

[70redbee]

Why are you trashing a perfect bacon hammer?

 

[03protege]

A couple of bucks at the scrap yard.

Dan

Damn I need to go to your scrap yard. Even with gas factored in from Louisiana I think I would still come out better.

 

[Nak]

I believe that auger piece is a ni-hard casting. High alloy cast iron. It is a wear item,very hard/brittle. Scrap it.

 

[Kevin54]

That isn't just any hammer, either.

It's a Bacon hammer!

I wonder why someone threw out a perfectly good bacon hammer?

That must be the wifes trashcan, because no upstanding male would throw out a perfectly good Bacon Hammer.

 

[BigMike782]

That must be the wifes trashcan, because no upstanding male would throw out a perfectly good Bacon Hammer.

Because he didn't have anymore hash brown nails

 

[hypnotoad]

And better yet what can I make out of it?
Found it in my drain rock. Heavy sucker.

I think that is a left-handed pakistani roach smasher. The right-handed version has different taper to it.

 

[Doxhog]

It is the wear plate from the auger flights in a sand screw or coarse material washer, per dwp99

Many aggregate outfits now use heavy urethane in this same application.

These machines are elevated at one end, material goes in the bottom, water is dumped in, fine crud washes out the bottom as the heavier rocks are elevated to the top.

Likely, its hard than heck- it basically spins around in rocks and sand all day.

I believe that auger piece is a ni-hard casting. High alloy cast iron. It is a wear item,very hard/brittle. Scrap it.

As previously mentioned it is a cast wear plate for an auger. The "4160" is the foundry part number.