What or where does this come from?

[uniballer]

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/tls/3470086374.html

Look at the picture in the ad. It looks familiar and the last picture shows a round shelf. I have seen them before but dont remember what or where it was used? Can you help me out, I want it but I need it like another hole in my head!

 

[gayler]

Brazing rod, or welding rod holder?

 

[RivennHewn]

It's a shop foreman's desk.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701&va=shop+foreman's+desk

 

[uniballer]

What about contractor plans rolled up?
Idk but either way this is going to drive me nuts!

 

[Boyd]

It's for holding a thermos.

 

[arnwoodwheels]

What RivennHewn said.
Round tube is for plans but in my case used it for a club to wack Dumb maintenance mechanics.
I never want to see one again.

 

[uniballer]

Thank you all, I still want it. Just looks cool and will clean up and paint nicely!

 

[softailgarage]

Shipping/receiving desk. The tube is for the plastic stick on sleeves the shipping invoice gets put into.

 

[WWIIjeep]

The curved shelf is for pens, pencils, etc. There's not enough clearance above it for a Thermos bottle and it's nowhere near long enough to hold rolled plans or welding rod. Not to mention that the shop foreman who used it would have no reason to have welding rod at his desk.

Manufacture of that shop desk (AKA foreman's desk) is probably Lyon, and by the look of the drawer pulls and door latches, it dates from the 1940s, long before plastic invoice sleeves were invented (not to say someone didn't use it for that later, just not what the curved shelf was originally intended for on that one).

 

[uniballer]

The curved shelf is for pens, pencils, etc. There's not enough clearance above it for a Thermos bottle and it's nowhere near long enough to hold rolled plans or welding rod. Not to mention that the shop foreman who used it would have no reason to have welding rod at his desk.

Manufacture of that shop desk (AKA foreman's desk) is probably Lyon, and by the look of the drawer pulls and door latches, it dates from the 1940s, long before plastic invoice sleeves were invented (not to say someone didn't use it for that later, just not what the curved shelf was originally intended for on that one).

That extra input is very helpful, thank you1