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Old Man Roger
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l o l
PelicanPines
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41ratrod
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It maybe a fixture that sticks in the ground to hold a light or something or maybe for the internet to keep use gusting
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Dragfluid
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No way the Predators had the technology to smelt brass and cast a taper! Come on! Use your head!
WTF is that thing?
So, It looks like the "t" bracket is probably screwed/mounted to the edge of something semi permanently?
And the taper/threaded section is meant to be easily removed with the clevis pin setup?
Are there scratches on the top of the T bracket that indicate it was screwed down?
So, It looks like the "t" bracket is probably screwed/mounted to the edge of something semi permanently?
And the taper/threaded section is meant to be easily removed with the clevis pin setup?
Are there scratches on the top of the T bracket that indicate it was screwed down?
EOC_Jason
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Does it look like there is any noticeable wear in any spots? Any sort of dirt or corrosion or anything?
Seeing as how it's not threaded all the way that rules out clamping small things...
I thought the L bracket was the same piece as the rod, but it looks like the rod is part of the curved piece and the L bracket just has a hole in it.
If it has that handle with the threaded nut end, then it has to be something you would expect to swap out somewhat regularly.
Seeing as how it's not threaded all the way that rules out clamping small things...
I thought the L bracket was the same piece as the rod, but it looks like the rod is part of the curved piece and the L bracket just has a hole in it.
If it has that handle with the threaded nut end, then it has to be something you would expect to swap out somewhat regularly.
ard
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From a 1917 Scientific American:
Looks like also advertised in a few other magazines...Everyday Engineering 1920:
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Everyday-Engineering/Everyday-Engineering-1920-05.pdf
Looks like also advertised in a few other magazines...Everyday Engineering 1920:
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Everyday-Engineering/Everyday-Engineering-1920-05.pdf
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niget2002
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Oh. If it's bronze then that means it has to be a....
nope. still got nothing.
nope. still got nothing.
mv213
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For those wondering “What’s a henway?” About 4 pounds.
I was hoping no one asked!
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lol!
C_F
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Is that before or after eggs have been laid?
EOC_Jason
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Focus people... focus!
Lassen Forge
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I think I figured it out...
Old school tailgate latch lock (like on a buckboard or hay wagon or pre-prohibition era beer truck or ???) ... the gate is held shut by a spike that goes through a ring (or rings) in the tailgate or side of the wagon (or both), the screw thing is to attach a chain (so it doesn't fall off), and the "elk" part is the handle from which to remove the spike. The "L" bracket is to seat against the wood... maybe even screwed in place to keep it in place unless you *really* want that "tailgate" opened.
I've seen other gate latch pins like this... which is why I've been thinking on it for so damned long. It just took a while to put one and one together and not end up with a screen door on a submarine...
It's the only thing I can think of that matches what that looks like. Comments?
Old school tailgate latch lock (like on a buckboard or hay wagon or pre-prohibition era beer truck or ???) ... the gate is held shut by a spike that goes through a ring (or rings) in the tailgate or side of the wagon (or both), the screw thing is to attach a chain (so it doesn't fall off), and the "elk" part is the handle from which to remove the spike. The "L" bracket is to seat against the wood... maybe even screwed in place to keep it in place unless you *really* want that "tailgate" opened.
I've seen other gate latch pins like this... which is why I've been thinking on it for so damned long. It just took a while to put one and one together and not end up with a screen door on a submarine...
It's the only thing I can think of that matches what that looks like. Comments?
LOL!
As far as a tailgate holder upper thing...wouldn't bronze/brass be kind of expensive to use in that application? Would have been hand forged iron.
niget2002
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Depends on how much booze you sold.
mv213
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Yes...to me bronze suggests use on a ship or at least near the shore.
ard
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EOC_Jason
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I don't think it's a latch lock, it would be cast iron or steel, not bronze...
Only reason for brass/bronze would be ocean, or electrical... or decorative... but it's not the decorative looking, so...
Only reason for brass/bronze would be ocean, or electrical... or decorative... but it's not the decorative looking, so...
The Wiki link led nowhere
The additional closeups suggest a function of sorts - the "handle" is a sort of wing nut; can't operate the thing, only secure it in place - think of older vises that secured to a bench with a through-bolt and a wing nut of some sort.
I envision the threaded stud going through a vertical wall/partition/gunwale and secured by tightening the threaded "handle". SOMETHING, completely missing now, slipped over the spike and was secured to the L bracket with screws. Pulling the cotter pins would allow the something to be removed easily when not needed. Loosening the "handle" would allow the whole thing to be rotated down to a horizontal position when not needed to be standing up vertical.
That's the function the mechanicals suggest. As to exactly what, I still can't hazard a good guess. Maybe some sort of signaling device? Needed fairly often but not all the time??
Of course, it could be an ether-collecting antenna for recharging the flux capacitors.
The additional closeups suggest a function of sorts - the "handle" is a sort of wing nut; can't operate the thing, only secure it in place - think of older vises that secured to a bench with a through-bolt and a wing nut of some sort.
I envision the threaded stud going through a vertical wall/partition/gunwale and secured by tightening the threaded "handle". SOMETHING, completely missing now, slipped over the spike and was secured to the L bracket with screws. Pulling the cotter pins would allow the something to be removed easily when not needed. Loosening the "handle" would allow the whole thing to be rotated down to a horizontal position when not needed to be standing up vertical.
That's the function the mechanicals suggest. As to exactly what, I still can't hazard a good guess. Maybe some sort of signaling device? Needed fairly often but not all the time??
Of course, it could be an ether-collecting antenna for recharging the flux capacitors.
ard
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Yeah...but the ship wasn't named the "Elk" when it was first built.
Not saying it couldn't be part of some kind of retrofit tho....
BC1
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I'm throwing in my guess as something to make shoes or hats (seriously).
Tried it again just now - it only went to a page saying it couldn't find an article by that name. Maybe not exactly nowhere, but nowhere helpful.