Wtf ?

[bullnerd]

I received a reply from Elk , he doesn’t think it’s there’s ?

Do you have any other info?

Where did you get it?

Relative?

Yard sale?

I did a quick image search, here's the reply,

"Best guess for this image: ruler"

LOL!

 

[ckucia]

Could it be some sort of rudder handle for a small boat?

I'm thinking the rudder would be drilled and stuck on the spike then retained with the little l-bracket.

 

[ard]

Any better pictures of the long pointy part and how it is attached to the flangey part??

Also, it looks like that flange is held to the curved part (which is then in turn threaded) with two clevis pins with fixedcotter pins....kinda odd, not rigid, but virtually no real motion.


Hmmm

 

[C_F]

Wow I havent seen one of those in thirty years.

I had no idea what it was 30 years ago either.

Haha!

 

[NUTTSGT]

I received a reply from Elk , he doesn’t think it’s theirs ?

Atleast they replied back to you and you let us know.

The mystery continues....

 

[starquestMM]

Hmm, Its not far off from an early manual windshield wiper. Don't some boilers/furnaces have a mechanism to knock loose the ashes so they can fall out out a door in the bottom.

 

[Dagny]

walk in cooler door handle.

 

[bullnerd]

4000 views and no answer...GJ might be stumped?

The tapered section seems like it would have to have a specific use to go through the trouble of casting a taper?

I was thinking of the tapers used for tying knots, but I did a search and didn't see anything even close.

 

[Old Man Roger]

4000 views and no answer...GJ might be stumped?

The tapered section seems like it would have to have a specific use to go through the trouble of casting a taper?

I was thinking of the tapers used for tying knots, but I did a search and didn't see anything even close.

GJ stumped? PPPFFFTTT Give it time.

 

[Dragfluid]

Nope. This is a round tuit:

A good machinist friend made me one of those out of brass.


Can't understand why?

 

[Dragfluid]

I took another look. Is the handle that says ELK on it actually a wrench that is stuck on a nut?

 

[rburke65]

My thought is the ELK is a mfg stamp. Don't think that's the makers mark. It would be nice to have better and more photos.

 

[Radix2]

The probe end has that drilled angle side that looks like it should be screwed to a corner of some kind.

The probe is attached by two screws? How are the cotter pins used ? Or is it two pins and secured with the cotter pins?

The curved piece ends in the flanged bolt that is meant to clamp something via the screw handle - looks like for easy use and removal ( since it not a regular nut requiring tools)


I like some sort of temporary ground assembly - generator? Linemans truck? Bracket is to be bolted to some rectangular surface, the replaceable probe goes into the ground as the item is set down (hmm seems shakey), then a cable is secured to the flanged stud?

Was it from Colorado? Mining related?

 

[Copymutt]

Line from "A Christmas Story". Ah Ha it's a clinker!!!
Shake handle A, Swipes clinker remover B. The coal stove/ furnace is missing.
That's my guess and I'm sticking to it.
Jim

 

[Copymutt]

Notice the witness mark on the rectangular flange. In use this flange slid back and forth.
Jim

 

[bullnerd]

TTT!

Come on, some of you old farts have to know what this is used for!

 

[PugetDude]

TTT!

Come on, some of you old farts have to know what this is used for!

Maybe we forgot?

 

[bullnerd]

Maybe we forgot?

Muhahaha!

 

[climb.on]

Get this thing on Antiques Roadshow. Or Pawn Stars.

 

[gordo9742000]

 

[JSK]

Looks like a Langstrom 7″ gangly wrench.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Knute valve.

I think it's a Left handed Knurfle clamp.


Tommy

 

[Lassen Forge]

I asked the purveyor of little known and useless knowledge, said it was a bolt-on replacement elk horn, for those who were born a little lopsided...

 

[bullnerd]

Almost 5500 views! This is going to be record!

 

[Copymutt]

Ok, I take back my sticking to it answer as brass would melt in a coal fire.

I am an old fart and it does look familiar.
Jim

 

[Copymutt]

As a teen I worked in a filter,sail plant. It might function as a spindle to hold the big bobbins of thread that feed the looms?
Jim

 

[bullnerd]

Could it be that it is not real at all?

Phantom58 made an artist rendering of a non-existent tool just to eff with us?

 

[ckucia]

I've been thinking about this thing in the back of my mind.

From the pics, it looks like the handle marked "ELK" is supposed to go on the other side of something from the tapered arm end. Like through a board or something. The round washer would retain it. But there's no bearing so it couldn't have been a very precise mechanism.

I have to think the tapered end was stuck into something like a wood plank and the L-bracket was used to hold it on.

Whatever was rotated on the taper by the handle would have to either not need to be in any particular position, or have it's own method of retaining it in a given position.

Was thinking about what sort of wood or similar could be stuck on the taper. Maybe some sort of a train signal? Paddle of some sort maybe for material flow like in a mine conveyor belt? You wouldn't be able to exert all that much force with that short ELK handle to lift anything heavy.

Seems like it would have been produced in some quantity. Maybe not thousands but probably more than one. I'm guessing railroads or mining or something industrial. Doesn't seem to me to be marine-related, but I could be wrong.

Neat little mystery.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Seems to complex for an oar retainer... Brass makes you think marine or electrical...

I still think it's a temporary grounding rod...

 

[Copymutt]

Never give up!
I may be repurposing this tool.
Attach the right angle flange to the edge of a heavy work table. Drill the appropriate size hole through the table top frame and attach so it stands straight up. You now have a mandrill for sizing rings (think jewelry) or for hand winding wire (think spring). Pic is a similar tool.
Jim

 

[bullnerd]

Would brass work for a resizing mandrel?

 

[Copymutt]

I suspect if your working w/ gold, silver jewelry ring making you would want a soft mandrill.
Jim

 

[James E]

Never give up!
I may be repurposing this tool.
Attach the right angle flange to the edge of a heavy work table. Drill the appropriate size hole through the table top frame and attach so it stands straight up. You now have a mandrill for sizing rings (think jewelry) or for hand winding wire (think spring). Pic is a similar tool.
Jim

You'd better not have any trip-hazards near that bench.

 

[Copymutt]

It would only hurt one time

 

[niget2002]

It's an industrial hole loosener. There's supposed to be a part with a slot mounted between the washer on the handle and the base part. Then the pointy end goes opposite something with a hole in another object. You loosen the handle and you slide the pointy in in and out of the hole until it's the proper size.

When you're done, you tighten the handle down so it doesn't slide on it's own and poke your eye out while putting the next hole to be loosened in place.

 

[bullnerd]

"putting the next hole to be loosened in place"

That's a brain teaser! lol!

6500! How many members are on here? lol!

 

[38Chevy454]

It's a thingamajig, for your whatchamacallit. Just keep it clear of your doohickey!

 

[PelicanPines]

It's a thingamajig, for your whatchamacallit. Just keep it clear of your doohickey!

Or it will end up as a GoezInta...

 

[engineer2]

But seriously, some thoughts come to mind...
Being made of bronze or brass limits its applications.
Some kind of control lever for a boiler, steam locomotive, stove damper.
Part of a machine like mining equipment, printing press, loom, farm implement.

 

[Dagny]

Yeh a ball of string or twine goes on the spike.