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This Tool/no one knows what it is? #12282586 09/20/17
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 490 Maine V vferguson3006 OP Campfire Member
OP vferguson3006 Campfire Member V Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 490 Maine	My neighbor has yet another tool he has uncovered in his barn, has no idea what it was used for.

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Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282604 09/20/17
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 19,066 Likes: 3 Central MS BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger
BigDave39355 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 19,066 Likes: 3 Central MS	some type of leveling jack? Dave �The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282712 09/20/17
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,648 Likes: 6 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,648 Likes: 6 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Ya know what reference book archaeologist son uses to assist in ID'ing such stuff????? One of them reprinted Sears & Roebuck catalogues from like 1905. Used to could find em everywhere! Supppse there still in print. Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282720 09/20/17
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,541 Likes: 2 Vic_in_Va Campfire Outfitter
Vic_in_Va Campfire Outfitter Joined: May 2002 Posts: 9,541 Likes: 2	I'll be the first.... Thingamadobobby.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282789 09/20/17
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MtnBoomer Campfire 'Bwana M Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 31,441 59644	For putting the angle of the dangle to things. "I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!" --- Kid Rock 2022 Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?

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Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282855 09/20/17
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains mtnsnake Campfire Ranger
mtnsnake Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains	Measures something. Maybe flat or angle. Last edited by mtnsnake; 09/20/17.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282864 09/20/17
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 12,133 Likes: 15 Texas R rainshot Campfire Outfitter
rainshot Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 12,133 Likes: 15 Texas	Whatever it is it looks terribly incomplete...

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? BigDave39355 #12282869 09/20/17
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 53,303 Southeastern AZ crossfireoops Campfire Kahuna
crossfireoops Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 53,303 Southeastern AZ	Originally Posted by BigDave39355 some type of leveling jack? Looks like with a slotted round center shaft for the attached wedge, gives 5-6 incremental positions of fine adjustment,........probably for a short machine jack,......got something similar around here threaded 80 TPI. Sorta thing one would use on a big Horiz mill or shaper table. GTC Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282925 09/20/17
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,346 Likes: 3 Durham, CA Higginez Campfire Ranger
Higginez Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 17,346 Likes: 3 Durham, CA	Wedge jack. Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again! Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the 24HCF.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282931 09/20/17
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RDW Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 8,923 Texas	Nutcracker Dave

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Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282946 09/20/17
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains mtnsnake Campfire Ranger
mtnsnake Campfire Ranger Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 27,091 Colorado Rocky Mountains	Looks like a jack but it is not.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282960 09/20/17
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persiandog Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 10,258 Likes: 7 nampa,ID	I searched for it and found variation of bear trap. P. Last edited by persiandog; 09/20/17.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12282996 09/20/17
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cuznguido Campfire Regular C Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 834	Bending jig used with an anvil to put various bends in stuff like bolts or tools.

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12283040 09/20/17
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GunReader Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,095 Gougar Crossing, IL (~Joliet)	Boat anchor? National Rifle Association - Patron Member National Muzzleloading Rifle Association - Life Member and 1 of 1000 Illinois State Rifle Association - Life Member Carlinville Rifle & Pistol Club ~ Molɔ̀ːn Labé ~

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12283643 09/20/17
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hunter4623 Campfire Regular H Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,771 Gen X	Jack saddle. It's upside down

Re: This Tool/no one knows what it is? vferguson3006 #12283669 09/20/17
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Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,361 Likes: 9 Oregon	widget. Without a doubt that's a widget. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

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