Bolt Turner/Tightener Thingy?

[BuckleBoy]

Hello All,

I don't usually post rusty iron in the Whatzit threads...but this one is interesting.


I looked through the 1897 Sears catalog for it, but no luck...



-Buckles

 

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[jgowans]

for a little valve then.....

 

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[truckinbutch]

I'd guess steam power related in that time period.Wagon tools were much cruder.

 

[tulecanyon]

a tool for a tool. i have seen that type of wrench used for circle saws, also, many machine tools use that type wrench.

 

[MrsFury]

a tool for a tool.

Now that is just rude! I'm kidding.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

a tool for a tool. i have seen that type of wrench used for circle saws, also, many machine tools use that type wrench.

Buckles believes it to be pre-1900.

 

[Old River]

It does look like an axle wrench, but to small. I'd say since it was found on CW site it could be a gun tool of somekind.

 

[BuckleBoy]

a tool for a tool. i have seen that type of wrench used for circle saws, also, many machine tools use that type wrench.

Buckles believes it to be pre-1900.

Unless it was dropped off a tractor as a result of farming, it is pre-1900--since the site was gone by then. (It is not a CW site, but rather a CW-Era site that was civilian.) This find was in the iron patch right where the house stood. (I know this could be coincidence, and the age of other finds do not "prove" the age of this in any way--but it was an interesting piece of iron that I hadn't seen anything like before, so I had to post it and see what folks thought...)


-Buckles

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Can u use electrolysis and maybe some markings will be visible?

 

[rayredditch]

Looks like with having the offset it´s designed for wheel bearings, and you can still get similar ones today.

 

[savant365]

It's probably way too small but it looks a lot like a barrel bung wrench/tool.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Can u use electrolysis and maybe some markings will be visible?

I will fry it and update this thread.

 

[diggin jimmy hoffa]

I am guessing that being in a camp, that maybe it is gun related. I am thinking a breech plug wrench, but it looks to be to small for that. Nipple wrenches probably haven't change much over the years though.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I am guessing that being in a camp, that maybe it is gun related. I am thinking a breech plug wrench, but it looks to be to small for that. Nipple wrenches probably haven't change much over the years though.

The wrench looks tooo large for anything on a gun, including a breech plug. The wrench opening is the size of a quarter.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I am guessing that being in a camp, that maybe it is gun related. I am thinking a breech plug wrench, but it looks to be to small for that. Nipple wrenches probably haven't change much over the years though.

Once again, this did NOT come from a CW camp!

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,47375.0.html

 

[bradyboy]

what was i the area this was found
homes, industrial?
Brady

 

[bradyboy]

is the wrench end solid metal?
or was the metal turned / pressed over?
Brady

 

[BuckleBoy]

what was i the area this was found
homes, industrial?
Brady

Homes. And the end is solid--not turned.


-Buck

 

[johnreb1980]

It look like a wrench from a bullet mold to me. Take a look at this one on this website. I think it is about the tenth or eleventh picture down. If you notice it is offset also,Jonathon.

http://www.fortdonelsonrelics.com/new_items.htm

 

[Blacksheep]

It look like a wrench from a bullet mold to me. Take a look at this one on this website. I think it is about the tenth or eleventh picture down. If you notice it is offset also,Jonathon.

http://www.fortdonelsonrelics.com/new_items.htm

You may be on to something,dimensions appear very close.

Wish they had a few more pics.

 

[cival war hunter 2 !]

Looks like a small wrench of some kind.
Or a pin for a gernad.