✅ SOLVED Can anybody tell me what this is .. other than a generic clevis?

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Looks very familiar like something I've seen before but can't remember what it was on. Think this is going to be an interesting one to solve. Wonder if the steel part goes all the way through or if the center part is connecting the two ends. Possibly a safety break-away with a load rating or a fuseable link that would melt?
 

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If it was round I'd say a headache ball. But probably some type of cable mounted clevis.
 

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Maybe a vibration damper? (for example, to remove mechanical oscillation from a cable)??
 

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creskol said:
It seems to be fixed, so the attachments don't rotate. The central part is solid, and very heavy, non-magnetic and looks by the patina that it may have been brass plated lead in its original state. Sort of a fancy little thing. Thoughts?
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creskol, please provide the context in which is was found - that might help ID it.
 

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High Creskol! When I see a clevis with a center element like this I think ball bearing. This would be used in a situation where the chains or cables might be subject to twisting forces. I wouldn't think lead though.
Best wishes!
 

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Part of antique 3 point hitch from a smaller tractor? Some kind of implement rigging for attachment I’d say. Old implements are loaded with unique purpose built components like this.
 

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seems to small for equipment and why use an almost ornate piece of brass or copper when they have the stronger steel/iron already? how about part of the hanging for a large oil lamp or a chandelier ?
 

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Hard for me to imagine a church bell clapper made out of lead. Also most church bells I have seen, the bell swings and the clapper just hangs down with no rope on it.
 

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firemanphob said:
Hard for me to imagine a church bell clapper made out of lead. Also most church bells I have seen, the bell swings and the clapper just hangs down with no rope on it.
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I was thinking more of a vintage railroad engine or horse drawn fire wagon with the small bells with a rope going back to operator.
 

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firemanphob said:
Hard for me to imagine a church bell clapper made out of lead. Also most church bells I have seen, the bell swings and the clapper just hangs down with no rope on it.
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Right. That's what I was thinking. Maybe for a smaller bell, like a front porch school bell or such. Don't really know, just a guess.
 

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I trust that CRESKOL knows what he's talking about but that sure doesn't look like lead. It just looks like brass in the picture.
 

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Icewing said:
I trust that CRESKOL knows what he's talking about but that sure doesn't look like lead. It just looks like brass in the picture.
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Might be badly tarnished but still looks more like ductile iron. Creskol what kind of magnet did you use? High carbon ductile iron can be hard to stick a ceramic magnet to. If you used a neodymium magnet then never mind. But if you could file or scratch it a bit that'd narrow it down. There's some torpedo style headache balls that shape but it's hoist size and haven't seen a torpedo that small. Don't mean they aren't out there though, some people used to make their own.
 

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