I aint got no idea

[lumbercamp]

I ain't got no idea

In all my years of digging I had never found any thing like these and then I found 3 in my last 2 outings. The outside cylinders are 4 1/2" dia by 2" tall. There is a solid round steel stock in the middle held in by the wedges. These came from a logging area 100+ years old.

 

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[Blacksheep]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Look like bases from old radio/tv tubes.

I do not recall ever seeing "blade" type tubes though, always the
round pin type. I am probably way off on this one.

 

[Ralphw]

Re: I ain't got no idea

some kinda fuse,,, tube,,, bulb,,,,hmmmm

 

[EDDE]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Look like bases from old radio/tv tubes.

I do not recall ever seeing "blade" type tubes though, always the
round pin type. I am probably way off on this one.

this

 

[EDDE]

Re: I ain't got no idea

some kinda fuse,,, tube,,, bulb,,,,hmmmm

that

 

[Fast_Dave]

Re: I ain't got no idea

At 4 1/2" that'd be a heck of a tube, hate to lift the TV it came out of! It's just a guess, but they kinda remind me of caps for the end of a wagon wheel hub?

 

[Raisinkain]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Fence Post Topper?

 

[Jazdo]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Fence Post Topper?

Makes me think the wedges stuck into wood for some reason!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Wild guess...blasting cap tins

 

[lumbercamp]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Jazdo might be right in wood being involved and it rotted away. The wedges are tapered so they could be pounded into wood. But why the free-floating metal in the middle surrounded by wedges?

 

[doublet2a]

Re: I ain't got no idea

My first thought was pieces of an old Ignition Switch
But the size is a little big,,
Maybe for a big machine??


Tim

 

[Shortstack]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Look like bases from old radio/tv tubes.

I do not recall ever seeing "blade" type tubes though, always the
round pin type. I am probably way off on this one.

Those blades are set at angles that allow the base to be mounted a specific way. I wouldn't discount the vacuum tube idea too fast. There were some large vacuum tubes used for raw power. Before solid state developments, banks of large vac. tubes were used for amplifying voltage and frequencies. That's the reason serious air conditioning systems were needed for the old electronics control rooms. ( radio, tv, radar, etc.)
Are there any tiny bits of glass stuck in or around the upper edge?

 

[Ralphw]

Re: I ain't got no idea

to me it kinda looks like the end cap for a ship spar, no idea why it would be there though... unless they made em there and put the caps on to keep it from splitting

 

[Jazdo]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Old logging tool to make "wood shakes"

 

[chipveres]

Re: I ain't got no idea

I don't think radio tubes because tube pins would be insulated from each other by ceramic or Bakelite. Also the metal parts would be copper or brass, even in a high-power tube.

Chip V.

 

[GpSnoopy]

Re: I ain't got no idea

What about metal pipe end caps. Looks like there would be room between the outside flange and the blades to slip over a pipe, and the blades would be like a friction lock.

 

[lonesomebob]

Re: I ain't got no idea

A logging tool to move or pry logs the ends kept the tool from splitting. Bob

 

[Jazdo]

Re: I ain't got no idea

This is a Froe hammer 16 lb tool for making shakes. No picture of the bottom,and it doesnt have wood peg in middle on your item but they are similar in size and shape! The edges on your item also look mushroomed a bit further reinforcing it was pounded.

 

[Fast_Dave]

Re: I ain't got no idea

This is a Froe hammer 16 lb tool for making shakes. No picture of the bottom,and it doesnt have wood peg in middle on your item but they are similar in size and shape! The edges on your item also look mushroomed a bit further reinforcing it was pounded.

Actually what you've got there is just a hammer. The froe is a long bladed ax that was pounded through the log using the mallet(see picture). The only reason I know is that I saw the resemblance too and looked on Yahoo until I found a picture.

 

[Jazdo]

Re: I ain't got no idea

This is a Froe hammer 16 lb tool for making shakes. No picture of the bottom,and it doesnt have wood peg in middle on your item but they are similar in size and shape! The edges on your item also look mushroomed a bit further reinforcing it was pounded.

Actually what you've got there is just a hammer. The froe is a long bladed ax that was pounded through the log using the mallet(see picture). The only reason I know is that I saw the resemblance too and looked on Yahoo until I found a picture.

You are right dave.