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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[silverswede]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Made a lot of shakes with a froe and mallet but the mallet was always made of wood to keep from mushrooming the top edge of the froe you were striking. We had easy splitting red cedar tho' maybe with oak or ash you would need a more extreme weapon. could Lumbercamps find be a cap for a 4" pipe maybe on a steam or deisel engine. Think I've seen similiar on old oil filler pipe and maybe exhaust pipe to keep rain out.

 

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[Ralphw]

Re: I ain't got no idea

The one on the bottom right.... it looks like it has holes for nails or screws.... are they countersunk?








btw... is it just me or is there no Reply button?
I have to use the quote button and delete the text.

 

[lumbercamp]

Re: I ain't got no idea

Ralphw, the holes are the spaces between the wedges. The points of the wedges are all gone on this one. I'm kind of cautious on doing electrolysis on these as the only thing holding the wedges to the inside metal and the outside wall is rust.