Second lead item found ???

[steelheadwill]

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Hi All,

thanks for looking

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

I dont know the only thing I can say is that the tabs may have been designed to bend over. It would be cool to post the first one you found maybe a clue.

 

[Monty]

It looks much like a lead object that one would put a screw through into a liquid container. The lead would bend and cause a liquid spill proof seal when tightened? Monty

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

It looks much like a lead object that one would put a screw through into a liquid container. The lead would bend and cause a liquid spill proof seal when tightened? Monty

You got me to thinking. Remember the old pot menders? I guess lead wouldnt work on a hot pot but maybe something else like a metal bucket, tub or gas tank.. It would go under a washer and screw into the rusted hole to repair it. Your idea would work.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

this fits with the hole mender ideas. (where do you find these items )

My Grandma used to have a package in the kitchen drawer when I was a kid to repair pots. Handy item to havearound the house. She also used to mend my socks. I dont think they sell potmenders anymore lol.

Thinking about it, I dont think they are pot-menders but they would work..

 

[Tony in SC]

I forget the name for them but they are used on wood so something can be bolted to it. The hole in the center is threaded. A hole was bored in the wood and the cleats were pressed in the wood to keep it from turning when the bolt was screwed in. All the bass boat seats and other marine stuff used them before things were switched to plastic. You can still buy them. Tony

PS: They are called "T" nuts. Lead ones are very old, new ones are stainless steel.

 

[DirtDigler]

Please tell me you didn't dig up that flywheel. That's way too much work!

 

[steelheadwill]

No digging, it still sets on the surface as found.
is it a steam engine ?

 

[Tony in SC]

I forget the name for them but they are used on wood so something can be bolted to it. The hole in the center is threaded. A hole was bored in the wood and the cleats were pressed in the wood to keep it from turning when the bolt was screwed in. All the bass boat seats and other marine stuff used them before things were switched to plastic. You can still buy them. Tony

PS: They are called "T" nuts. Lead ones are very old, new ones are stainless steel.

Great info Tony!
fits right into the boatyard find.
I can see how they could be inserted into a hole, then fastened from the other side,
getting compressed and sealing the hole.

That looks like a very early double acting steam engine or a steam pump combo. Tony
Lead of course won't provide holding power, but may have just acted as a seal where
planking was attached to the ribs.
there is a close resemblence:
http://myword.info/definition.php?id=tee_nut_1-a
good looking avatar !
My girl came home one day saying "I found one of those old rusty things you like
out in the woods today", I think it's a two piston steam engine and boiler.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks Tony,
I may drag that one home for a lawn ornament.
(though I have no lawn )

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

There is a very close resemblance Tony and the best guess yet but I dont see lead digging into the wood like tee nuts..

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I believe they might be the remains of sacrificial zincs for outboards. Designed to corrode so the other metals in the outboard don't. They come in lots of shapes, and get oddly shaped as they dissolve.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I believe they might be the remains of sacrificial zincs for outboards. Designed to corrode so the other metals in the outboard don't. They come in lots of shapes, and get oddly shaped as they dissolve.

I think thats it.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks
definitely lead, Tone, weight, and softness all confirm

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Thanks
definitely lead, Tone, weight, and softness all confirm

The zinc anodes may have lead in them because the ones Ive seen are very heavy and look like lead. http://www.mgduff.co.uk/pdfs/commercial/ZINC_HULL.pdf

Maybe thats why they are hollow. Maybe the zinc has been eaten up and lead remains. Just guessing but found in a boat yard, Charlies ID would seem a very good possibility.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks
definitely lead, Tone, weight, and softness all confirm

The zinc anodes may have lead in them because the ones Ive seen are very heavy and look like lead. http://www.mgduff.co.uk/pdfs/commercial/ZINC_HULL.pdf

Maybe thats why they are hollow. Maybe the zinc has been eaten up and lead remains. Just guessing but found in a boat yard, Charlies ID would seem a very good possibility.

The theory is good.
I cannot find any anodes less than about 2",
Also, were anodes used on wood boats? they need to be have contact to whatever metal they are intended to protect. (or to the hull of a metal boat)
maybe 1 small anode on each metal fastener would extend their life on a wood vessel.