What is it?

[Bigcypresshunter]

What is it? Cast iron, 5" long, 1/2" thick, piece with screw on bottom looks worn, hole in top & center ribs, no markings.

 

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[DJ_Quinn]

Looks like a manifold for some piece of farm equipment.

 

[gldhntr]

or possibly a peice of a burner on an old woodstove ? post pic of the other side if you can..........g

 

[Monty]

Don't know what it is but with the proper bracket it would make an excellent brush guard for the oil pan on an off road vehicle! Monty

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Kind of resembles some type of engine block protector.

 

[The Seeker]

I have no idea....!!! But it looks like a restrictor plate for Nascar racing engines !!!! I could be wrong ....lolol

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I have no idea....!!! But it looks like a restrictor plate for Nascar racing engines !!!! I could be wrong ....lolol

A restrictor plate for what? Here is pic of back with bottom piece removed.

 

[hasbeen]

My vote would be a damper plate from a wood burning stove.

hasbeen

 

[Blue_dog22]

Your item maybe a saw blade jointer, used for leveling the teeth on a hand saw before filing it to sharpen it. Here's link that shows one, scroll down to "jointing."

http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html

It has a small file clamped in it that levels the saw teeth. I have a couple of them, but can't find them right now. The ones I have look more like the one you found than the one in the link.

Jerry

 

[MD]

Looks like it could be a resting plate for a hot tool, like an iron.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

My vote would be a damper plate from a wood burning stove.

hasbeen

hasbeen, how are you doing? I would say wood stove damper because it looks like it would turn on the center holes.

But I found this on e-Bay. unknown plane looks similar. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6270971174&fromMakeTrack=true

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

I think Blue_dog is right. It might be an old saw filing gauge. I found it with some old tools. Here is another example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6271214906

 

[jopher]

Definitely a crosscut saw guide.....Joe

 

[dano91]

Now that's what I like to see. Ain't it great that we have a place like this to come and figure stuff out? Great job on the find and the research.
Dano.

 

[hasbeen]

bigcypresshunter, I'm doing fair to middlin,and you?

I find it unusual that a tool would have no markings on it.

I am sometimes able to identify old items by looking in a reproduction of an early Sears and Roebuck catalogue.

hasbeen