What is it?
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Looks like a scraper to pull ashes forward in a fireplace, so they can be removed. Careful examination of this tool discloses the followimg information:
1. It was made in 1956
2. It was purchased on a Thursday, in April of 1957.
3. The hatdware store where it was purchased, was on the left side of the street.
4. Purchase price was $2.95. Sales tax added another 6 cents.
5. I'm unable to determine material of composition. Maybe, iron recycled from a '41 Dodge? Maybe a Chevrolet?
1. It was made in 1956
2. It was purchased on a Thursday, in April of 1957.
3. The hatdware store where it was purchased, was on the left side of the street.
4. Purchase price was $2.95. Sales tax added another 6 cents.
5. I'm unable to determine material of composition. Maybe, iron recycled from a '41 Dodge? Maybe a Chevrolet?
Actually, it was made from my Uncle's '39 Pontiac.Kayak Jack said:5. I'm unable to determine material of composition. Maybe, iron recycled from a '41 Dodge? Maybe a Chevrolet?
Lord gawd amignty! Brother Jon has awakened. Good to hear from you.
Pontiac? Could've been. Without that old Indian head hood ornament, I didn't recognize it. A green car, wasn't it. With a boot in the right front tire? ;-)
Pontiac? Could've been. Without that old Indian head hood ornament, I didn't recognize it. A green car, wasn't it. With a boot in the right front tire? ;-)
My horseplay may be misleading. I really do think it is an ash scrsper, used to pull ashes to the front of a firebkox for easier extraction.
Kayak Jack said:My horseplay may be misleading. I really do think it is an ash scrsper, used to pull ashes to the front of a firebkox for easier extraction.
Maybe, but why the sharpened convex edge?
I have never scraped a firebox, so I really don't know.
beekeeper
I don't know what the sharpened edge is supposed to scrape. But, it's obviously a scraper. Looks like it was originally attached to something. A drag chain? A handle that needed to swivel?
I've used scrapers shaped generally like it in stoves and fireplaces. They did not have a sharpened edge.
I've used scrapers shaped generally like it in stoves and fireplaces. They did not have a sharpened edge.
Maybe for stubborn ashes. :roll:Kayak Jack said:I don't know..........
I've used scrapers shaped generally like it in stoves and fireplaces. They did not have a sharpened edge.
I don't think the intended purpose was for scraping wood. At least not refined work. The thin steel handle does not offer much control of the tool.
bee
Maybe, an Australian pancake turner! Upside down gravity, and all that.
Aussies a a tall lot. Hanging upside down there stretches them. ;-)
Aussies a a tall lot. Hanging upside down there stretches them. ;-)
Could be an anchor for in the ground , a deadman.
I have used singular rigs to pull out vehicles in the sand with a winch
Ron
I have used singular rigs to pull out vehicles in the sand with a winch
Ron
Bee
They use them pretty small, pulling out a vehicle you put it blade down on top of the sand then attach your winch line to the chain link ,as you pull it goes deeper in the sand and serves as a deadman .
They have to be pretty small ,the way you retrieve them is drive up until your winch is over the chain link and then pick straight up with your winch.
Ron
They use them pretty small, pulling out a vehicle you put it blade down on top of the sand then attach your winch line to the chain link ,as you pull it goes deeper in the sand and serves as a deadman .
They have to be pretty small ,the way you retrieve them is drive up until your winch is over the chain link and then pick straight up with your winch.
Ron
Ron,
A sand anchor would have the blade attached at an angle to the shaft so it would head for China when pulled. At 90 degrees it will just pull across the top of the sand won't it?
I'll bet it it for pulling or pushing something in a trough or chute that is about the same radius that is on this tool's blade.
Bob
A sand anchor would have the blade attached at an angle to the shaft so it would head for China when pulled. At 90 degrees it will just pull across the top of the sand won't it?
I'll bet it it for pulling or pushing something in a trough or chute that is about the same radius that is on this tool's blade.
Bob