[TheForge] OT (?) What's this?

[Stephen Viola]

I'm leaning towards the rope making idea.. This picture has some
similar attributes..

3 hooks at one end.. and some square stock at the other..

http://www.makerope.com/rope_photos/c_Clamp_n_bolt_mount.jpg

or more radical

http://www.wctatel.net/web/equityrealty/4hookWonder.jpg

oh and during my search for items similar.. I stumbled onto this
page.. probably well known amongst you but I found it interesting..

http://www.antiquefarmtools.info/page12.htm

steve

On 31/01/2008, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
> Looks like it could be the ceiling mount for a
> chandelier.
>
> The square shank could've held a central ornament while
> the hooks held hanging chains for the rest.
>
> Frosty
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> it ain't real.
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>
> From: "Rich Maynard" <rich at maynard.org.uk>
>
>
> Yes, they do. The section with the hooks (and there are
> 4) is an easy
> sliding/rotating fit on the shaft.
>
> The tail of the shaft is about the right size to fit in
> a hardy hole, and it
> does have a slot punched all the way through it which
> could take a wedge to
> lock it onto something.
>
> Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
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