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

[dann at wctatel.net]

I think that Frosty has the best guess so far. Chandelier..

else maybe something to hang chickens or whatever  critters from  when you
are butchering. Could use that to scald them / dunk several into a kettle
of boiling water.

I don't think it has anything to do with rope making, which is something
that I've worked at  and collected for most of my life. I've seen a lot of
things called rope making tools that had nothing to do with rope.  I made
my word good, got stuck with a $75 "rope machine" that was actually some
kind of an antique egg beater, and another time got stuck  with a geared
mop crank  that an antique collector  friend bought for me @ $50 because
the auctioneer sold it as a "rope machine" <grins>.

After that 2nd fiasco, I learned to stopped having friends pick up rope
machines for me.

Dann Johnson

> I'm an idiot.. there are 4 hooks aren't there?.. well regardless of
> what it is.. it is well made!!
>
> Steve
>
> On 31/01/2008, Stephen Viola <wombatforge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm leaning towards the rope making idea.. This picture has some
>> similar attributes..



> I'm an idiot.. there are 4 hooks aren't there?.. well regardless of
> what it is.. it is well made!!
>
> Steve
>
> On 31/01/2008, Stephen Viola <wombatforge at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>> >
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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.
>> >
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