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old barn stake or hitch pin . help me i.d. it?"

bobski
i dont have a working pic host so i cant post the pic,. if one of you does, will you email me and grab it and put it on the room for me? it looks like something driven into a beam to hitch ox to with a chain. or to keep a horse centered in the stable. its like an old mountain piton (pea-taan...sp?) can you help me date it and give it a name? thanks!
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  • I.Shute
    Sounds like a spike to drive into a log or timber to drag it out of a pile or out of the woods.
    They're still used, usually hand made, never heard of a name for them.
    They have a ring on the end for hooking a chain or cable.
    They're used because it's easier than using slings or tongs.

    You could also drive them into the ground to keep your cannon from recoiling too far. (Keeping this in the gun category)
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  • bobski
    hehehee.[:D] btw...a pic is on the way... thanks to contender man!
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  • TRAP55
    BOB,E-mail me the pic of that pin and i'll post it for you. Dave
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  • Contender Man
    Here 'tis ...
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    If you only have time to do two things so-so, or one thing well ... do the one thing!
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  • texshooter
    sickle mower guard.

    National Rifle Association Endowment Member-Texas State Rifle Association Life member
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  • rhmc24
    That is part of a horse drawn mowing machine used to cut hay. There were a number of those arranged coupla inches apart on a bar that projected at right angles to the direction of movement of the mower. The bar was a few inches above the ground, moving your subject piece in the direction of its point. On the bottom of your picture, is a slot below which is a hardened piece which is the cutting edges, both sides. The actual cutting is done by another member that has many trianglular 'teeth' mounted on it. The 'teeth member' is pulled back and forth thereby cutting the hay. The reciprocation of the teeth member (thru the aforementioned slots) is produced by a connecting rod from its end to a sort of flywheel that is turned by gearing to the wheels on which which support machine. As the horses pull the mower the main wheels turn, driving the gears, turning the flywheel, push-pull-ing the connecting rod, reciprocating the 'teeth member'. These were widely used in the past and probably still exist in a modernized form. I could draw you a sketch better than trying to write about it. Many a rabbit, bird or other wild life lost its head to these mowers as did a few unlucky children their limbs.
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  • BOBBYWINS
    That was what I was about to say.[:D][:D]

    BW

    IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
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  • TRAP55
    Got a whole box full and the horse drawn mower they go to.
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  • bobski
    wow. i learn something new every day. how old you figure this thing is? suppose they still have em in amish country. reckon?
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  • dakotashooter2
    The engineering hasn't changed much. They are still being used on PTO driven mowers. Might even be off an old swather or threshing machine. Could be 100 years old or could be 5, hard to tell.
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