Old iron whatzit.

Dave Shepard · April 20, 2016, 04:26:06 PM

Good luck! ;D

Woodhauler · April 20, 2016, 04:34:50 PM

Cuts slabs of granite

drobertson · April 20, 2016, 07:28:15 PM

Heavy! ;D

isawlogs · April 20, 2016, 07:56:39 PM

Hydraulic railway spike driver....

Dave Shepard · April 20, 2016, 08:01:40 PM

Not a spike driver. That is an air compressor run by a 50 HP electric motor.

Not for cutting granite slabs, but take note if the marble in the yard.

Woodhauler · April 20, 2016, 08:22:56 PM

Quote from: Dave Shepard on April 20, 2016, 08:01:40 PM
Not a spike driver. That is an air compressor run by a 50 HP electric motor.

Not for cutting granite slabs, but take note if the marble in the yard.

polishing marble slabs

thecfarm · April 20, 2016, 08:58:59 PM

A drill??

Ljohnsaw · April 20, 2016, 11:16:14 PM

An edge shaper for the slabs? (like a router)

47sawdust · April 21, 2016, 06:54:28 AM

Not sure what it is but it looks like it is about the right size for Loggah to add to his collection of ''light'' antiques.

sandhills · April 21, 2016, 11:13:07 AM

What the heck, I'll guess, is it used to make headstones ???

Texas Ranger · April 21, 2016, 02:02:27 PM

Rail road wheels on it, track grinder

sandhills · April 21, 2016, 02:09:13 PM

I noticed that too but now it's set up stationary? At one time or another it had to have something to do with rail roads.

Dave Shepard · April 21, 2016, 05:36:24 PM

It is used in the marble industry. It moves on railroad tracks, but has nothing to do with railroads.

Hilltop366 · April 21, 2016, 05:48:11 PM

reciprocating saw.

Dave Shepard · April 21, 2016, 05:51:25 PM

Part of it reciprocates, but it's not a saw.

Ljohnsaw · April 21, 2016, 05:56:43 PM

Quote from: Dave Shepard on April 21, 2016, 05:51:25 PM
Part of it reciprocates, but it's not a saw.

So either a reciprocating drill (hammer drill) or a power chisel to finish the edges on the marble (rough cut look)?

Dave Shepard · April 21, 2016, 06:02:32 PM

It's sort of a chisel. Not used to dress stone.

landscraper · April 21, 2016, 06:52:24 PM

Stone splitter for when they saw out the big blocks and need to break them down into manageable slabs.

Dave Shepard · April 21, 2016, 07:10:47 PM

This was used earlier in the quarrying process than that.

bill m · April 22, 2016, 07:46:47 PM

For driving feathers and wedges for splitting large blocks off of the face.

Dave Shepard · April 22, 2016, 08:01:23 PM

It's a channeler. It would cut a two inch wide groove down several feet. These grooves would be cut at 90 degree angles, forming blocks. The first block would get pried out somehow, then holes could be bored under the blocks so wedges could be driven under to break the block loose.