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Title: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: Dave Shepard on April 20, 2016, 04:26:06 PM
Good luck! ;D



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Title: Re: Old iron what it.
Post by: Woodhauler on April 20, 2016, 04:34:50 PM
Cuts slabs of granite
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Post by: drobertson on April 20, 2016, 07:28:15 PM
Heavy! ;D
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Post by: isawlogs on April 20, 2016, 07:56:39 PM
 Hydraulic railway spike driver....
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: Woodhauler on 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
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: thecfarm on April 20, 2016, 08:58:59 PM
A drill??
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Post by: Ljohnsaw on April 20, 2016, 11:16:14 PM
An edge shaper for the slabs?  (like a router)
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Post by: 47sawdust on 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.
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: sandhills on April 21, 2016, 11:13:07 AM
What the heck, I'll guess, is it used to make headstones  ???
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Post by: Texas Ranger on April 21, 2016, 02:02:27 PM
Rail road wheels on it, track grinder
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Post by: sandhills on 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.
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: Dave Shepard on 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.
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Post by: Hilltop366 on April 21, 2016, 05:48:11 PM
reciprocating saw.
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Post by: Dave Shepard on April 21, 2016, 05:51:25 PM
Part of it reciprocates, but it's not a saw.
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Post by: Ljohnsaw on 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)?
Title: Re: Old iron whatzit.
Post by: Dave Shepard on April 21, 2016, 06:02:32 PM
It's sort of a chisel. Not used to dress stone.
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Post by: landscraper on 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.
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Post by: Dave Shepard on April 21, 2016, 07:10:47 PM
This was used earlier in the quarrying process than that.
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Post by: bill m on April 22, 2016, 07:46:47 PM
For driving feathers and wedges for splitting large blocks off of the face.
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Post by: Dave Shepard on 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.