Whatzit?

[Dave Shepard]

 You now know as much as I do about it. :D



 

[JRiedy]

Is there any kind of a makers mark on it? or a cast mark?  How'd you come by it?

[Dave Shepard]

There is a patent tag on it. I won't get to look at it again until next week.

[NH-Murph]

Ahhh... A fine example of the device that preceded the vasectomy.  For some reason, it never became popular.  Not sure why.

[justallan1]

I guessing a juicer or cider press. It's pretty darned sturdy though.

[Jeff]

A bubble wrap multi bubble popper.

[North River Energy]

A production cherry pitter.  Remnant of Richard Gatlings failed attempt to capitalize on kitchen gadgets.

[Dave Shepard]

It's hard to see in the photo, but each set of pins and holes is a different size. Ranging in size from memory from 1/8 to about 3/8. The fit is pretty close.

[Ljohnsaw]

Since it looks pretty old and bottles back in the day were hand-blown, I'll guess that it is a cork cutter/press.  You would lay the cork bark in there, press it and get a bunch of different diameter corks... ;)  Though I suppose 1/8" would be pretty small...

[Stuart Caruk]

Old, old HSS drill indexes used to come in a round can. Maybe this is the tool that punched the holes in the sheetmetal for the various drill bit sizes...

[Dave Shepard]

The screw goes all the way down through it, so anything you would put in there would have to be very small.

[Magicman]

The thread count on the screw indicates that you would be limited on the amount of pressure that you could apply.  Are the little "plungers" solid, hollow, sharp?

[Dave Shepard]

I believe they are solid. I'll search the patent on Monday, and then we'll know, hopefully.

[sandhills]

Not even a guess, I just know I wouldn't want my finger in there  ;D.