Can You Guess What This IS?

Weekend_Sawyer · August 19, 2004, 06:01:24 PM

My Brother Chris and I picked this up last weekend.
We Drove out to South Western PA and his 6000lb wench mounted on his 3 axle trailer really had to grunt on a double line pull to get it loaded and we were using rollers!

We stopped at a certified scales on the way home and it weighed in at 11,000 lbs! What a wowzer!

WS

ARKANSAWYER · August 19, 2004, 06:05:45 PM

Looks like a punch press. For punching holes in steel most quick.
ARKANSAWYER

Gilman · August 19, 2004, 06:07:19 PM

8,000 lbs @ $0.06/lb = $480.00 in pig iron?

Weekend_Sawyer · August 19, 2004, 06:07:50 PM

Nope,

The casting code on the side says 8 23 1901

Yea Gillman, and I paid $500 for it. But I woln't scrap it.

I'll give youall another view tomorrow if you need it.

WS

Fla._Deadheader · August 19, 2004, 06:51:34 PM

Rock crusher ???

Furby · August 19, 2004, 07:04:45 PM

It reminds me a little bit of the hit and miss engines at the piggy roast, but much bigger.

Hmmmmmmmmmm......................

pasbuild · August 19, 2004, 08:00:26 PM

looks like an old tugger.

Frank_Pender · August 19, 2004, 08:02:35 PM

Or, an old hammer mill?

leweee · August 19, 2004, 08:15:38 PM

I'am with FDH on this one! ;D
ROCK CRUSHER

etat · August 19, 2004, 10:32:08 PM

a super duper wood plainer chip maker thingy 8) 8) 8)

Norm · August 20, 2004, 05:36:23 AM

Geez can't you guys tell it's a cannon, I've been looking for one just like it for deer hunting season. ;D

pappy · August 20, 2004, 05:58:35 AM

Furby

Looks like it would be turned by one of those poof poof engines !! but what it does I duh no.

Maybe a big winch ???

Air compressor from a coal mine ???

Would make a good mooring anchor ;D

OneWithWood · August 20, 2004, 08:00:04 AM

It looks like there are a couple of rollers so I am guessing a metal bender/roller/shaper kinda thing or a coal crusher.

Tom · August 20, 2004, 08:06:13 AM

A horizontal cane mill?

woodchip · August 20, 2004, 09:07:46 AM

A wooden nickle press! :

Gilman · August 20, 2004, 10:43:49 AM

I'd agree with the rock crusher, except there isn't enough wear.

Looks like we are going to need that other view of the thingy Weekender.

Massive cable crimper?

beenthere · August 20, 2004, 11:01:07 AM

Seems like the mass of steel would be to take a lot of heat, such as pouring molten metal into, and 'taking the heat'. The wheel on the side seems to be either a very balanced wheel (holes in the side) that spins fast, or it is an indexing wheel to change the die size. Some kind of die that would take molted steel and make different size 'nickels', so-to-speak.

CHARLIE · August 20, 2004, 11:16:29 AM

I'm guessing it crushes grain to make flour. Looks like a hopper in the front to pour the grain. It is then fed down through some steel rollers that grind it and deliver the flour to the other side. :P I figure they made it real heavy so the employees wouldn't walk off with it. ;D

Tom · August 20, 2004, 11:44:36 AM

If it'll make flour, it ought to make grits. Dont'cha reckon? ;D

Kevin_H. · August 20, 2004, 11:54:09 AM

It is a kunooter motor off of a 1906 deflangulator...Typically used to power a wackerwagon...

The kunooter motor was only produced by a small company in indiana that went of business in or about 1924...Needless to say it is very hard to get parts for this unit... ;D

Texas Ranger · August 20, 2004, 02:06:29 PM

one part of a belt or cable drive system

etat · August 20, 2004, 11:02:54 PM

i don't think we need another clue because i think kevin got it right. the only thing that he failed to mention is that a original 1906 deflangulator kunooter motor was used to crack walnuts and pecans before they went onto the wackerwagon to be sorted and shaken clean. some people used them later to shell and or crush corn verifying tom's theory that it could be used to make grits. with minor adjustments it also could be used to squeeze the juice out of apples to make apple cider.

consumer reports in 1902 gave this deflangulator kunooter motor the highest of reviews, even though it was a bit on the heavy side. the reason for the companies demise was one of the laborers dropped his set of false teeth into the machine and failed to cut it off and retrieve them on time. one of the teeth made it through to the wackerwagon intact and with the cutting off of the machine and the restarting the tooth made it into a sack of grits, intact. a very wealthy lawyer bit into this tooth and broke his tooth on the tooth in the grits. it made him so mad he bought the company when he forced it into bankruptcy and had most everything melted down into scrap iron.

a further study indicates this obscure company was an actual predecessor of the now defunct CFI corporation.