I don't think the stone piece is a NA mortar or metate. NA basal grinding stones are typically basin-shaped with considerable polish inside,...
"Crushing" and "Pulverizing." An attempt to attract the Roadrunner market....?
Just FYI, the Acme Hay Harvesting Company was established in 1881, in Peoria, Illinois. The company expanded greatly and is said to have had...
To my knowledge, no agricultural tractor came with a cast iron seat. These seats are generally from horse-drawn agricultural implements. Tractor...
These were normally acid-etched on the blade, often beautifully so. The marks didn't persist long in use, except with extreme care. OP's...
Best source I've ever found for plane info: http://www.supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan0a.html While he concentrates on Stanley planes, most makers...
You have a pretty nice example of a 'transitional' bench plane. These planes were made after the entirely wooden-bodied planes and before the...
It's my understanding that Kelly used the T T mark starting 1949 and it persisted into the 1990s. This old edge tool maker had myriad marks and...
Try "KELLY TRUE TEMPER."
I've always been a bit troubled by the term 'abandoned house.' As a farmer, I have buildings scattered here and there. A few are a bit...
Look like Fleams. Fancy humdingers, too.
"a very good price" I'll say. The local scrapyard pays $200/ton for that caliber of iron. Not to mention those cast iron legs would...
You've found a pretty typical hatchet head. Anywhere from decades to centuries old. There are many configurations, but yours, like most, would...
Possibly from a spike-tooth harrow, especially since it was found it a field. (Good that the farmer didn't find it in a tractor tire.)
I've taken the temperatures of hundreds of bovines. The veterinary thermometer is about 6 inches long, like those for humans. Used to carry one...
The handle part is almost certainly not cast iron. I'd say wrought iron or maybe mild steel. Can't see enough of the vessel part to tell the...
Agree it looks home-made or maybe a lunch-hour piece. What part is marked Frost?
I see a fitting on the bottom. Do you have some good ear protection? An air compressor? One of those rubber-tipped blowguns? That's...
Here's what I'm thinking of:...
Machines with gear cases, like tractors and such, often have flush 'pipe' plugs in threaded holes to check or drain lubricants. These plugs come...
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