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wiscjeeper

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Help! I have no idea!
« on: June 30, 2012, 02:06:32 pm »
Found this in my grandma's basement.  She said it has been sitting there for probably 30 years if not more...and she got it from her grandparents.  It is very heavy..probably 5-6 lbs.   The center is definitely iron and then a weird would wrap around the middle.  Any ideas what it would be used for?  Thanks for any advice!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2012, 02:11:20 pm »
 How tall is it !!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2012, 03:02:59 pm »
11 inches!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2012, 03:09:46 pm »
Like the other one that was posted this could be a multi purpose kitchen tool !!  For anything from pounding meat to tenderizing or pushing fruit through a seive for jam, apple butter ect !!  That would be my guess !!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2012, 05:42:26 pm »
These heavy ones were for pounding/grinding grains into flour!
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2012, 07:07:21 pm »
Didn`t think about it but,,, that too !!  They probably had more uses for these things than a dog has fleas !!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2012, 10:48:04 pm »
Mart you crack me up!!!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2012, 08:59:14 am »
Shucks, KC !!  Its just my country raisin` popping out again !!
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2012, 12:32:11 pm »
Wouldn't put my life on it, but I believe it could be a woodcarvers mallet.
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2012, 02:40:57 pm »
Seems too heavy to be a mallet.  Looks like an old grain grinder to me.  Very nice piece, I would bring it to a local expert.
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Re: Help! I have no idea!
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2012, 05:17:04 pm »
I think its a bit heavy for a woodworkers mallet too !!  Grain maul would be more likely !!
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