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rustyattic

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Help with some hardware
« on: November 10, 2013, 07:35:51 pm »
I'm trying to figure out what these are for and if they are missing pieces. 
The first piece is heavy.  The long part moves like a hinge.
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These are marked Domestic PAT Nov 1869

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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2013, 07:38:52 pm »
They look like barn hardware. Stable doors maybe?

mart

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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2013, 09:29:43 pm »
They look like barn hardware. Stable doors maybe?

Not heavy enough for that !!  Where did you find them and what is your location ??

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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2013, 10:48:52 pm »
I got them at a sale near Chicago.  There was a lot of old hardware, hinges, chains, oil lamp parts; etc. 
Here's some other things I found there.

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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2013, 12:35:18 am »
Hmmm... @ this point the only items I'll speculate upon would be the 4-piece set of items ... I believe that they are a complete set (for one storm window/screen) of hardware that was used for the purpose of a 'hanger' for exterior wooden-framed seasonal treatments (as was the custom in the Mid-West , even when I was a kid) for casement windows .
The smaller pieces would be screwed to the trim of the house/buildings' window casings , and the longer ones would be screwed to a framed 'storm' window for the cold months , and the matching wood-framed screen would be used in it's stead , when the weather warms up . Usually had a steel 'screen-door' type of hook & eye (or two) to hold the things snug to the window frame .

Is it still a winter/spring ritual out thataways , the changing & stacking of the storms & screens , rustyattic ??
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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2013, 10:06:23 am »
Those strap hinges are what we use on barns and stables !!

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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2013, 08:29:51 pm »
Is it still a winter/spring ritual out thataways , the changing & stacking of the storms & screens , rustyattic ??
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Re: Help with some hardware
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2013, 08:48:34 pm »
The ones above the strap hinges with three of them, look like some I have seen on old wooden ice boxes !!