Whatzit

pasbuild · August 13, 2012, 01:43:09 PM

My neighbor who is retired with nothing better to do went to an auction recently and picked up several box lots just because, I was able to identify most of his junk but had no idea what this thing is, got any ideas?

Fla._Deadheader · August 13, 2012, 01:52:41 PM

That is for a Haybine or similar grass-Hay cutter. The sickle bar passes through it and rides on the bottom inside for the shearing action. Can't remember the proper name. :

tcsmpsi · August 13, 2012, 02:00:20 PM

Quote from: Fla._Deadheader on August 13, 2012, 01:52:41 PM

That is for a Haybine or similar grass-Hay cutter. The sickle bar passes through it and rides on the bottom inside for the shearing action. Can't remember the proper name. :

Thingamajig. You're welcome. ;D

sandhills · August 13, 2012, 02:04:31 PM

Sickle guard, left sides tweeked a bit, must have hit a rock ;D.

Chuck White · August 13, 2012, 02:20:25 PM

No doubt, sickle bar guard!

Off of a haybine or a regular sickle bar mower!

pasbuild · August 13, 2012, 02:24:57 PM

Thanks guys now I'll go and impress my neighbor with my knowledge ;D

thurlow · August 13, 2012, 02:36:01 PM

Certainly it's a (double) guard, but I'm not sure how one can tell .........'thout running the numbers........that's it's off a mower; could just as easily be off of a combine or anything else that uses a sickle-type knife.

Cypressstump · August 13, 2012, 03:48:15 PM

It's a Doomaflachee

Carlton · August 13, 2012, 04:33:49 PM

Iwould deffinately say its off of a sickle bar mower, they use to use them alot in the hayfields in our area and actually I think Orcheln farm and home store still carries parts for them.

POSTON WIDEHEAD · August 13, 2012, 06:03:15 PM

Make a lamp out of it.

thecfarm · August 13, 2012, 11:04:22 PM

Finger. My sickle bar uses the single ones. I have no idea what that one came off from. Painted red,faded,IH maybe?

Woodchuck53 · August 13, 2012, 11:25:39 PM

My dad always referred to them as "Gander points" Have installed a many of them before we got the rotary hay cutters. I have a bucket of them some place that color and double set from a Case 960 4 row combine. Must be in the same place I put that bucket of RR spikes for the harrow I can't find.

sandhills · August 28, 2012, 10:33:49 PM

Ok, well I thought I had a new whatzit for you all but after putting up close up pictures in my original post (which I managed to delete while previewing) I think I know what it is now, but to be sure I'm going to post it anyway, it definitely was one of those "duh" moments :

. Lets see who has some answers and as a hint it probably should have went in a different board. I looked at this thing for a long time before it slapped me in the face :-\.

You'd think after playing with it for a long time it wouldn't take a picture to figure it out :

Okrafarmer · August 28, 2012, 11:57:15 PM

A plum-pitter? ???

LOGDOG · August 29, 2012, 12:01:29 AM

Bottle opener?

sandhills · August 29, 2012, 01:00:15 AM

A few more hints before bed, notice the narrow slot below the punch, and the different angle on the back semi circle of the handle, sorry, forgot to mention the little tab in the handle on the back, behind the punch, is dished on the bottom (although I did in the initial post I deleted, and that's my disclaimer ;D). I'm still waiting for conformation but am 99% sure of what it is now, and this only took me somewhere around 12 years to figure out :

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SwampDonkey · August 29, 2012, 03:29:37 AM

Those "guards" are on combines to. Could be off an old Massey.

sandhills · August 31, 2012, 12:31:19 AM

First off I'd like to apologize to pasbuild, wasn't trying to highjack your thread I thought this was the "whatsit" thread. The tool I posted, as far as I can tell anyway is used to push the primers out of spent shotgun shells with the punch and the tab behind it with the dished top would insert the new one ??? Anybody with a better idea please respond, we tried it with a twelve gauge shell it was a little to small so I'm thinking ten gauge, but it all lines up perfect.

Migal · August 31, 2012, 01:51:33 AM

you got me on the second one but the first I used first hand Think Sickle Bar Mower and yep they weren't always only on a New Idea but if it had saw teeth and was to used to cut hay/wheat/oat's/Thistle's yea I CAP'd that one we used em ;D

Chuck White · August 31, 2012, 07:23:52 AM

It doesn't look like a shotshell reloader to me!

Doesn't look like the punch would fit through the primer hole and it surely isn't long enough!

Just sayin'!

ely · August 31, 2012, 08:52:40 AM

whats the name on the side of the tool.?

sandhills · August 31, 2012, 09:05:36 AM

We can't read the writing on the side of the tool, Chuck we tried it and the punch does line up with the primer and forgot to mention it's also threaded so you can set it at different depths. All I had to try was 12 gauge, I'm about 99% sure that is what it is ???