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Title: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Rob H. on October 11, 2017, 05:12:47 PM: Anyone recognize these things? They are about 20" tall x 20" wide.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%2020/3-%2020%20inches%20high%20x%2020%20inches%20widea.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/harnett65/Album%2020/3-%2020%20inches%20high%20x%2020%20inches%20wide.jpg)
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Northwoods on October 11, 2017, 05:36:29 PM: Good grief! Where to begin?
1. Are the top rings on the top picture welded to the crossbar? I see that the links on the bottom picture are not.
2. What are the strange pins/knobs in the four wooden recesses? and are any of the suspended rings connected to them--or do the chains swing free?
3. Where did you find these contraptions? or were they made up to make us question our sanity?
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: lptools on October 11, 2017, 05:57:15 PM: Great photos, thanks for sharing. I have no idea what you have there, but I like it!!!!!!! Regards, Lou
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Papaw on October 11, 2017, 07:13:27 PM: Looks like someone's artwork.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: EVILDR235 on October 11, 2017, 07:26:24 PM: Looks like something one would use to knock down the gate of the dwarf's castle. Heave ho men.

Capt. Plomb.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Mac53 on October 12, 2017, 11:38:43 AM: Oh! I've seen this exact set of pictures before. I believe the consensus was that this is a holder for a wine bottle- the neck goes in the rings and the bottom on the pegs. Not just for storage, but for a 45 degree angle that is important during some part of the process of making it.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Rob H. on October 12, 2017, 05:15:48 PM: Quote from: Northwoods on October 11, 2017, 05:36:29 PM
Good grief! Where to begin?
1. Are the top rings on the top picture welded to the crossbar? I see that the links on the bottom picture are not.
2. What are the strange pins/knobs in the four wooden recesses? and are any of the suspended rings connected to them--or do the chains swing free?
3. Where did you find these contraptions? or were they made up to make us question our sanity?

Someone sent me the photos, so I don't have any answers to your questions, except for your very last one, to which I would answer "most likely."
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Rob H. on October 12, 2017, 05:16:56 PM: Quote from: Mac53 on October 12, 2017, 11:38:43 AM
Oh! I've seen this exact set of pictures before. I believe the consensus was that this is a holder for a wine bottle- the neck goes in the rings and the bottom on the pegs. Not just for storage, but for a 45 degree angle that is important during some part of the process of making it.

I've heard this guess before but was never able to verify it.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: Rob H. on October 12, 2017, 05:19:43 PM: Quote from: Papaw on October 11, 2017, 07:13:27 PM
Looks like someone's artwork.

The more I research these things the more I think this theory is correct. Someone probably made them as mystery items to bewilder anyone who saw them.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: toolman on October 12, 2017, 06:55:00 PM: I also think it is a combination of art work, and wine bottle caddy, as Mac53 suggested. The 1/2 moon bottle sized cutout, with rounded dowel protrusion, to hold the 8 wine bottles base, and the ring for the neck. I did a bit of searching, and found nothing exact, but did desire a drink after looking at a few hundred designs. lol
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: amecks on October 13, 2017, 07:21:49 AM: It could very well be a "wine cradle". If you look at cradle images these two are quite plain and practical compared to the fanciful designs out there.
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: JoeCB on October 13, 2017, 08:22:24 PM: Yep' some artsy blacksmith's project... too much time on his hands

Joe B
Title: Re: What are these strange metal, wood, and chain items?
Post by: turnnut on October 13, 2017, 08:45:29 PM: he created an item that gave our brains some exercise, to me, it looked interesting.