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Offline oldgoaly

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Another what is it?
« on: June 17, 2014, 10:00:05 PM »
a tool? a part of one? a chunk of junk?
I don't know?
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2014, 10:12:42 PM »
Throw in a ruler or yardstick for scale -- there is at least one "four-tine" oil can holder that has the same general appearance -- it is about 3 1/2 inches diameter inside the "tines."
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2014, 01:08:57 AM »
Hmm…  I thought more of a trivet sorta thing.  Set it "upside down" like in the last photo and the "legs" would be off-level/plumb.  Just a snap guess.  Let us know if/when someone names it for sure.
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2014, 06:23:31 AM »
An original cup holder......
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2014, 10:40:44 AM »
castiron horsedrawn implement oilcan holder, look 4 part number/logo.
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Offline oldgoaly

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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2014, 12:41:53 PM »
ahhh it is covered in a oil/dirt/grease mixture, had not thought of a oil can holder.
I'm headed back out there will give it a try with a oil can, got to be a few in there......

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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2014, 02:58:09 PM »
well it measures 3 1/8" a newer style pump can fits but the Eagle style press bottom, or a Ford script can do not.

soaking in some warm purple cleaner and water.
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Offline turnnut

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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2014, 08:45:59 PM »
I believe that an older farm implement oil can would fit like a glove.
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2014, 10:02:04 PM »
this is what it looks like with a newer pumper type

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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2014, 02:14:29 AM »
OIl can holders of this kind were common on horse drawn mowers, and reaper/binders, where lubrication of moving parts was frequently necessary.... often bolted to the wooden drawbar..



in the UK they were often incorporated into a cast iron tool box..
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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2014, 03:01:21 AM »
This the type of oilcan most commonly used on farm machinery...

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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Another what is it?
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2014, 03:16:50 PM »
Quote from: Billman49 on June 19, 2014, 03:01:21 AM
This the type of oilcan most commonly used on farm machinery...


From which type of can came the term "oil-canning," which I haven't heard for years now, describing the behavior of thin door or quarter panels on low-price cars.  The term referring, of course, to the springy action of the bottom of the oil can, which can be pushed in to squirt oil, and will spring back when released.  I guess the term has fallen away because even low-priced cars have better sheet metal than once they did.

I know many/most of y'all know all that, but I have reached the age at which I get surprised regularly by what folks younger than me don't know.
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