Author Topic: Greetings, a dozen cans of worms (Read 13346 times)

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **on:** March 18, 2016, 03:56:10 PM »

Of course you know my name, I am 56 years old and purchase and old farmette that no one had lived on for many many years,
There are a dozen buildings and all look very similar to the one below in the pics.

Started sifting through the stuff/junk about every other sentence was what the heck is that. :-)

So, sure would like your help in the future for some identification, did notice just a huge pile of old tools along with lots of farm stuff, most I could identify but some has me just baffled.

Really like just looking through all of this stuff.

Thanks for having me! Cheers - Jeff

Northwoods · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2016, 06:53:44 PM »

What's that gadget in the bottom corner of the second picture? An automatic waterer for livestock?
BTW, What is the hubcap from, guys? It's bugging me!

You have a grand adventure before you. You are to be envied!

Papaw · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM »

Welcome to Tool Talk! You have a lot of stuff to go through.
By the way- If you can resize your pictures a bit they will be easier for us to see.

turnnut · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2016, 08:42:47 PM »

yes, I could spend a day looking thru that trove.

in the 1st picture, that threaded rod going thru a block, is that about 1 1/8 inch in diameter ?
??? how long ??? might be from a apple grinder ???

Plyerman · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2016, 09:15:21 PM »

Greetings Jeff! Man if you need any help going through that treasure trove, I'm only one state over....

Quote from: Papaw on March 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM

Welcome to Tool Talk! You have a lot of stuff to go through.
By the way- If you can resize your pictures a bit they will be easier for us to see.

(On a side note, the pictures look fine to me, but I've got a fairly wide screen. For future reference Noel, what size pictures do you recommend? 700 wide? 600? Thanks!)

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2016, 10:02:30 PM »

Quote from: Northwoods on March 18, 2016, 06:53:44 PM

What's that gadget in the bottom corner of the second picture? An automatic waterer for livestock?
BTW, What is the hubcap from, guys? It's bugging me!

You have a grand adventure before you. You are to be envied!

Yes Nothwoods that is a cattle waterer, automatic only to the extent of them pressing the plunger down with their nose.
I will take a better pic of the hubcap and post, maybe it will be easier to identify.

Quote from: Papaw on March 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM

Welcome to Tool Talk! You have a lot of stuff to go through.
By the way- If you can resize your pictures a bit they will be easier for us to see.

Thanks Papaw, yes quite the chore and this is only one building, daunting at best. :-)
Hosting the pics myself and loaded 1500 but the forum software automatically resizes to 1000, if you open in a new tab or window they will be larger.

Quote from: turnnut on March 18, 2016, 08:42:47 PM

yes, I could spend a day looking thru that trove.

in the 1st picture, that threaded rod going thru a block, is that about 1 1/8 inch in diameter ?
??? how long ??? might be from a apple grinder ???

Yes you could turnut, and then some, the majority can't even be seen without excavation.
The threaded rod I would say is about 1" and maybe 12 to 14 long and you can see the jaw of the wood vise, but that doesn't mean the man didn't repurpose that rod and handle.
I will take a few close up pics with a tape on hand and post, maybe tomorrow.

Quote from: Plyerman on March 18, 2016, 09:15:21 PM

Greetings Jeff! Man if you need any help going through that treasure trove, I'm only one state over....

Quote from: Papaw on March 18, 2016, 07:38:05 PM
Welcome to Tool Talk! You have a lot of stuff to go through.
By the way- If you can resize your pictures a bit they will be easier for us to see.

(On a side note, the pictures look fine to me, but I've got a fairly wide screen. For future reference Noel, what size pictures do you recommend? 700 wide? 600? Thanks!)

Hey Plyerman, thanks, appreciate the offer but can only spend a couple hours a day surgically removing everything. It will be interesting to say the least.

Tell you what, I will take pics of this venture and post here, unless it would be best to start a new thread somewhere else? and you all can have a look without having to do the work. Hmmm why dosen't that sound fair? lol

Anywho, thanks for the welcomes and replies fellas!

Cheers Jeff

Papaw · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2016, 10:48:44 PM »

Post them here, it will be ok. 1000 on the long side is fine.

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2016, 06:23:01 AM »

A few more pics.

More to come, thanks for stopping by!

kxxr · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2016, 06:52:42 AM »

Wear gloves, boots and a weapon for anything that turns out to not be a worm. Have fun!

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2016, 07:14:12 PM »

Quote from: kxxr on March 19, 2016, 06:52:42 AM

Wear gloves, boots and a weapon for anything that turns out to not be a worm. Have fun!

Good idea, lots of mouse turds in there and God what else. lol

Progress.

Well Its a start anyways. :-)

O yah, there are some really neat wrenches and things, pretty rough shape so they are spinning in the cement mixer with some Black Blast Blasting Sand, will take some pics asap and post.

turnnut · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2016, 08:43:59 PM »

yes a lot of goodies,

picture 20, the box with the mouse trap on it, those look like steel wheel lugs off of a walking garden tractor ?????

picture 24, those look like they may be clamps for steel fence post. ??????

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2016, 09:11:43 PM »

Quote from: turnnut on March 20, 2016, 08:43:59 PM

yes a lot of goodies,

picture 20, the box with the mouse trap on it, those look like steel wheel lugs off of a walking garden tractor ?????

picture 24, those look like they may be clamps for steel fence post. ??????

20 yes steel wheel cleats, but off a much larger McCormick Deering 10/20 Tractor, 10/20 stands for 10hp on the pull/tongue and 20hp PTO/ belt. Even though the hp seams small the tractor was accually quite large.

24 No, but they could be used for that. They are for connecting the pipe stanchions in the barn, the upright pipe was cemented in the curb that separated the manger from the actual stall and these T's were used to fasten the long horizontal pipe that ran above all the heads and the clamps were used for the cow divider pipers. you can see them in the pic below, sorry it grainy but had to blow it up and 14 years ago the digital camera's took like 2mp pics. lol

We live in this barn now.

Jeff from Wisconsin · « **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2016, 06:36:12 AM »

Some of the tools we found so far.
The ones on the right hand side of the table still need to go in the drum sander.

See anything interesting? Or maybe it would be best if I threw them all in the scrap bin??