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Offline lptools

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Wooden Contraption
« on: March 23, 2023, 03:19:37 PM »
Myself, and a few others, are trying to figure out what this is? Part a larger assembly? Thanks!!
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Re: Wooden Contraption
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2023, 05:38:52 PM »
I think it is missing some pieces.  Looks like a corn or bean planter to me.
You might say I have a tool collecting problem....

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Re: Wooden Contraption
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2023, 06:04:07 PM »
Thanks! Could be, I haven't been able to find anything like it. I think it was mounted somewhere, notice the lag bolt? And that short piece of chain was ( I'm guessing) longer, or, attached to something else and passed through the hole,  or holes, in the bottom rail!
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Re: Wooden Contraption
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2023, 05:56:10 PM »
Interesting and very well made. The lag screw (s) ment to secure this to a bench or board. The ratchet, looks to be for a up lift lock. The remenant wire.. maybe something to sinch a wire loop. Wild guess... a tool used on corn broom making.
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Re: Wooden Contraption
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2023, 08:11:59 AM »
Hello, Joe . Thanks for the reply! I agree with your ideas on the mechanism. I will check out the corn broom making idea!
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