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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on April 12, 2016, 10:15:43 pm

Title: What is this?
Post by: osage outlaw on April 12, 2016, 10:15:43 pm

I was cleaning up the garage and I came across this thing.  My wife bought me a set of log tongs at an auction last summer and they threw in some other junk.  This was with it.  I have no idea what it is used for.  My only guess is maybe a paint mixer?  Does anyone know what it is? 

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Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: DC on April 12, 2016, 10:35:22 pm

Cleaning boiler tubes? That's just a wild guess.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Tracker0721 on April 12, 2016, 10:59:59 pm

Are you serious?! You don't know what that is? It's a witchamajinger. They used to have these great long cylindrical pots that they'd cook tea in and that there witchamajinger was used in a churning/pumping motion as if churning butter to stir the tea. Once it has boiled long enough they could pull out the plunger and take the tester sips from the top. Only the finest teas were cooked and served that way so I doubt any of the common folk around here would know about it. It could easily fetch 1 maybe even 2 human dollars at the market.

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Pat B on April 12, 2016, 11:17:26 pm

An arrow extractor for a steel back quiver.  ???

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: lebhuntfish on April 13, 2016, 12:05:54 am

Quote from: DC on April 12, 2016, 10:35:22 pm

Cleaning boiler tubes? That's just a wild guess.

Nope,  I've cleaned several and even some chiller tubes. Trust me, I wish it was as simple as that tool looks.

I've seen one of those before,  grandma ran a flea market and was a collector of all kinds of stuff. Looks almost like what we used to take milk sample with on the farm but ours was stainless. Maybe for an old style milk canister.
Not really sure though. I hope someone knows for sure. Interesting.

Patrick

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: lebhuntfish on April 13, 2016, 12:07:12 am

Any writing or makers marks?

Patrick

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: MWirwicki on April 13, 2016, 08:14:19 am

It's a mini satellite dish for your new camper!

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: osage outlaw on April 13, 2016, 10:30:47 am

Thank you Patrick!  I looked up milk can cream skimmer and that's what it is. 


Matt, I could turn it into a tiny satellite dish pretty easily. 

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: lebhuntfish on April 13, 2016, 12:09:44 pm

I thought that might be what it was.

Patrick

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: Tracker0721 on April 14, 2016, 10:07:51 am

So if you replace tea with milk I was pretty darn close eh?  8)

Title: Re: What is this?
Post by: osage outlaw on April 14, 2016, 10:08:50 am

You were the first runner up