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Title: cast iron wingding???
Post by: Brad in Wisconsin on August 27, 2016, 11:15:23 AM
I have a odd feeling about this found at rummage sale 4 7/8th long same on both sides, very light, smooth. ?????
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Post by: Brad in Wisconsin on August 27, 2016, 11:44:13 AM
playing around with this ,,, really fits in your hand ,,, scratch something
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Post by: Brad in Wisconsin on August 27, 2016, 03:46:09 PM
been thinking about this..... some type of marking stylus or hand punch for foundry, pottery, leather work????
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Post by: oldgoaly on August 27, 2016, 04:20:08 PM
if it's light it's not cast iron!  something that opens up a hole larger in a soft fabric or weave of some type?
Title: Re: cast iron wingding???
Post by: Brad in Wisconsin on August 27, 2016, 07:13:43 PM
Maybe light and cast iron don't mix :grin: maybe feels balanced might be more appropriate. how about a wire rope fid of some type 
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Post by: oldgoaly on August 27, 2016, 08:33:47 PM
maybe a peg to temporary hold something?
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Post by: Brad in Wisconsin on August 28, 2016, 09:49:37 AM
OH I like that idea! In the sixties my sister had this leather hair scrunchy thing that was held with a wood peg. I know, Different but similar. Sometime I'll show you guys this cast iron apple I got....
Title: Re: cast iron wingding???
Post by: Chillylulu on August 28, 2016, 01:46:49 PM
I think it may be sone kind of fid, for ropework.  But most are wood and steel types are generally more like a spike. But I can see it being very useful for large rope.

Chilly
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Post by: blackoak on September 04, 2016, 10:30:45 AM
Kind of looks like a wedge used for the mounting of a blacksmith post leg vise to a stump or work bench, but really it could have been used for many useful jobs with it being the shape it was made in.
Title: Re: cast iron wingding???
Post by: lptools on September 04, 2016, 11:01:46 AM
Maybe for pressing veneer? Same use as that of a veneer hammer?