This came with some autobody tools, looks like a meat tenderizer. Most if not all meat tenderizers I have seen are like a hammer. This is more like a potato masher. Size is about 2" cube.
So how would a handle attach? a slit in the handle end and a wedge?
Aluminum?
With the taper a matching metal handle would work.
I'd guess meat tenderizer also.
Chilly
Sorry it's cast iron, the hole looks straight no taper.
Possibly one of several tools for the end of a hydraulic ram for straightening auto frame/body parts. The teeth would keep it in place as pressure is applied.
Quote from: amecks on February 09, 2018, 12:08:37 PM
Possibly one of several tools for the end of a hydraulic ram for straightening auto frame/body parts. The teeth would keep it in place as pressure is applied.
You're taking all the fun out of it, coming up with a reasonable explanation...
Quote from: amecks on February 09, 2018, 12:08:37 PM
Possibly one of several tools for the end of a hydraulic ram for straightening auto frame/body parts. The teeth would keep it in place as pressure is applied.
might be a little small for one of them? I know the 10 ton one are bigger but the smaller 4 ton? got to look got some old Porter Ferguson stuff around somewhere. I've used the 10 ton port-a-power for holding more building stuff than car/trucks stuff.
Well we might jut have a winner!
the hole is the right size! there is a nasty burr inside the hole, so a wooden handle is not going to make that burr but a improperly installed extension could. So will need to clean the hole up and see!
Looks better after being in the phosphoric acid for 20 minutes.
That's a 4 ton Porter Ferguson extension, didn't take me too long to find!
Quote from: Bill Houghton on February 09, 2018, 12:31:22 PM
You're taking all the fun out of it, coming up with a reasonable explanation...
Ha Ha ...sorry!
So I have determined the hole is tapered
large end .800
small end .625
length is 1.360
burr is at .750 deep and not pretty either!
Does that handle fit the taper.
no it does not fit, I tried it after removing the burr. that is when I figured out it's a taper.
Looks like a bushing tool used to scarify concrete before you apply a coating.
What kind of a handle would it have had?
the burr in it make it seem like someone tried it as part of a porto-power
wonder if it was cast steel? taper sand core, and it wasn't drilled out?
Since it's cast iron, it can't handle impacts very well. So it probably isn't used for concrete work or as a chisel.
Looking at vintage and modern porta-power sets that kind of foot is there.
Maybe it had an adapter in that set at some time?
Chilly