The Official "What The Heck Is This?" Thread

[compostwerks]

Remember when gas stations had tire-changing machines? Now, think back to horse-and-wagon days. What did they do back then?

This is a "tiring platform" for a wheelwright's or blacksmith's shop.

It supported the wooden wheel evenly as a red-hot iron rim was forced over it. When the iron tire was cooled it compressed the hub and spokes, and set the "dish" of the wheel.

Found in "Mill Hollow" in Boscawen NH. (Loaded by hand with my trusty old Wyeth-Scott Power Puller!)



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Foiled again.....I thought I was savvy on such matters. Pete, I'd love to come for a visit one of these days!!

 

[timgr]

There's a rock floating in air.

Neat - a big round anvil.

 

[Wmi68CJ5]

I think they have some of those at the museum of the appalachias in Tennessee I think. Neat place list of mill stones as well

 

[PeteL]

There's a rock floating in air.

It's supported on two 1/2" steel rod legs. My street number is carved on it.

 

[timgr]

It's supported on two 1/2" steel rod legs. My street number is carved on it.

Yes.

(Smileys are still MIA).

 

[jeepstar]

Ok .....real question now is why? That seems like a logistical feat to move. What are you going to do with it? Yard art?

 

[PeteL]

Ok .....real question now is why? That seems like a logistical feat to move. What are you going to do with it? Yard art?

On display at the entrance to my driveway. Why? Personal sentiment, and redneck status symbol. And because I like old stuff. As a piece of our local heritage I resent seeing things like this exported out-of-state to decorate commercial developments or some such.

It also happens that I own a historic water mill where wagon wheels and wooden hubs were manufactured. (If you see a movie with John Wayne on a Wells Fargo stage coach, he's riding on wheel hubs that were made in my mill.) So I feel it's kind of appropriate and cool to possess a wheelwright's stone.

PS - plus I like moving heavy stuff. It feeds my ego.

 

[Chipper]

anyone know what these tapped holes are for on windshield frame air diffuser? there's a pair on each side just above the windshield hold down latchesn

 

[PeteL]

anyone know what these tapped holes are for on windshield frame air diffuser? there's a pair on each side just above the windshield hold down latchesView attachment 103490n

Mounting for venting windshield latches.

 

[Chipper]

Thanks. Obvious once you think about it

 

[PeteL]

Obvious once you think about it

For many years I never knew, until I got a venting w/s. One of many reasons jeeps are so fascinating, with their multi-layered history.

 

[Chipper]

Yup some details are WW2 tech

 

[Ol Fogie]

PS - plus I like moving heavy stuff. It feeds my ego.

I enjoy figuring out how to do things with what I have on hand too. When I was about 10 years old Growing up in Appalachia we lived on our self subsistence farm. We raised hogs and butchered them ourselves. My dad built what we called the ''smoke house" for the cured meats and such. A heavy log and timber structure about 16x16 with a rough sawn oak wooden floor, sitting on stone pillars. A year or so later my dad said wish we had put the door on the other end, would of been more convenient to add a shed off one side. I watched as he jacked up the building a few inches off the stone pillars and then cut a large piece log about 24 inches in diameter and 3 feet long placing it on end under the floor at the center of the building, lowering the building onto the log at the balance point of the building. I watched amazed as he simply spun the building 180 degrees, by hand, then lowered it back down on to the original rock pillars. Fixed!

 

[Royal-a1]

How about these? From a 1963 m38a1(navy).Couldn't find them in the manuals.

 

[1970-CJ5]

Took the chrome grill cover off and a piece of grill had been removed so I’m curious if anyone knows why this was done?

 

[Bubblehead617]

Foiled again.....I thought I was savvy on such matters. Pete, I'd love to come for a visit one of these days!!

One of my Grandad's brothers was a wheelright in a buggy company in OKC in late 1800s-early 1900s. Have been told he was a premier wheelright.

 

[PeteL]

Took the chrome grill cover off and a piece of grill had been removed so I’m curious if anyone knows why this was done?

Maybe to make clearance for some front-mounted piece of equipment? Winch, pump, plow?

OR....

 

[1970-CJ5]

SAS

 

[T.M.]

What are these holes in the grill air duct for? The grill has been either replaced or very poorly repainted as it does not match the original body color at all. It also has bright green primer or paint underneath the topcoat of green that’s on it now.

 

[timgr]

Hood safety latch.