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12/26/13, 07:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Crowbar
If I had it it would be a UFO
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Unidentified ferrous object?
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12/26/13, 09:38 AM
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I *think* it might be the hardware that holds one of those ironing boards mounted in a wall cabinet.
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12/26/13, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Dixie Bee Acres
It's a thinga-majigger, often times confused as a whatcha-macallit.
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N, No, No. Anybody should know that's plainly a doo-hickey.
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12/26/13, 02:57 PM
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I'm surprised that no one knows what it is - heck - I got several of them - very common thing back in the early 40s and 50s - if you don't want it - try and sell it on E-bay -
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12/26/13, 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO
I *think* it might be the hardware that holds one of those ironing boards mounted in a wall cabinet.
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It does have those sort of features, but weren't they a little longer, so to support the board better?
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12/26/13, 08:56 PM
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I could tell you, but it's classified.
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12/26/13, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveNay
I could tell you, but it's classified.
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Ah, darn. I knew it, now we'll have to wait at least twenty years to find out what it is, or that they didn't know what it was in the first place..
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12/26/13, 10:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixie Bee Acres
It's a thinga-majigger, often times confused as a whatcha-macallit.
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I thought it was a doo-hickey.
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12/27/13, 04:48 AM
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Or a whosa whatzit.
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12/27/13, 01:52 PM
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Family Jersey Dairy
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I have been around for some time, and have collected antiques for a long time. And I have never seen anything like this before, now my guess is also a half set of a pair of legs of some sort of machine. Not sure about sewing machine, lathe, pipe vice or something else. But I know it`s not off a tractor seat, nor a cheese cutter, or a UFO, or a toilet seat. But it may be a Doo-Hickey, or a Thing-a-majig, but this was fun looking at, and trying to figure it out. > Thanks Marc
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12/27/13, 02:11 PM
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Is it possible to see a picture from the side?
It appears that's a rivet in the center, allowing the parts on the rear to turn?
Also, at the bottom, on the right side of the center spoke.. looks like a hole? maybe there was a handle or something there?
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12/27/13, 02:27 PM
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I would have my son weld it on a squarish type of frame ..weld hinges and a latch on it and use it for a garden gate..
or..I would put it in the garden for a vine to climb up..and let it just rust itself away
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12/27/13, 03:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CountryWannabe
I thought it looked something like a gadget for helping you pull off your boots. My uncle had one, but I really don't remember what it looked like in any sort of detail.
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Mary, You are thinking about a Boot Jack.
I do not think it is one.
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12/27/13, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Alice In TX/MO
Yes, it is aesthetically pleasing. It's only about 12 to 14 inches long.
The ends of the bottom bar look like the slipped into some sort of housing.
The flat bottom V thing that is resting on the second step slides freely up and down in the channel formed by the vertical pieces.
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This is the description I needed.
Try turning it upside down.
It pivots on the ends of the straight part that is now down.
That part that moves freely,,,, the ends were mounted on hinges.
It is like a step or shelf that folds down when not needed.
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12/27/13, 04:18 PM
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I may have to take it over to someone who knew the folks who lived in the house.
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12/29/13, 09:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rustaholic
This is the description I needed.
Try turning it upside down.
It pivots on the ends of the straight part that is now down.
That part that moves freely,,,, the ends were mounted on hinges.
It is like a step or shelf that folds down when not needed.
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I agree with this thought. Sort of the same concept of how the hinge on ironing board legs work.
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