History anybody seen one of these and what it is??

I picked this up at a estate sale of a 90+ old gentlemen. He had a pretty good amount of old stuff. I noticed this setting on the floor of the garage with a 12.00 price tag. I've never seen anything like it so I figured what the heck, I like odd ball stuff. Would like to hear from anybody if they know if it had a use. I'm thinking mabey it was a test project in the old days for a tinner? Great conversation piece.

 

Is it all made of light sheet metal rolled into tubes? What is that lighter rectangle on the left side? Looks like the ends of the feet are old funnels.

 

Maybe part of a boiler to keep pipes from banging???????

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Looks like a Bootjack, something to scrape the cow shit off before going into the house.

 

Is the bottom open or is the whole thing sealed?. It looks like something made to equalize volume or pressure or flow or something,lol.

 

I’d have to guess some type of tool to position something in place.
Weird.
The lower bar has a vertical piece in the center that may be used for a hammer.
The hand held bars look to be hammered also a time or two.
Interesting. Hope we have an answer.

 

Looks like the bottom portion of the Tinman's body. Could use some knees, though.

 

Early jackstand lol

 

Looks like it has a label on the left side, how about posting a close up of it, and a shot of it upside down.

 

Maybe she knows?

 

It was built to make people ask questions

 

That is what I thought but by the patina you can tell it was all made at one time. It does have a patton but you can't read it good ,just make several #'s out

 

bottom is open and the small center (short piece) has an open slot on both sides of it (vent??)

 

looks like part of a still. I have no idea how to make a still or how it works, but that looks like part of one.

 

I know a bunch of people who don’t have one of those.

 

Post it on Garage Journal. There's a wealth of knowledge there also.

 

Pivot for a seesaw?

 

I like the fact that nobody knew WTF it was, but 12 bucks sounds about right.

 

is a "patton" similar to a "patent"?

Can you take a picture of the tag? it might take several tries to get one that's in focus, etc.

Looks to me like someone was practicing soldering. But I'm making assumptions about the materials, etc, and it's hard to see the details of how it's assembled. More close up pics would help

 

It's an early tin clothes washer/plunger/agitator. Housewife (or maid) puts the clothes in a tub of hot water, adds soap and plunges away. Earliest form of washing machine. I've seen lots of single plungers but only a few doubles.

 

A hitching post...but you paid $13 too much.

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That looks like something I would buy, figuring I could use in some way lol.

 

Back in the day, in Australia, my father would have called it a “wing wong for a goose’s bridle”
But it does look like a test piece for a trade qualification. Plumber or tinsmith.

 

Seriously, it's a tin clothes washer/plunger. My father in law was an antique dealer, mainly dealt in primitives. I've seen these before. Google "tin clothes plunger".

 

I think something like this would predate it by just a little bit. If indeed it's for doing laundry.

 

My F.I.L. would've looked at that one squirrel and said, "Noah probably used that on the ark!".

 

Johnny Gee's pic suddenly makes sense! Although maybe he didn't realize it.

Ever here the expression "get yer tit in a wringer"? That was a real problem with the old clothes washer equipment.

 

Wonder if a 'Smithy' would recognise it.
The shoe-ing of a horse, out back, meant some heavy bent legs...on the part of the shod-der. Or for that Other model, a Bovine!

 

It’s a Bigfoot footprint thingame jig

 

Didn’t she model for Cadillac in the 50’s?