WWA Info Exchange

This is my latest cleanup. It hung on the fence for about 20 years.
I know what it is.
Can you guess? It shouldn't be very hard to figure out.
Zulu

The name "Modern Dairy" gave me a strong hint. I'll withhold my answer, give others a chance.
Zulu, do know what the flat iron disks with the notched edges are? They where shown with one of your restorations about 2 or 3 weeks ago.
Norm

I finally got on that I know! It is a de-horner, the instruction on the (this side opposite the head) gave it away.

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Uncle Fixit

Don't know what it's called but it's clearly a tool for de-horning cattle/cows/horned critters.

Doesn't look like a very humane way to go about it, though.

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Nullum Gratuitum Prandium

Cheers - Dennis

A bit OT but ... What do you use to clean up the rust and scale as well as you do, Zulu?

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Cheers - Dennis

It is certainly a dehorner.

Dennis,
I use nothing more than a 4 1/2" angle grinder with a braided wire wheel and a die grinder with a 2" wire wheel to reach the tighter spots.
Both work great and take it to bare metal in seconds.
Then i coat everything with Formbys low sheen oil or just plain boiled linseed oil.
Both work great and dry out quickly.


Norm,
Are you talking about these in the top of this picture?
If so, they are from some kind of farm equipment. A seed planter I think.
The top two are the same and the second from the left on the bottom all came from the same piece of equipment.
The bottom picture also is from the same group.
Zulu

Zulu,
You're right. The plate sits below the casting (you show in the last picture) both of which are on the bottom of a hopper holding the seeds. Different size notches for different seeds. The plate turns by a system of chains, sprockets and gears driven by the planter wheels. Seeding rate is changed by changing the sprockets.
The cast iron ones are probably at least 50 years old, newer ones were plastic.
I knew it was a dehorner. That is a bloody business. anyone doing or helping with it is sprayed with blood from the base of the horns. A red hot iron is used to cauterize the arteries to stop the bleeding.
My farming back ground is showing!!
Norm

I have a bunch of that stuff along with multiple gears and wheels that are very cool. I just
haven't figured out what to do with them yet.
Anyone have any ideas?
Zulu

Just curious Zulu, did you do the welds or did you find it pre-repaired?

You really bring these old things back to life magically.

Thanks for showing it to us

eric

Eric,
I discovered those welds when I cleaned it up. I never knew they were there before.
My biggest problem is figuring out where to put all this stuff when I'm finished.
It's not going back on the fence.
Zulu

When you run out of room, I m sure you could either sell it to others who would appreciate it, or maybe gift it to local historical associtation.
You are doing a good job of bringing things back from the unusable.

Either way I would imagine they woudl move, but maybe not for what you but into them with sweat equity.

We don't care what you do with them, as long as you keep showing em to us!

eric