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The neighbor had this disc laying buried in the mud in the field out behind his house
for a few years. Under the mud, It was covered with concrete. To him it was just a
piece of scrap he'd picked up on a job somewhere, to me.....a sow's ear to be
turned into a silk purse.
After chipping the concrete off I found a 2" thick by 24" disc that appears to
be a steel casting. It rings like steel, doesn't have that familiar thud that
cast iron typically has. when hit with a hammer. The dang thing weighs
260# and I've been trying to think of some use for it.
Well...I'm modifying and motorizing a 1/2" plate bead rollers that I made
way back when I built my Pitts special biplane. So.....I think I'll use it for
a base for the roller and I've had a chunk of 8" main line for natural gas
standing in the corner for a couple of years that I guess I'll use for the
column. Over Kill??? By a bunch for sure, but I might as well put these
old scrap pieces to good use. That'll be one ell of a solid stand for
that bead roller.
http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/166647667/large

Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL


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What a waste. You should machine that into a hubcap press for straightening old hubcaps. So sad.

The thought of machining it did cross my mind Sonora.......but it won't
fit in my old 16" Lodge & Shipley.
It's gonna be WAY more base than I need to steady up a bead roller
but.....I've got it, so I may as well use it. Gonna be a SOB to move around
and I like to keep my tools mobil whenever possible. Thought about investing
in some good strong locking casters. When finished the whole rig with a full
set of dies could weigh upwards of 450-500 pounds. Mostly cuz of the stand
it's sitting on.
dg

Looks like a plate of rolled steel, torch cut to the Dia. that it is now.
Overkill? Maybe, but build it the way you want to.
Keep posting with pictures and let us know how it turns out.

Don

Edit: Nice box in the background!

Thought it was a rough cast iron something from the local foundry Don. When I first saw the
thing it had about 2" of rough concrete covering the whole thing, like it had been broken out
of a slab. The more I chipped the better it started to look.
No....it's not a flame cut piece of plate, cuz it's got a four or five inch hub about an
inch tall cast into one side. I gotta do some more testing to see what it's made of, but
a quick spark test and smack with a ball peen makes me think it cast steel, and it dents
like steel also.
I think it may have been a blank for a flywheel of some sort. Around the turn of the century
Sandwich Manufacturing was a big player in the farm equipment business. They made the
Sandwich hit 'n miss engines, hay and grain handling farm equipment, of which, the Sandwich
engines were one of the best in the country. I suspect this could be something that was left over
when they closed down the factories and somehow it got caught up in a concrete foundation or patio.
My neighbor does demolition and that's how he found it.
dg

Sounds like you are right then Denny.
I learn something from every one of your posts.

Don

Looks like a hernia waiting to happen!

Got that right Marty, every time I've moved it, I gotta be real
careful to keep it in balance. Once it starts to go I just get
the ell out of its way. Then go looking for the Johnson bar
to pry the edge up.

And Don, I've learned a lot about old anvils from your passion
for them.
dg

I like finding stuff like that, I rarely bring it home though, Mrs. Rod says I have too much "junk" laying around. I would use it to mount my fathers old 100 lbs anvil to, sure glad I was able to save it from him selling it for $20 like the other three he had.

Rusty Rod said; "I like finding stuff like that, I rarely bring it home though, Mrs. Rod says I have too much "junk" laying around."

My response to Mrs. Moparguy for that particular argument "It's not junk, it's precious metal". Don't say it out loud too often though.