For a friend

[ChefClay]

Dig revealed this in Northern Ireland. Can anyone assist with ID please?
Marks seem to be ‘36’ & ‘IDEAL’
Thank you

 

[fyrffytr1]

The only thing that comes to mind is part of an old tool like a wood plane. What is it made of?

 

[ChefClay]

I believe it’s cast iron, will ask him tomorrow.
A foot pedal came to mind as well, like from an old tractor or farm machinery??

 

[NOLA_Ken]

My first thought is maybe part of a leg from an old cast iron stove?

 

[ChefClay]

Cleaned up - now reveals markings 12v 36

IDEAL

Any ideas?

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[Kiros32]

12V... 12 volt??

 

[DCMatt]

There was a brand of 'hit and miss' engines made in the early 20th C called Ideal.

I don't know what part that might have been but that's where I'd start my research.

 

[vhs07]

Part of the middle pedal of an upright piano?

 

[ChefClay]

I see what you mean, it’s the 12v that lends itself towards the engine.

 

[DCMatt]

May we know what and/or where the dig is? House? Farm? Port? Industrial?

 

[DCMatt]

I see what you mean, it’s the 12v that lends itself towards the engine.

Engines (automobile) didn't begin using 12 volts until the late 1950's. What other things are coming out of the ground?

 

[NOLA_Ken]

The numbers on the back side are likely mold numbers from the foundry that cast it.

 

[cw0909]

agree mold #s, maybe ideal boiler

https://books.google.com/books?id=V...mpany&pg=RA11-PA63#v=onepage&q=ideal &f=false

 

[ChefClay]

There was a brand of 'hit and miss' engines made in the early 20th C called Ideal.

I don't know what part that might have been but that's where I'd start my research.

Thank you, sounds like the right track to follow up.

Sorry, don’t know where the Dig was. It is in NI and a friend who is new to the hobby.
Just trying to help him with the ID. Thanks for all your help everyone, much appreciated.

 

[ChefClay]

agree mold #s, maybe ideal boiler

https://books.google.com/books?id=V...mpany&pg=RA11-PA63#v=onepage&q=ideal &f=false

This kind of interest makes the hobby fascinating, that is the point I am trying to convey to my friend.
From a chunk of metal he has dug up from the ground, this has created an exchange of views that in their own way, trace relevant history. I love this hobby for that alone.

 

[cw0909]

forgot a link, not sure how many models, or if the poster has it labeled right

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/r-kAAMXQ74JTQEYr/s-l1600.jpg
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-A...re-Pot-Belly-Wood-Burning-Stove-/301811321511

 

[highnam]

The cast markings sure seem reminiscent of the old pot belly stoves