✅ SOLVED Is this a spool from a farm machine

[SeekerProB]

This looks too big to be a sewing machine spool. But it is south Alabama so it could be industrial. It is metal and appears like one end fits inside the other. I will have to clean it up more to see if there is any more writing. Thanks for your help. Found at a house site that is now crop land.

 

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[ANTIQUARIAN]

Sewing machine spools might have been that big at one time?
On a sunny day, a lot of sewing was done outside on pedal pump machines.
I did an online search and most thread spools seem to have been made of wood as opposed to iron.

It's more likely to be farm machinery related.
Dave

 

[creskol]

Looks like a piston from a master brake cylinder to me.
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[Indian Steve]

I agree with creskol.

 

[A2coins]

Boom nailed it Creskol

 

[SeekerProB]

Someone at work suggested a bailing wire guide from a piece of farm equipment.

 

[creskol]

Someone at work suggested a bailing wire guide from a piece of farm equipment.

..but it isn't .. It is a piston from a master cylinder.

 

[SeekerProB]

..but it isn't .. It is a piston from a master cylinder.

I cleaned it up and you are correct. It had a remnant of a seal on the one end. The metal seems to be magnesium or aluminum just by the way there is a little corrosion. Thank you for the ID.