✅ SOLVED What in the world?

[Icewing]

Ok this one has baffled everyone who's looked at it.
It's cast iron and the outer rim is about flush with the raised nodules.

So I ask the Oracle of all Knowledge; What says you?



Sorry I still need to finish cleaning it.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Might be an old tractor brake pedal the nodules helped for traction with muddy boots. It looks similarThis was all I could find, might not be what it is but it might wake up someones memory of what it is.Or it might be some type of step?

 

[kcm]

Ok, time for some Q & A:
1) What kind of area was this found in? Farm land? Old industrial area? Any history on the location?
2) Any other features? Any signs of being mounted? Holes? Broken welds?
3) Has anything else been found in the general vicinity? Any coins that might be from the same era?
4) For it's size and considering it's cast iron, would you say this is rather on the heavy side or would it be somewhat light for cast iron?

We'll get it figured out eventually!

 

[Tony in SC]

Kinda looks like a flower frog?

 

[nhbenz]

Kinda looks like a flower frog?

That is what this seller thought: Antique Vintage Large Heavy Cast Iron Metal Flower Frog Holder Arranger | What's it worth

 

[taz42o]

That is what this seller thought: Antique Vintage Large Heavy Cast Iron Metal Flower Frog Holder Arranger | What's it worth

That one has duct tape around it like maybe it had another part that was taped to it at one time.

 

[submariner]

Could it be an old boot scrubber that was used to clean off bottom of boots or shoes before coming into the house?

 

[CTwoods]

Try to look up old tire tube patching tools...

That piece reminds me of working at a tire place almost 50 years ago; we still had antique tools we still used for truck and tractor tubes.

The tray was filled with fuel and set on fire. There was a clamp to hold that tray down, tightly to the tube with a thick oval patch under it.

It was called a vulcanizing patch, which required heat to bond it to the tube. Those spikes sticking up made the heat go into the base as the fuel burned down.

 

[CTwoods]

Try to look up old tire tube patching tools...

That piece reminds me of working at a tire place almost 50 years ago; we still had antique tools we still used for truck and tractor tubes.

The tray was filled with fuel and set on fire. There was a clamp to hold that tray down, tightly to the tube with a thick oval patch under it.

It was called a vulcanizing patch, which required heat to bond it to the tube. Those spikes sticking up made the heat go into the base as the fuel burned down.

Here is a similar one for smaller patching. The spikes also act like wicks for the liquid fuel.

These liquid fuel ones were later outdated by the later vulcanizing patches that had a shallow tin throw-away tray filled with solid fuel that burned very quickly and hotter.

 

[Icewing]

Thank a bunch guys, the flower frog thing was a dead on match, however I believe it's actually a tire vulcanizer based on the multiple other similar examples.

 

[cudamark]

What does the other side look like? It looks like a heat sink to me.