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[mlc3flying]

 

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[Fat]

...plz make a pic with a size reference.
Reminds me of the thing you turn open and closed from an old water spigot, spokes and hub have had it...

 

[CoinsAndThings]

I'm thinking it's the outer race of an old style wheel bearing

 

[mlc3flying]

...plz make a pic with a size reference.
Reminds me of the thing you turn open and closed from an old water spigot, spokes and hub have had it...

I just posted a few more pictures.

 

[mlc3flying]

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I just posted a few more pictures.

This object is thick and heavy. I’m thinking it had to be off of some old machinery(farm).

 

[crashbandicoot]

Long shot,but part of a planetary gear set?

 

[dognose]

looks like an old gas stove burner grate cook top part to me. the flame, a very old heavy duty grate. Heavier duty than the thin style.

 

[mlc3flying]

looks like an old gas stove burner grate cook top part to me. the flame, a very old heavy duty grate. Heavier duty than the thin style.
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Good point. Maybe the bars coming out from the middle have eroded over time?

 

[Brokenbear]

My 2 bits ..it is a plate termed a "seed plate" that was mounted inside an individual row planter that spun over a hole that allowed the seed to drop one at a time ..the mechanism was driven by the turning of the wheel(s) and was geared and timed to where it would drop a seed every so many inches ..(like 4 to 8") they came in differing variations for different seed sizes ant types (corn,milo etc.) as well as different seed spacing ..
It would have been sitting on a solid plate/turning disc (driven by wheel supplied movement) with a hole corresponding with the seed drop point ..the seed hopper would have been filled with seed which would keep the outer teeth filled of your seed plate with seed
Likely old enough to have been before soy beans but used in cotton, field corn, milo(Grain Sorgum) ,and sweet corn

Bear

 

[Fat]

My 2 bits ..it is a plate termed a "seed plate" that was mounted inside an individual row planter that spun over a hole that allowed the seed to drop one at a time ..the mechanism was driven by the turning of the wheel(s) and was geared and timed to where it would drop a seed every so many inches ..(like 4 to 8") they came in differing variations for different seed sizes ant types (corn,milo etc.) as well as different seed spacing ..
It would have been sitting on a solid plate/turning disc (driven by wheel supplied movement) with a hole corresponding with the seed drop point ..the seed hopper would have been filled with seed which would keep the outer teeth filled of your seed plate with seed
Likely old enough to have been before soy beans but used in cotton, field corn, milo(Grain Sorgum) ,and sweet corn

Bear

... I have some that are a solid plate with the grate pattern cast as one piece, I’ll try and remember to make pic...

 

[crashbandicoot]

My 2 bits ..it is a plate termed a "seed plate" that was mounted inside an individual row planter that spun over a hole that allowed the seed to drop one at a time ..the mechanism was driven by the turning of the wheel(s) and was geared and timed to where it would drop a seed every so many inches ..(like 4 to 8") they came in differing variations for different seed sizes ant types (corn,milo etc.) as well as different seed spacing ..
It would have been sitting on a solid plate/turning disc (driven by wheel supplied movement) with a hole corresponding with the seed drop point ..the seed hopper would have been filled with seed which would keep the outer teeth filled of your seed plate with seed
Likely old enough to have been before soy beans but used in cotton, field corn, milo(Grain Sorgum) ,and sweet corn

Bear

And your two bits turns out to be a solid dollar!! Nice ID.

 

[DannyB1954]

I go with wheel bearing washer as well. the outside part of a wheel axle often has splines. to keep the nut that holds everything together from spinning loose they use a washer under the nut that grabs onto the shaft splines. Most cars today, they drill a hole through the shaft and use a cotter pin.

 

[mlc3flying]

My 2 bits ..it is a plate termed a "seed plate" that was mounted inside an individual row planter that spun over a hole that allowed the seed to drop one at a time ..the mechanism was driven by the turning of the wheel(s) and was geared and timed to where it would drop a seed every so many inches ..(like 4 to 8") they came in differing variations for different seed sizes ant types (corn,milo etc.) as well as different seed spacing ..
It would have been sitting on a solid plate/turning disc (driven by wheel supplied movement) with a hole corresponding with the seed drop point ..the seed hopper would have been filled with seed which would keep the outer teeth filled of your seed plate with seed
Likely old enough to have been before soy beans but used in cotton, field corn, milo(Grain Sorgum) ,and sweet corn

Bear

Thanks for the reply. That sounds very convincing!

 

[KeyaPaha]

I agree with Bear. That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the pics.

 

[GDub62]

My 2 bits ..it is a plate termed a "seed plate" that was mounted inside an individual row planter that spun over a hole that allowed the seed to drop one at a time ..the mechanism was driven by the turning of the wheel(s) and was geared and timed to where it would drop a seed every so many inches ..(like 4 to 8") they came in differing variations for different seed sizes ant types (corn,milo etc.) as well as different seed spacing ..
It would have been sitting on a solid plate/turning disc (driven by wheel supplied movement) with a hole corresponding with the seed drop point ..the seed hopper would have been filled with seed which would keep the outer teeth filled of your seed plate with seed
Likely old enough to have been before soy beans but used in cotton, field corn, milo(Grain Sorgum) ,and sweet corn

Bear

My thought too

 

[ARC]

I see this thread is still going on without a solve... so i will throw my three cents in...

Drain grate... industrial... center is broken out... probably when the bulldozer drove over it during demo.

 

[IDXit]

the seed plate theory is very convincing all right.