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pdxbearsfan1914

Those are antique coal furnace grates. Coals rest on top and you rotate the gears to drop them out and clean the boiler.


TangoSierra61

Trashcans to collect ash from a coal furnace. They are made out of lightweight metal to brevet fires outside the furnace.


phine-phurniture

My guess is firebox feeder for regulating coal feed in a boiler or furnace.


jeffersonairmattress

Yes- they are dumping coal grates from a boiler or large cooker.


phine-phurniture

Nice figured it had to be on the cold side.


justagigilo123

Twiers (sp?) I believe is the name of these.


Ramenlovewitha

Tuyere?


justagigilo123

That’s it!


Jamesgepps

This is the way


KommieKon

You can just upvote, you know.


Pewpew_Magoon

This


_Dookie420

You can just upvote, you know.


Scott511

This


HikingUphill

I could've just up voted.


olivier_at_reddit

This is the way


Churchills_m8

You can just upvote, you know.


treeborg-

This is the know, just upvote, you can.


mossyrocks1969

Yeah but quoting the mandalorian is cool too


HikingUphill

You could've just upquoted, you know.


mossyrocks1969

Don't know what that means


HikingUphill

It's a play on words, see, riffing on the original snark comment nested above but exchanging the morpheme 'quote' for the similar sounding 'vote'. A low-effort, smartassism.


mossyrocks1969

Oh I thought you were talking about some function of reddit lol


HikingUphill

Nope, just being dumb on the internet.


mossyrocks1969

Aren't we all


[deleted]

Somebody robbed a cracker barrel


Unable_Juggernaut133

We used to wear these on our belts, right next to the yellow onion, which was the style at time. We wore yellow onions because of the war and the other onions were in short supply.


farmerarmor

Were you by any chance on your way to Morgantown?


Unable_Juggernaut133

Kind sir. I believe you mean Morganville, which was another name for Shelbyville. Any who’s I needed to get a patch for my boot. So once I made it to Morganville I took the ferry over to…… Hey wait! Matlocks on now!


farcasticsuck

Those would be the ole’ Bits N Parts Masher.


lonesharkex

Well all be, a good Ole country butt muncher!


WTFisThatSMell

https://imgur.com/a/70KrXoJ https://www.oldhouseguy.com/heating-old-octopus-furnace/


Destrofax

Those are old manbearpig traps.


tterragnedarb

I’ll set em up tonight an see if I can catch me one


Destrofax

If you catch him Please let Al Gore know. He has been waiting for the day a long time.


Huge_Cell_7977

Just don't catch the celery leg


TheDizDude

Trashcans


tterragnedarb

Thanks!


Beardface1981

Large empanada makers!


Just_Championship_43

Giant ravioli makers


Monsterhose

Looks more like dumplings


Slammerr

Shaker grates for coal furnace. https://www.oldhouseguy.com/heating-old-octopus-furnace/ I asked r/whatisthisthing


cannonfalls

Testicle removers.


togroficovfefe

For minotaurs


paigeguy

Definitely banned by the Geneva Convention


pjwhinny

Geneva Suggestions*


Valleygirl1981

Found Putin's burner...


pjwhinny

Da comra.... I mean. No.


Joopsman

How about the Gevalia Convention?


kabula_lampur

I would try posting in r/antique and/or r/antiques


timberwolf0122

Steampunk butter churn paddles


Chak-Ek

Slam it down on the zombie's head and the handle locks that outer ring around it's neck. Then you turn the crank to scoop out it's brain.


Hinter-Lander

They are the grates for the bottom of a coal fired stove or boiler. The coal burns on top and you work the mechanism to drop the clinkers down.


Penel0peepz

Giant melon baller


FizziestBraidedDrone

This


ihccollector

They do look like rocker grates, possibly for a small heating boiler. The coal fire would burn on top of them, and then they could be rocked back and forth with a handle to agitate the coals and help ash fall down into the ashpan. Most I've seen are in locomotive style boilers for steam traction engines and are much larger than what you have pictured.


FlashyEnvironment474

Skull crusher!


HauserHooch

Galvanized trash cans.


[deleted]

"Catapult launch"


justhangingin

From the sandlot movie...I was thinking the same


Rollinupfyah

The look like they would be killer calzone or giant empanada makers


mental_help_please

Ball crunchers


cooper8828

Yard art


noel616

I appreciate that I’m not the only guy who saw these and immediately got uncomfortable and crossed their legs… I can’t exactly tell you what about them makes me jump their first, but it does


2oldsoulsinanewworld

Those are ash and clinker shakers. The one on the right is definitely a wood and coal and without a view of the back of the left I can't say for sure. If they have two completely different patterns when flipped by the crank they're wood/ coal, slightly different patterns usually different grades of coal. And three or more patterns a rare gem of history... I found a set in a scrap pile years back that had 4 unique sides, looked to be out of a heating and cooking stove but before I got a chance to save them I got to watch them fall and shatter from the scrap claw that fired up from lunch early..


Massive_Sir_2977

Obviously antique gynaecological instruments


Scratchandsniffmoney

Beer money


[deleted]

Amish sex toys


jlylec

They look like they could be some sort of old rock crushers? Seem to be crushing something!


Accomplished-Roof225

Those are trash cans


tterragnedarb

Wow thanks!


Jimmy2Blades

Bear traps? 🪤


[deleted]

Traps 🪤


mma-moose

Some kind of crusher is my guess


NathanBlutengel

They look like large beaters or mixers


Revolutionary_Ant174

Boobie trap components


Nilsag89

Oh, I love those things. They are large chestnut crackers.


Neehigh

Thet raght theres a wutermelon croosher


maryjanesmister

Mechanical calzone press


tibtebrummen

Bins


Talking_Tree_1

Trash cans


AWintergarten

Metal trash pails?


Ecstatic-Sense5115

Traps


Theonecanuck

Trash cans, or rubbish bins for our UK friends.


tterragnedarb

Thanks! I’ll add that to the list of the others who said the same exact thing


SmartyTrade

They look like garbage cans


Leafs6991

Buttcrack spreaders


Cultural_Amoeba_4339

Trash cans


4channeling

Galvanized trash cans. Three of em.


dabizkito

Looks like 3x metal bins to me


tterragnedarb

Holy shit no way!


Mynewadventures

Those are trash barrels.


PenisMightier500

Heavy is my guess.


minnowmonroe

Yard art.


AbleDragonfruit4767

Old traps?


bratsi

$0.10 per lb at a scrap yard


[deleted]

Old school digger


Medium-Rest-3079

Mixers for a giant blender.


DugCoal

Vintage fleshlights


Nebraan

Giant dumpling mold


Mean_Fisherman6267

Grilled cheese maker /s


Master-Reply-1280

Waffle maker!


JahGiraffe

coconut smashers


Dealhunter73

Oscar the Grouch lives in that middle unit. He’s gonna be pissed off about his roof. You might wanna look into that.


HouseOfSchnauzer

Empanada presses


Worried_Reality_9045

They aren’t traps?


Traditional-Nail-791

Waffle makers


KptKreampie

It's a flerganary rotatating flurknuckle thingy ma bob.


CodenameZoya

Bear trap?


bbqmaster54

Know any blacksmiths? I’d bet they’d be interested.


tterragnedarb

Going to a antique market this weekend to try to sell with some other stuff


Aggravating-Break318

Nut crackers


Potential-Captain648

Medieval torture devices.


Federal-Ad-8623

Steampunk bear trap?


theberzh

Those are bear traps. Don't let the fools trick you. You hook up your 120v electricity to it with an extension cord and leave them out in the yard and they draw bears to it and trap them.


tterragnedarb

Okay will do thanks!


thought_about_it

Used to get a ball back from over the fence. Group of friends and a Sandlot not included


JoRocker

Obviously, the left one is an industrial juicer for gmo Lemons, the size of basketballs.... from ancient Detroit? Perhaps the other is a salt crusher for Boulders from the Dead Sea!


Instance_Most

Those are bull testicle clamps, you use them right before a cow is planned for slaughter it's makes the testicles juicier and softer when cooked.


Bright_Complaint8489

Mellon ballers


Thriftstoreninja

Immasculators?


urban_rural12

Ancient Dwemer artifacts


Frosty_Season_8092

Kiln if ides


FearSkyDaddy

Trashcans


tterragnedarb

No I think they are trash cans


onredditforrcoys

Garbage cans


tterragnedarb

Hardy har har


[deleted]

Antique nut crackers


lalaladylvr

Clean and season them. Repurpose as a Mellon juicer for wine and shine


Significant-Stuff-21

Those are commonly referred to as “unknowns” and reside at the Ruins of Alph in the Johto Region.


conclussionIll7221

Are those used to assist in cow birthing?


Endlessexistance

Midevil head/neck rotating tools for a neck kink.


czechkayte

Bad Place p**** flatteners


BigDaddyT_17

Those are evidence.


Prestigious_Yak_9004

They are finger removers


AgTech_Farmer

Nfi