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Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:32 pm
by Jim-B
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While digging potatoes the digger unearthed this, wonder if it is salvageable ?
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:36 pm
by Moxie26
Boat anchor ????
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:55 pm
by Rich Eagle
Someone would love to have it hanging in their shop or mancave, a great conversation piece.
I would think it is pitted too deep to grind to a useable size. Maybe it could be metalized but with so many around it is doubtful it would be worth the cost.
How are the potatoes this year?
It's fun to see it.
Rich
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 3:55 pm
by Jerry VanOoteghem
Well, it's not broken at least. That makes it better than a lot of them out there! Neat find!
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 4:00 pm
by Norman Kling
If you have a local historical museum, you might donate it. We actually have some Model T parts which were found buried under our main street when it was excavated for undergrounding utilities. They are in the museum.
Norm
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 5:21 pm
by Jim-B
Rich, potatoes are ok, maybe a little smaller then usual
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 7:46 pm
by OilyBill
I can tell that NONE of you are farmers!
It was traditional in the 1920's, if you broke a Model T Crankshaft, to take the smaller piece, bury it in the ground with a piece of potato or a fish from a local stream, and then come back in 30-60 days and pluck your new crankshaft right off the bush!
It works for REO's and Brushes, too!
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:11 pm
by Dave Sullivan
Bill, you still got to grind it, though, right? Dave in Bellingham..
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:17 pm
by JTT3
Oh it really is salvageable, just take it to the scrapyard they’ll give you a few cents per pound for salvage.
Re: Crankshaft
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2022 10:54 pm
by TXGOAT2
Before I let the Chinese get it, I'd make chisels or punches or pole shoe bits or whatever out of it... or clean it up and hang it up for a dinner bell, or just hang it on the wall to look at. Many years ago, me and another fool agreed to tear down an old commercial building in exchange for a 1952 Cadillac convertible. It turned out to be quite a job to demolish the building and clear the lot. One of the back doors had a concrete step. I took a sledge hammer to the step to to break it up into pieces I could pick up. After a couple of whacks, the step split apart to reveal about 3/4 of a Model T crankshaft which had been used as rebar. It had broken in service. I'd guess that the building, which once housed a steam laundry and a grocery store, was built in the 1920s.