60Patrol

I saw this while I was bushwacking in Colorado. This machine is located in some old ranch country up in the woods. I cannot figure it out. I am offering a free Patrol part to whomever identifies it.



My take is that the shaft with the multi-start spiral gear is a drive shaft. It would have mated to another gear. The device below is funnel shaped and open on the bottom. It appears to be missing a hinged cap on top. The hing mechanism suggests to me that product was inserted into the device and then ejected to the funnel. A grain grinder perhaps. Probably hand driven as there is no power in this area.

Come on country girl. They are probably sprinkled all over Montana.

Yeah, but I was 5 and lived in a house with power.

looks like it could be a well head, but the handle is missing?

That my friends is an early 20th century waffle cone former, used in ice cream parlors as an alternative to the glass dish.
Keith

zed wrote:That my friends is an early 20th century waffle cone former, used in ice cream parlors as an alternative to the glass dish.
Keith

I saw these once before. Yours looks to be about 18' tall, formed from some very hot fire and rock. Yep, seen it before on Rapa Nui. It is a moai symbol. ..this one was clearly chiseled in the form of the kangaroo God of fertility.

Patrolling for my prize?
L60Boerne

I say some sort of hand powered rock crusher used for gold prospecting.

Agree- Looks like some sort of mortar and pestle for grinding up ore samples

There was probably a crank and gear that moved the small shaft up and down into the mortar, while a worm gear turned the pounding head to keep the material stirred up as you pulverized it