What were these industrial supports used for.
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I purchased these a little over a years ago, and am going to to use them as trestles for an industrial/farmhouse table. Does anyone have insight into their original purpose? The upper part has adjusting bolts that would allow something to be fixed/locked into position. I will use them to anchor a stretcher,
Wow, I've never seen something like that, but brilliant idea using them for a table!
Looks like an industrial press.
Do you get a state magazine that has a article on items that are in question? If so, do write to them, with the pic., and ask them. I would also go to a welder, of a older shop, and ask them., or if you know of a older person, ask. In one sense, it looks like a side to a old sewing machine. . tho I am uncertain about that. I will ask my husband, if he agrees or not. Best wishes, and do reply. I will do some asking as well. J.
Possible they are the bases for old theater seats. I had one and had to mount it to some plywood so it wouldn’t fall forward.
If that bolt-looking item at the center of the top is threaded, I’m guessing that each is the base for an outrigger support, to be positioned some distance behind the head-stock of an old engine lathe. If I’m correct, each item is incomplete: there should be a roller “cradle” attached to that center bolt that supports long tubing or bar stock as it’s being machined. The threads on the bolt allow the machinist to adjust the cradle up or down to accommodate different diameters of stock.