What is this for? Very confused!

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My friends son got this plate from a job he was on, the owner said he can have it and he thought it would  be something I could use doing blacksmith work. I,m confused guys any ideas? Looks like some sort of stake holder if I had to guess, it's old, four of the holes are hold downs for stove bolts. Any Ideas? Attached ImagesI hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:It looks like a draw plate. You put metal in, and pull it through, to stretch/shrink it to a certain size. Let's say 1"x1", you pretaper the tip, put it through, then use a portapower, pulleys.. anything, to stretch it to 7/8"x7/8" and make it longer, etc.. I have no experience with them, but that's what it looks like to me.Miller: 200dx, Bobcat 225, Passport, Powermax 45, Milwaukee: Dry Saw, MagDrill, grinders
Reply:I would love to agree, but it looks like machined cast which seems like it would break under pressure, and if it helps it came from a pipe welding shop, but that may not have anthing to do with its original purpose.The stove bolts make me believe it's old, so if it was a draw block it would have to be hammered through with some heat.I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:It was hard for me to tell, but the reason I had guessed that is the 'neck' protruding from the backside, with holes that look smaller than the front. Do the holes taper?Miller: 200dx, Bobcat 225, Passport, Powermax 45, Milwaukee: Dry Saw, MagDrill, grinders
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Reply:Originally Posted by duaneb55Cobbler's fixture?
Reply:Planten, for a sheet metal workers table. We had them in shop class.Disclaimer; "I am just an a$$hole welder, don't take it personally ."
Reply:Tozzie is most likely correct> I have seen one other plate sort of like that one at a Blacksmith show.  You screw it down to the end of  a large  beam. The area under those 5 large square places is relieved quite  a bit and 4-5' deep maybe.  The idea is to first layout a square on  the workpiece and then drill small round holes near the corners... and drill out the center.  Heat up the work piece and hold it over the hole and drive a matching  chisel (or was it a stake? ) down into the hole thus forming a pretty keen  square hole in your workpiece.  I think?? he used big files to finish the squared hole nicely.  The smaller holes baffle me, maybe you are supposed to make various dogs to hold the workpiece down?  Once you get to the chisel  driving it stays where ya' put it mostly.maybe?  It's only been since 1979 that I've seen that demo. It was pretty cool to start with a 3/8" flat plate and pretty quickly end up with a big square hole in it.Last edited by PapaLion; 05-20-2012 at 09:15 PM.Lincoln Power MIG 215Lincoln WeldPak 3200HDLincon ProCut 25Lincoln WeldanPower 225 AC/DCIf all else fails... buy more tools
Reply:Almost like a smiths swage block except this one isn't a block exactly. Similar concept maybe?"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -Theodore Roosevelt
Reply:Had one in my grade school "industrial engineering" classroom (mid to late '60's), think it was Brown Boggs, there was a factory here in town, ex-father-in-law worked there. Found a pic on another forum with the stakes in the picture.[url=]
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Reply:I thought it was a plate for an Irish welder to put round pegs in!
Reply:All the ideas seem almost correct. I think Tozzi and Papa are close if I had to guess.I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Yeah, thats definitely a stake plate.  Probably not a Pexto.  Here is a link to the Roper Whitney website so you can see what a Pexto stake plate looks like  http://roperwhitney.com/misc/2-26.cfm.  mb
Reply:Definitely a tin knockers bench plate...do not use for heavy work. Holds stakes and other forming tools for sheet metal, not so much for blacksmithing as it can't take a beating like an anvil with a hardy hole. More for forming light gauge materials, 22-16 gauge and the like. If you are interested in selling it send me a PM. "Anybody can talk $h!t behind a monitor, I let the quality of my work speak for itself"Lincoln Square Wave 255 and 355 Tig Lincoln 255 Power-Mig w/ spool gun Koike 5 x 10 CNC plasma Hyd-Mech DM-10 bandsaw Ineco QB-76 NC tube bender