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flembo · Jul 11, 2015

I found this in my FIL's back shed.It looks like it would sit on top of a barrel. The handle turns a 3/8" square screen drum. My WAG is to clean dirt of potatoes.

wilson ind · Jul 11, 2015

more like a scientific wild --- guess

Hank ABAB · Jul 11, 2015

A "Pea Sheller", maybe?

fixerupper · Jul 11, 2015

If it fits over a barrel i get the idea a large volume falls through the screen. Could be more of a separator type tool meaning the product to be saved falls in there barrel.just a wild idea.

Buddy · Jul 11, 2015

Bean sheller.

Das Unimog · Jul 11, 2015

My Grandfather used to run his burned coal in it. It knocked off ash and he could burn
it again. He saved a lot of coal and coke with it, worked good.

TomH in PA · Jul 11, 2015

That's what it looks like to me. Pretty common here in PA

dustycoal · Jul 12, 2015

I have one that I use to clean the ash out of coal also. I think it might have been a seed cleaner or something before in it's life, But works good cleaning ash out of coal!

Brian G. NY · Jul 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 11:59:43 07/12/15) I have one that I use to clean the ash out of coal also. I think it might have been a seed cleaner or something before in it's life, But works good cleaning ash out of coal!

Never saw one before but Google confirms it is a coal sifter.
Looks a bit more sophisticated than most but it probably paid for itself many times over.

https://www.popscreen.com/prod/MTA4MDk2MjA4/1906-Ad-Hill-Dryer-Hustler-Ash-Sifter-Coal-Worcester-Original-Print-

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