any idea what these were used for

[stonewall 1,913]

i am going to make a garden table using a large slab of granite for the table top.but my question is what were these two steel rollers used for.there too narrow to fit on a railway track.

Edited April 28, 2022 by stonewall

[Gypsydog94 4,608]

10 minutes ago, stonewall said:

i am going to make a garden table using a large slab of granite for the table top.but my question is what were these two steel rollers used for.there too narrow to fit on a railway track.

Will they fit narrow gauge track? If not look like for a saw mill feeding the trunks. Or a steel works etc 

[stonewall 1,913]

16 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

Will they fit narrow gauge track? If not look like for a saw mill feeding the trunks. Or a steel works etc 

to be honest i dont know if they will fit narrow tracks.i got them out of a stud farm house /farm that was built in 1871.

Edited April 28, 2022 by stonewall

[Gypsydog94 4,608]

7 minutes ago, stonewall said:

to be honest i dont know if they will fit narrow tracks.i got them out of a stud farm house /farm that was built in 1871.

The old local line to me the l&b was 1ft 11 1/2 inches wide if that is any help The roller seems to be on a handle for some reason 

[stonewall 1,913]

3 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

The old local line to me the l&b was 1ft 11 1/2 inches wide if that is any help The roller seems to be on a handle for some reason 

took measurements from outer wheel to outer wheel 27.5 inches wide. 

[kanny 20,669]

As said they definitely look like they ran on a track...thats all I got.

[Gypsydog94 4,608]

11 minutes ago, stonewall said:

took measurements from outer wheel to outer wheel 27.5 inches wide. 

Nothing on the castings? 

[WILF 47,384]

1 hour ago, stonewall said:

i am going to make a garden table using a large slab of granite for the table top.but my question is what were these two steel rollers used for.there too narrow to fit on a railway track.

They look heavy duty so my guess would be to hold and move rolls of sheet metal of some type ? 

[stonewall 1,913]

10 minutes ago, WILF said:

They look heavy duty so my guess would be to hold and move rolls of sheet metal of some type ? 

i got a good few offers to sell them down the yrs,they will be a summer project now.turning them into a  garden table.

[Gypsydog94 4,608]

11 minutes ago, WILF said:

They look heavy duty so my guess would be to hold and move rolls of sheet metal of some type ? 

Industrial revolution everything was heavy duty but my guess would be a iron works 

[Ken's Deputy 4,460]

Used for shifting slabs of granite about?

[stonewall 1,913]

11 minutes ago, McVey said:

You Oirish or Darn Sarf?

 

28 minutes ago, Gypsydog94 said:

Nothing on the castings? 

sorry dont know what you mean,by on the castings.

[Daniel cain 45,940]

13 minutes ago, stonewall said:

 

sorry dont know what you mean,by on the castings.

Any makers names on any of the parts?

[stonewall 1,913]

1 minute ago, Daniel cain said:

Any makers names on any of the parts?

hope to find something when i work on it with the angle grinder and a steel brush wheel.

[Daniel cain 45,940]

4 minutes ago, stonewall said:

hope to find something when i work on it with the angle grinder and a steel brush wheel.

Will be some sort of makers stamp/mark... probably on the wheels...you not taken the dimensions of it all and banged it in a search engine? Could be worth a fair bit as a pair?...ask@baker boy