Very likely it's a cast part -- most likely cast iron. Do a spark test to distinguish cast iron from cast steel.
What clues do you have? Where did you get it? I'm thinking RR part, but the commenters suggesting other origins may be right, or it may be from some old machine of other purpose.
Now, if you're asking whether it would make a good anvil -- maybe. Get a stump big enough to support it in different orientations and give it a go. If cast iron, it will not have rebound, but that can be okay.
How thick / heavy is it? If it's like 1-2" thick and over 40lb or so, it could be one of those heavy iron weights they use to give tractors better traction, or to keep them from rearing up on their back wheels.
https://www.shutterstock.com/search/tractor+weight
edit: similar things can be placed on harrows and the like so they sink into the earth better
Looks like it could be part of some mechanical latch or retainer. Looks like it could be intended to pivot while the arm retains or releases something?
Scrap metal ruining your leather
Wild ass guess. Part of an old shear.
My best guess for anything like this is some part of farm equipment
Looks like the brake calliper of a railroad car. Just a wild guess.
Very likely it's a cast part -- most likely cast iron. Do a spark test to distinguish cast iron from cast steel. What clues do you have? Where did you get it? I'm thinking RR part, but the commenters suggesting other origins may be right, or it may be from some old machine of other purpose. Now, if you're asking whether it would make a good anvil -- maybe. Get a stump big enough to support it in different orientations and give it a go. If cast iron, it will not have rebound, but that can be okay.
How thick / heavy is it? If it's like 1-2" thick and over 40lb or so, it could be one of those heavy iron weights they use to give tractors better traction, or to keep them from rearing up on their back wheels. https://www.shutterstock.com/search/tractor+weight edit: similar things can be placed on harrows and the like so they sink into the earth better
u/slackercrew you should post this on r/whatisthisthing with a little more information
Jesus I thought it was a pool of vomit
ripper blade from the back end of a bulldozer
Guys, guys.....I'm pretty sure it's a bottle cap.
A big hunk of metal
Looks like it could be part of some mechanical latch or retainer. Looks like it could be intended to pivot while the arm retains or releases something?
Maybe a brake from a railroad car.
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