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taz666
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Mounting plate for a gate?
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Not near the fence or the gate. Next to the driveway maybe 10 feet from the garage.
Braille survey monument or modern art... take your pick.
"Why on Earth did you mount your drill press practice piece in concrete?"
"I didn't have anything else to do with the leftover concrete and it'll drive some idiot nuts in the future, trying to figure it out."
"I didn't have anything else to do with the leftover concrete and it'll drive some idiot nuts in the future, trying to figure it out."
Extraterrestrial lading marker/menu. I'd move... 
Braille no parking sign?
fiasconva
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Homemade drill bit destroyer? 
Swiss steel?
Too much time, beer and a drill press.
Are the holes in the plate filled with concrete - or is there a void in the concrete underneath the holes?
Just spit-balling here, but I'm thinking that it could be intended to be used to scrape the mud off the bottom of your shoes before you go into the house - maybe?
My mom lives in southern Arizona where they have some REALLY sticky mud that cakes on the bottom of your shoes, and just about everybody has some kind of home-made "shoe scraper" device located fairly close to the entrance of their abode.
Other than that, I got nuthin'
Just spit-balling here, but I'm thinking that it could be intended to be used to scrape the mud off the bottom of your shoes before you go into the house - maybe?
My mom lives in southern Arizona where they have some REALLY sticky mud that cakes on the bottom of your shoes, and just about everybody has some kind of home-made "shoe scraper" device located fairly close to the entrance of their abode.
Other than that, I got nuthin'
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Dirt under the holes. The concrete is around the plate. The plate is flat, no raised surfaces. Would not work to scrape your shoes.
I have no clue what it is or what its function is.
I have no clue what it is or what its function is.
Looks like a piece of metal someone has punched out a bunch of different
size shims. Why it is in concrete who knows!
Ed
size shims. Why it is in concrete who knows!
Ed
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Is the plate supported by a shoulder in the concrete?
Can it be lifted?
If so, is it a drain that has filled with dirt?
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There is dirt in the holes. The plate was covered with soil before we discovered it. There may be concrete under the dirt. Will dig around tomorrow and find out. Does not look like it could be lifted.
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Time Capsule?
gwpercle
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Kids playing around when the driveway was poured ?
We used to leave our hand prints name and date ... then the concrete finisher would yell at us , chase us off and redo his concrete finishing .
These kids had someting neat to embed ...so He Left It !
Have no idea what it is ... but Cool Looking !
Gary
We used to leave our hand prints name and date ... then the concrete finisher would yell at us , chase us off and redo his concrete finishing .
These kids had someting neat to embed ...so He Left It !
Have no idea what it is ... but Cool Looking !
Gary
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I dug down a few inches in the holes and just got more dirt. Don't think any concrete under the plate.
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In that case, I think that it's a homemade grate for some type of dry well that's now been filled in.
Looks like a test plate for different sizes of carbide hole saws and straight shank carbide drills.
Things like how many can I make, actually diameter and smoothness of the cut and any damage to the carbide.
A company that makes these drills has several laying around.
They have been putting holes in hard things since 1947.
Things like how many can I make, actually diameter and smoothness of the cut and any damage to the carbide.
A company that makes these drills has several laying around.
They have been putting holes in hard things since 1947.
It does look like something you'd see laying around a Tin Knocker's apprenticeship shop? His first project so he saved it. I suppose it's stainless steel. CalifEd seems to be onto it. Also, too much time, too many beers, and some leftover concrete.
It's flat to the ground, but I know sure as pie that I'd mess up my lawnmower blade on it!
It's flat to the ground, but I know sure as pie that I'd mess up my lawnmower blade on it!
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To give you some scale; the plate measures 3.5" X 7.5" and the concrete surround measures 10" X 14"
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It looks like a plate embedded in the concrete. I'm guessing beer had something to do with the placement.
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