Unknown Barn find ?

[cornshank]

Found in barn not even going to try and guess what they are , but hopefully
Some one will .
Thanks

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Dead Center for a Lathe (pointed one)

 

[cornshank]

Center for a Lathe (pointed one)

I had it pegged for a plumb bob

 

[tribb]

10/4 on dead center of a metal lathe! Is the screw/ slash bolt pointed on the end or flat? It appears that it holds round stock in place in the v shaped piece so it can be worked (drilled milled etc.)

 

[cornshank]

10/4 on dead center of a metal lathe! Is the screw/ slash bolt pointed on the end or flat? It appears that it holds round stock in place in the v shaped piece so it can be worked (drilled milled etc.)

Bolt is flat on end , thanks

 

[bluedog69]

Other piece might be part of an old balance beam scale.

 

[HSmithTX]

Morse taper center as the others have said, the other looks like a milling/drilling fixture maybe? Clamp your round bar/piece in the fixture using the screw on top, clamp the fixture in your vise and everything is held tightly to do whatever machining you need to do.

 

[Calvin45]

Medieval torture device obviously! One for poking, the fancy one for crushing pinky fingers with that screw!

 

[tribb]

Morse taper center as the others have said, the other looks like a milling/drilling fixture maybe? Clamp your round bar/piece in the fixture using the screw on top, clamp the fixture in your vise and everything is held tightly to do whatever machining you need to do.

Yep that's why bolt is flat on the end

 

[snox801]

I had it pegged for a plumb

I had it pegged for a plumb bob

Me to. Maybe cause I was in building so long.

 

[justinp61]

Dead center as others have said and the other looks like a boring bar holder for a lantern style tool post holder.

 

[HSmithTX]

This ^^^^^ is the best answer so far I think.

 

[Pro2A]

I had it pegged for a plumb bob

Naw, with that oxidation patina, that would be a Plumb Sam.

 

[Bob Wright]

I think the clamp/v-block is a tool holder for holding hand ground HSS cutting tools. Fashioned either from drill rod or square stock, and clamped in place with that tool, which in turn is clamped in a lathe post.