Anybody know?

A baler described with hand tying was made by Case. Luckily I was too young to work on it but my uncle had one. I have no idea if a tool like that was used. I am however going to question it, I feel it would be difficult at best to feed a wire thru the small hole while bouncing across a field but I have been wrong before. Some of the wires had a loop on one end and the other end was twisted to tye the bale. Another design had a loop with a slot formed by the wire the same width as the wire. The other end had a ball which was slipped thru the hole and would pull back into the slot as the bale expanded leaving the chamber, this however did not allow the crew to control the length of the bale unless they were tyed by twisting. I do remember trying to feed these bales, both styles of wire, as they were heavy and I had to break them open in the mow and carry a few slabs at a time. As to auto tye wire, both Moline and JD built them. On a JD the plunger ran sideways and a large 90 degree chute was necessary to turn the bale towards the wagon. This also made the bales look like bananas. Vern
 
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What looked like a hole may have been a rust spot.
 
Jim Becker":24jkie9o said:
With the hole question settled, I agree with Clint, pan handle. The one in this patent is quite different but the similarities on the "working end" are pretty strong.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=pM...=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false
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That makes the most sense to me now.

Also, on the back side of the latch, does it look like some numbers on it... enlarged it looks like a couple 2's, but then again, it is not a clear close up and it could be my minds eye playing tricks on me.
 
I agree with Clint. It makes the most sense so far. I tried to Google pan handle when he suggested it and all I got was links to areas in Florida and Texas.
 
Well, I told my cousin what the possible answer was and recommended she grab a pan and try it. I got this from her a few minutes ago.

Bill,

Let me know what the final consensus is,
but it’s looking like Grandma gets the last laugh...

Angie
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I think she is tickled to know she now has something her grandmother used in the kitchen instead of Uncle Walter using in the field :lol: .

She also sent these along;

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Thanks Clint for the answer. And thanks also to everybody else for your help.
 
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