picked this up and it looked too interesting not to take. Appears to be some sort of grinder maybe. All cast iron w/ cone shaped spindle inside with exit spout below. Only markings I can see are 'no. 2' on handle and 'CM 3' on base. Starting a lot of old school food prepping at our weekend home stead. Hope it is food related.

Looks like to grind grain (probably corn) into meal. AKA a mill
Too small for cattle feed.
Throw some shelled corn in and give it a few cranks and see what happens.
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Cherry pitter?

It's a hand mill

Hand mill for grinding various grains, usually for animal feeds.

Grist mill, for making your own cornmeal.



Charlie

Some are adjustable for finer/coarser grinds.

Ummm, pig castrator?

Would be a little messy and a lot noisy but it could work

Yep, hand mill for grain

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My grandpa used one about like that to grind corn for chickens.

Grain mill, I modified one to hook to a hit and miss motor for shows.

Thanks all! This one has thumb screw adjustment on one side. Do they grind fine enough for flour. My son wants to make some acorn flour for a foodie project. Need to break it done and clean it well first a little rusty inside.

I have 2. A very large one which uses a wide belt pulley.
The small one was rigged to run on a Gilson 5 hp lawnmower. The guy used it to grind chicken feed. It would not grind flour.
Yours probably would when new.
Looks like something grandma would clamp to a table in the summer kitchen. Not big and tough enough for the men folk. lol
just

yep a grain mill