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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: cogar on October 18, 2011, 03:25:58 PM
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OK now, get your thinking caps on and we will see how many of you know what this “old timer” is.
The 1st picture shows the mechanism in the “closed” position, the 2nd picture shows it in the “open” position and the 3rd photo just shows the opposite side. The board it is mounted on is probably 34” long.
It was manufactured by ……. B M Daniel, Stratford, Conn.
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This is a new one on me, I'm going to take a wild guess that it is some sort of crimping device? It would appear that it takes a round, coin-sized object and crimps it... maybe a bottle cap maker?
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I have no clue but I want one lol ;D
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Some type of rivet tool?
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lol @Josh!! I have no idea, some type of hole puncher thingy?
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A vertical mill? What ever that is. ;D
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I can't get the pics to open....this is killing me!!!
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Is it a rivet or makes fastners machine.
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When do we get to find out? It's killing me! :D
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not a vertical mill lol, used one of those this afternoon.. something to seal a lid??
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:-[ I was grasping but did find a great site because of it:
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-history/
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Early 20th century mammogram machine. :D
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I really think it is an od press for making those button pin things.
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A press for jewels?Puts backs on crystals or bezels? How big is that thing?
ETA ok I see the size.
ahahaha! Kevin! ;D
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Snowflake you mean the original Bedazzler?
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A press?
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no,Kevin, a watch making tool. But that's a good one! :) The mammogram though...ouch!
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Mid-evil torture device? lol That's my go to response to anything we don't know what it is.
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OH MY, ……. I sure didn’t expect that many responses …… cause I figured someone would identify it pretty quick like.
It is a “self adjusting” …… nut cracker …. which will “crack” the shell of any size nut from a tiny Hazel nut to a big ole Black Walnut, …… without crushing the nutmeat inside.
Here is how it works:
Looking at the 1st photo above, the handle is to the left and down, the cracking “jaws” are closed and the “self adjusting” slider bar (with the big holes in it) has slid to the left, …. which is at maximum height or the position for cracking the smallest nut or nut shell fragment that still contains a piece of nutmeat.
Looking at the 2nd photo (see below), when the handle is raised to the vertical position the “self adjusting” slider bar slides to the far right …… and the lower part of the cracking “jaw” (the part with the round depression in it) drops down to the lowest position ….. and the “nut” to be cracked is placed in that depression. There is plenty enough room to place even a 2” long Butternut (White Walnut) on its end in the round depression of the “jaw”.
With the nut resting in the depression of the lower “jaw” ….. and as the handle is pulled to the left and down …. the “self adjusting” slider bar slides back to the left …… which raises the lower part of the cracking “jaw” upwards (with the nut in it) …… until the nut touches the upper cracking “jaw” …… which stops the slider bar from moving any further ….. thus trapping the nut between the 2 “jaws”. Then, as the handle is pulled on downward the “cam” lug on the handle shaft forces the upper “jaw” downward about ¼ inch ……. which is enough to “crack” the toughest shell on any nut.
And it is quick too, ……. it will crack them just as fast as one can place a nut in position and crank the handle down and up. Even if you are “cracking” a box full of mixed ….. Hickory nuts, Butternuts, Pecans, English Walnuts and/or Black Walnuts. It “self adjusts” each time it is “cranked”.
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Leave it to you Cogar to find the unusual !! Wouldn`t that come in handy when making all those fruitcakes for Christmas ??
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Would have never thought that! Now I want one too! Thanks, cougar! That was fun!