John Morris Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 "What's It" Basic Rules Reminder For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Project Details The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. Mystery Machine Image Credit TATHS I found this What's It at TATHS website, a wonderful website for the tool fanatics, MWTCA is running short on What's It's so we are resorting to other resources, thanks TATHS! Grandpadave52, steven newman, Gerald and 2 others 1 1 3 Quote
Popular Post Grandpadave52 Posted July 28 Popular Post Report Posted July 28 Looks like the flux capacitor in the DeLorean from "Back to the Future." HandyDan, Headhunter, HARO50 and 3 others 1 5 Quote
Gerald Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Yep the two round things look like solenoids but where is the motor? John Morris, HandyDan, HARO50 and 1 other 3 1 Quote
HandyDan Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Transmission from an arcade sized Jack in the Box. HARO50, John Morris, Grandpadave52 and 1 other 4 Quote
Popular Post Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Popular Post Report Posted July 28 11 hours ago, Gerald said: Yep the two round things look like solenoids but where is the motor? Powered by a hand crank. Geared low too. It does look like there are two capacitors but what’s the purpose. And what’s up with the pintle wheel? John Morris, HandyDan, Grandpadave52 and 2 others 5 Quote
steven newman Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Power feeder.... Gerald, HARO50, John Morris and 1 other 2 2 Quote
John Morris Posted July 28 Author Report Posted July 28 1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said: Powered by a hand crank. Geared low too. It does look like there are two capacitors but what’s the purpose. And what’s up with the pintle wheel? Nice obs there Ron! Grandpadave52 and HARO50 2 Quote
John Morris Posted July 28 Author Report Posted July 28 34 minutes ago, steven newman said: Power feeder.... Could be! Now what's it feed, Grandpadave52 and HARO50 2 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 38 minutes ago, steven newman said: Power feeder.... For what? Grandpadave52 and HARO50 2 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Steve,it does look like an indexing unit of some sort and there is something missing. The small cog between the crank wheel and the pintle is focal to the machine. The pintle wheel keeps it from reversing. Grandpadave52, John Morris, Gerald and 1 other 3 1 Quote
steven newman Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Maybe feeding a Molder Machine......Mortising Machine.....Drill Press... 2 "Capacitors"..might be solenoids, as there is an electrical junction box below them.... Grandpadave52, HARO50 and Gerald 3 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 39 minutes ago, steven newman said: Maybe feeding a Molder Machine......Mortising Machine.....Drill Press... 2 "Capacitors"..might be solenoids, as there is an electrical junction box below them.... Solenoids for a counter? HARO50, Gerald and Grandpadave52 3 Quote
John Morris Posted July 28 Author Report Posted July 28 Looks like processing equipment for farm use to me. HARO50, Gerald and Grandpadave52 3 Quote
John Morris Posted July 28 Author Report Posted July 28 See those grabbers, they were pulling or pushing something, could this have been the drivetrain for a conveyor system? HARO50, Gerald and Grandpadave52 3 Quote
John Morris Posted July 28 Author Report Posted July 28 Is this a push pull type of handle? Like to engage and disengage the movement? steven newman, Gerald, HARO50 and 1 other 4 Quote
steven newman Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Trace that spring down under...where it connects to the levers that are operated by the 2 solenoids..Solenoids seemed to be connected to the large gear...maybe to advance the product going through? Methinks that the "crank" handle is more to "Start or reverse" ...maybe to "reload" the machine... HARO50, John Morris, Grandpadave52 and 1 other 4 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Steve, I see your logic and don’t disagree. If the crank is for start or reverse then you would have to be able to disengage it. steven newman, HARO50, Gerald and 1 other 4 Quote
steven newman Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 That cogged wheel in the middle...perhaps a drive belt to fit around it...and this is just the "Transmission? With the clevis Morris pointed out as the gear shifter...or else a link to another machine? HARO50 and Grandpadave52 2 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 4 minutes ago, steven newman said: That cogged wheel in the middle...perhaps a drive belt to fit around it...and this is just the "Transmission? With the clevis Morris pointed out as the gear shifter...or else a link to another machine? I don’t think that is a drive wheel unless it is a link belt because it is captured by the bearings. No easy way to replace it. To John’s point, that center cog may be the focal point of the machine. HARO50 and Grandpadave52 2 Quote
Ron Dudelston Posted July 29 Report Posted July 29 Guys, look right next to the indexing pintle…. There’s smaller, finer toothed pintle there. I would pay good money to look under it. HARO50, Gerald and Grandpadave52 2 1 Quote
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