"What's It" Basic Rules Reminder

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• 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

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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!

 

 

 

Looks like the flux capacitor in the DeLorean from "Back to the Future."

Yep  the two round things look like solenoids but where is the motor? 

Transmission from an arcade sized Jack in the Box.

 

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?

Power feeder....

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!

34 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Power feeder....

Could be! Now what's it feed,

38 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Power feeder....

For what?  

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.  

Maybe feeding  a Molder Machine......Mortising Machine.....Drill Press...

2 "Capacitors"..might be solenoids, as there is an electrical junction box below them....

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?

Looks like processing equipment for farm use to me. 

See those grabbers, they were pulling or pushing something, could this have been the drivetrain for a conveyor system?

 

Is this a push pull type of handle? Like to engage and disengage the movement?

 

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...

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. 

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?  

 

 

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.  

Guys, look right next to the indexing pintle…. There’s smaller, finer toothed pintle there.  I would pay good money to look under it.