MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: JD on October 25, 2015, 09:05:16 AM
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Gents, went to an industrial museum at Amberly West Sussex a cracking day out. In the old printing press was this tool/thingy we were asked by staff if we could find out what it was used for, the Museum has had it on public display for some years, as to date still don't know what it`s purpose is.
Any body help.
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Some sort of perforating machine to put leaves into some sort of early ring binder ... :scratch: ??
George.
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Looks to me like some sort of folder maybe for bookbinding?
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Any other views?
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intriguing :-)
the key maybe is why the seven vertical cutter/folderrs need to pop upright prior to the blade descending.
the gaps in the blade suggest that it punctures the sheet of whatever as it bottoms out.
the machine as a whole does not seem that strong nor that precise, so perhaps the use is culinary or light agricultural.
[edit] more observations.
there is no room behind the vertical blade area for a large sheet (e.g for folding a page of a book)
the arm that moves the top blade would not allow anything to be folded that is deeper than the blade.
raising the seven blades to vertical would also push the object to the right, perhaps for alignment.
the seven blades are removable, perhaps for cleaning.
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Could it be a rhubarb cutter?
slicing and dicing in one hit B-)
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I was thinking that the "blades" seem more for pushing than cutting. the reason I asked if there was any other views was the slot on the right, it seems to guide the blade as you pull down on the handle but maybe it helps the blade push whatever through???
I am guessing some sort of sorting or collumating machine.
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Thanks for your reply and suggestions.
When the lever is pulled all the plates at the bottom move up and along as if to pass something from left to right or vickey verky.
Bill rhubarb cutter :lol: :lol: :lol:
Shipto no sorry no other views as I know of, will ask the Boys if any more photos were taken.
John
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jd, can i post your pic on another forum? (yanks love this sort of thing:-) )
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Bill help your self the more the merrier.
John
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My guess is that it is used for some type of weaving perhaps for a narrow 7 or 14 strand thick belt and there is another part handheld or otherwise missing.
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without other views its hard to be sure but I have a theory: the ribbons of whatever are fed into it and the blade is brought down locking in place then some other machine performs some operation which would leave whatever loose and able to fall back but the blade prevents this.
similar to the way a feather board works on a table saw.
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A Youtube video of a couple of cycles of the action might help to understand what it is. If you go back to the museum, see if you can make a video to post.
Alan
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Progress:
It seems to be an egg crate folder/maker (according to ebay : http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281819914594?item=281819914594&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&rmvSB=true )
And here is the type of crate it was used to make (not the exact one but enough to get the drift)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-PRIMITIVE-WOOD-EGG-CRATE-HAND-MADE-/321892055579
I guess that a Printer could make a useful and valuable product out of his scrap paper with such a tool :)
JD, When you're next in the museum perhaps you could ask then to insert a strip of card or paper and try it out.
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Gentlemen thanks for all your replies a lot of thinking outside the box (sorry).
Bill great find I will pass your find onto the Museum and give this site and its members a chuck up.
Thanks once again for all your help.
JD
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a egg crate maker never would have got that, thought I was on the right track with the feather board idea. :Doh:
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a egg crate maker never would have got that, thought I was on the right track with the feather board idea. :Doh:
I still like my rhubarb cutter :thumbup:
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Bill, you a custard or ice cream man :drool:
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Bill, you a custard or ice cream man :drool:
case-hardened custard , every time ;-)
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Another mystery solved... :clap:
George.
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I will re-visit the museum and see if we can get this curio to make some egg cartons and put up a short movie.
Thanks again to all who chipped in.
JD
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Bill, you a custard or ice cream man :drool:
case-hardened custard , every time ;-)
Ah Custard:
A non-newtonian fluid and is described as a-thixotropic