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This mahogany tool box is 30" wide, 8 3/4" high and 6 1/4" deep. Often these were made in high school shop class. This one is built with lap joints that are glued and screwed. It has one drawer. It has the original finish, and the mahogany would look beautiful refinished.
Estimated weight for S&H - 12 lb.
The small brass fireplace tongs are 19 1/2" long. The brass handle is 3 1/4". The larger tongs are 25 5/8" long with a 2" long handle.
The third tool looks to have been used for a shovel. You can see on the bottom right where it would have been joined. The brass handle is 5" long where it meets a nice bulbous shape in the forged iron. Overall length is 24 1/4".
Estimated weight for s&h 5 lbs.
Estimated shipping weight - 18 lbs.
The all wood turn-screw is 7 3/4" long for a working depth of 5 ". It looks to be made of oak.
The body is hardwood (possibly maple) is 54 3/4". There are 2 rows of holes which allows pegging in 1 1/2" increments. As you can see from this photo, it's completely pegged together. I believe the only metal in the whole thing is a point sticking out of the end of the wooden screw thread presumably to stabilize the piece being clamped.
The shoe (jaw) and bottom peg are not original.
Shipping weight 12 lbs.
The pine top and bottom planks show the marks from a large circular blade typical of mills in the last half of the 19th century. They each have a groove on one edge that leads me to believe they may have originally been made from leftover wide tongue and grooved planks (sub-flooring?). The bottom board has a narrow and shallow groove on either side, I'd guess to direct liquid away from the object(s) being pressed and dried. There are remnants of square nails. The current foot was a more 'recent' addition.
The 4 narrow cross boards on the top piece were probably added as reinforcement, because it was easier to nail them on than to make a new top piece, as the wood started to split. I'd guess these repairs were made ca. 1920 ... (9" wide and 24" long)
The posts are hand hewn oak (or chestnut)pegged, and slotted. The bottom of the posts are larger squares that hold it in place along with pegs on top of the lower board. I imagine the slots would have had 2 bevelled wedges to clamp the top down ... (12" tall)
I'm open to suggestions, but my current guess is that it was used to press cheese (farmer's?). I had originally thought it might have been for pressing plant leaves such as tobacco, but there's none of the dark staining that I'd expect to see.
Estimate shipping weight 12 lbs.
This Pelton compressor looks to be in good original condition with the exception of the broken (and missing)casting piece shown in the detail ... next to the stencil that says "Automatic Pelton Switch". While I once tested the motor with a temporary chord, I am selling it as is. As you might expect, the wiring is brittle. I know very little about compressors, but there does seem to be compression as it cycles through.
Pelton & Crane has been in business since 1900. Their products were built
for use by dentists ... More info at their website
http://www.pelton.net/pci.html .
DIMENSIONS: 21" tall
SHIPPING: Estimated Shipping weight is 55lbs. I will ship it parcel post. A rough estimate is that S&H could be $35 to $45 (or more) depending on destination and insurance.
This Fischer and Porter controller and Flow measurement device was used in paper
manufacturing. It came out of a defunct paper mill in Holyoke MA, in the 1980s.
(probably Valley Paper) There is still some bits of paper mash inside the case.
The fittings on the bottom left and right indicate they were for controller air
supply and air output. There are also 2 other fittings in the middle. The drum
in the middle says "1 day" - presumably how often the round chart paper would
have needed replacement. The guides on the face indicate that it measures, "
cc/min. liquid sp. gr. 1.0". I would guess that it opened and closed valves
as well as charting the day's performance.
The glass is cracked on one of the two small 1 5/8" gauges (shown). They
are marked "Carrier Newark NJ USA" and inside the iron cross shape
it says "US Gauge Co. NY"
Shipping weight: approx. 10 lb.
Preferred payment is money order, cashiers check, or PayPal. We will wait for personal checks to clear before shipping - an additional 7 days from receipt.
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