So, I decided to clean the shop a bit, and had to move some stuff around. I thought that I would post a few pics of this cast iron thing that I got from an antique store that went out of business years ago. These kids were in charge of selling all this ****(pennies on the dollar) that were in this place before they demolished it. We went in there and took what ever we could find, there were some car parts and stuff, but there were some interesting cast iron tooling, like this, for example. It has made for a conversational piece but, it would be neat to know what the hell it is. Your first gut reaction is "English wheel frame" or "some sort of press frame for maybe a saddle?". No idea!.......Okay! let 'er rip..................
looks like an unmachined casting that would be part of the frame of some machine, probably used in pairs? I have no guess as to what it would be.
I would be suprised if it were a metalworking machine.. the casting is too small.. and lightweight.. and.. it would flex if it were used for metalshaping.. I think its a bandsaw as well.. (or a scroll saw) A REALLY BIG ONE I love to see old woodworking equiptment.. mostly because some of the vintage saws were downright scarry looking.. and from a safety standpoint its a wonder that anyone ever survived.. check this site.. several of the bandsaws shown has some elements similar to yours.. http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/byType-list.asp yours might also have been designed to have a case around it..
I'll take that as a compliment, but first of all, I try to keep things clean around the work place, second, thats not a Bridgeport, It's a TREE mill, and I use it every day, I have a shop-vac to catch all the chips'n stuff.
Set it on the side table and make a lamp out of it. Have it painted and striped. That would look cool. I have no idea what the hell it is.
You have shot it from a heroic angle. What are the dimensions and the weight? I'm curious about the round part in the stand. Any other purpose besides aesthetic?
My eye says it's not a stand alone frame for a tool...the foot print that it sits on is too small. Even if it were bolted to the floor, the foot would be larger. IMHO Without another one tied together someway to make a 4 legged frame, it would not be very stable.
I think that ties in with another post: this is one of a pair and the round boss/hole is where the tie rod came thru. The piece looks amazingly like part of a small "C" frame press.
It looks like a unmachined casting with 15 bosses that could be drilled and tapped to mount something. I agree it looks a little light for a Maching tool.
its one leg of a long table that held some type of machine. It would have a shaft runing thru them all thru the hole oin the bottom. The shaft would have flat pulleys that drove a machine with a flat belt. I worked in a line mill once & they used something similar to mount braiders on, that looks like its one sided, we had someting that was double that & it had machines on both side & they would figure"8" the belts on one side to have the braiders run in the same direction. kinda like the "bench" picture but it would be about 25 ft long with a leg every 5-6 feet. JimV
I think I have it's brother in my shop, I'll check tommorrow night. Mine is a line shaft powered wood band saw perverted to a metal cutting saw with a gear box and motor. Tommy's right, there is another stand that this bolts to.
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