Antique butter churn mechanism - GIF

**Altair** · Dec 18, 2021, 10:27 AM

Antique butter churn mechanism.

Previously:

Butter block cutting machine - GIF
Butter packaging machine - GIF
Butter extruding and slicing machine - GIF
Bread buttering machine from the 1930s- GIF
Butter dispensing machine and butter application strategies - GIF

**hemmjo** · Dec 18, 2021, 04:45 PM

Whatever fluid is, does not look like it would make very good butter!!

**Isambard** · Dec 18, 2021, 05:33 PM

That is actually an Almond gear-less right angle drive.

Antique butter churn mechanism - GIF-almond-right-angle-transmission.jpg

**clavius** · Dec 19, 2021, 07:14 PM

I have seen one of these at the New England Wireless and Steam Museum in Rhode Island. It's an interesting design and fascinating to just watch it run:

For anyone interested, more about the museum here:

https://newsm.org/

**Tooler2** · Dec 20, 2021, 09:10 PM

Really neat!

**nova_robotics** · Dec 20, 2021, 10:00 PM

Very cool. Is that sump supposed to be (more) full of oil? Looks like those ball joints are supposed to get an oil bath on every rotation.

**Isambard** · Dec 21, 2021, 03:00 AM

If you click on the specs above, all will be revealed...

**hemmjo** · Dec 21, 2021, 01:34 AM

I learned from the video, we are looking at the device upside down, with the bottom cover off. The vertical shaft the mechanism slides on, is supposed to be supported on both ends. With the cover on, the shaft would be more fully supported and the whole mechanism would be running in oil.

**nova_robotics** · Dec 21, 2021, 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

I learned from the video, we are looking at the device upside down, with the bottom cover off. The vertical shaft the mechanism slides on, is supposed to be supported on both ends. With the cover on, the shaft would be more fully supported and the whole mechanism would be running in oil.

Ah yes. Good call. I should have watched the video to the end.