High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

[IntheGroove]

The motor appears to be DC...

[Frank S]

I wouldn't go so far as to say too clean by any means.
Expand the picture to its fullest then scroll around there is some small cylinder laying on the floor not too far away from the electric motor mounted on the cast iron bricks Also around the shaper there is some debris as well as the swarth from the last or current shaping project.