Vintage work crew photos

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 27, 2018, 01:12 PM

PJ, The Chicago is probably 1960s. The base is cast 'pot metal', probably zinc, tin or such.The helical cutters are as sharp as...a real testament to old school 'fit for purpose' manufacturing...never been resharpened! I enjoy the sound and Insense Cedar smell from each and every sharpening! The travel on the spring loaded feed device of the green one allows any length above maybe 2". Its housing is sort of a bent cast material, not like modern steel plate, but visually porous surface like cast iron. maybe someone here can explain the metallurgy, I only do wood-urgy... Cheers
Jim

**volodar** · Nov 28, 2018, 09:34 AM

Beserkleyboy, thanks for the pics. My goto pencil sharpener is a "BOSTON Self Feeder 4" . Its general config is like your pegboard mounted one, but the mechanism is identical to your green one's. Bought new in Toronto in 1959 for first year university. Now mounted upside down to picnic table serving as office and computer desk. It never fails.

Peter

**Beserkleyboy** · Nov 28, 2018, 12:39 PM

Volodar, good onya! I only ever found out about the self feeders when I spied this fellow at the Cockatoo Island Auctions...and people wonder why anyone 'still' uses pencils...Philistines...
Jim

**Jon** · Nov 27, 2018, 11:27 AM

Car repair workshop; labeled as 1930. Nice ceiling storage. I guess they slit the beams, and then they just put a hook in there? Looks great with pistons.

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**Moby Duck** · Nov 27, 2018, 06:34 PM

Those "slit" beams look like 6" nails to me, not slits. You can see them better if you blow up the picture and look at some of the items that are hanging on them.

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**Toolmaker51** · Nov 27, 2018, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Moby Duck

Those "slit" beams look like 6" nails to me, not slits. You can see them better if you blow up the picture and look at some of the items that are hanging on them.

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Yup, 'slits' are nail shadows. 1930's would need decent lighting in foreground to overcome backlit exposure of windows. There is a deep field of view denoting a small aperture. Very good detail front to back and entire width. Kind of sepia looking, I expect it really was black and white.
I want two of those 18" steering wheels for mill knee cranks. I knocked about for some joke about shop overhead, but nothing worthwhile

**Frank S** · Nov 27, 2018, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jon

Car repair workshop; labeled as 1930. Nice ceiling storage. I guess they slit the beams, and then they just put a hook in there? Looks great with pistons.

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I know where that set of 4 open skirt pistons would fetch a $1000.00 apiece right now tonight. I could also unload those Waukesha and Buda or the set of Packard within a couple of hours. But for me personally I'd take that leg vice and those transmissions lying on the lower right side. Did anyone notice the pair of 24" head or block shaving files hanging on the rt hand wall?

**philipUsesWood&Brass** · Nov 29, 2018, 02:07 AM

Originally Posted by Frank S

I know where that set of 4 open skirt pistons would fetch a $1000.00 apiece right now tonight. I could also unload those Waukesha and Buda or the set of Packard within a couple of hours. But for me personally I'd take that leg vice and those transmissions lying on the lower right side. Did anyone notice the pair of 24" head or block shaving files hanging on the rt hand wall?

Even that battery in the Lower Right corner makes me drool! But I was BORN with electricity in my Soul: my Dad work on the Beldon Dam, Feather River California when I was just 18 months old. Was around Electrical things all my life. I even spent a year "unplugged" from ~Store bought Power~ the cost to bring in AC was more than I paid for my twenty acres. My Chevy had a Dual Battery charger, and we Rotated Three 12VDC Batteries to light our log cabin & listen to the (Old Truck Radio) at Night!

philip

**philipUsesWood&Brass** · Nov 29, 2018, 01:55 AM

When I enlarged that car repair shop photo, I just barely discern the heads on those nails/spikes. Probably 8 - 10 inch common nails.

I absolutely love these ultra fine grain photo's. They remind me of B&W photography that I did in RVN, 69/70. I shot Tri-X exclusively, @ 400 ASA except for Night photography then I would "push" the ASA speed to 1200 ASA and still do hand held shots: our helicopter Maintainance crews would just leave their truck lights on a bird, and when needed, a Flashlight.

Our TI's Only used Flaslights, and "Tunnel Vision" ...

I recall one Late night TI have a SEVERE CASE of "What the Hell's" when he found a Large wrench in a Closed Tail of an H-Model Huey. TAILS were Always Left open if you were "STILL" Working on the Aircraft, And WHAT ~OTHER~ Reason would a Tool be in a Tail Boom ? ? ? ?

philip,
AKA Trouble-Shooter 1 5: I Never Carried a FlashLight, I was to CLOSE to the Berm Line and the little people loved a lit up target.

**PJs** · Nov 27, 2018, 01:33 PM

No clue about bent cast material...doesn't make sense, but what do I know. Could be that it is sheet metal but was seriously oxidized, then restored and painted along the way¿ Looks like several layers of paint. The radius top and front panel may be lead soldered like old body work which can have very clean lines??

Cheers,
PJ