Unidentified Relaoding thing? Maybe?

[darthdave22]

Hi fellows, someone here must know what this is! I am of course assuming it is a reloading implement of some kind. It has the same exact finish as my Redding powder measure. Im sure its probably no good anymore. The crank still turns but I found it in a burned out house I bought this spring so its rusty all around. I found some charred cardboard boxes Redding stuff in the vicinity but I dont know what it could be. Thanks! http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imagehosting/thum_145444ea5f9f5dcd0e.jpg (http://castboolits.gunloads.com/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=2495)

[Roundnoser]

OOOhhhhh! I love this game!!! I've seen alot of old reloading stuff over the years, but nothing like that! I have no idea.

[Ugluk]

Easy. A loob groove collator. A few pieces missing though.

[darthdave22]

I figured it was missing some stuff. Theres a key that comes out of the bottom of the dish that must attach to the doofalator..... I googled a Lube groove collater er whatever and I didnt get much haha what does it do?

[wv109323]

Looks like some type of tensioning device for a V-belt ??????

[wiljen]

I'm going to agree with WV109 I think it was/is a tensioner for a belt driven tool. I think the fact that the powder coating is the same color as your Redding is more coincidence than by design.

[Johnk454]

Hmm. Dunno.

Appears to have some gearing. Perhaps if it still had a stone wheel attached it would be a wall mounted grinder for sharpening knives and such?

[dragonrider]

It is not a reloading tool. It is a bench mount tool, note the vertical piece on the far right has a mounting hole. There is a crank handle attached to the "gearbox", I suspect it is some type of hand operated rotational tool. It is geared to increase the speed of the output device.

[W.R.Buchanan]

+1 dragon rider. I saying a bench mounted hand crank grinder for sharpening hand tools.

Randy

[nanuk]

+2 dragonrider

a few more pics from different angles would be helpful

I'd suspect a stone was fitted of the round disk with flange.

[wgr]

+1 dragon rider. I saying a bench mounted hand crank grinder for sharpening hand tools.

Randy

i agree looks like the one i have

[fryboy]

could be a crank for a forge .....belt driven to the blower ( and the fan more than likely had real babbit cast in place bearings lolz ) mounted either underneath the pan or on a leg , but that's just a guess as well , more fotos/views would help

[RayinNH]

Hand crank smoke grinder?

[Roundnoser]

Easy. A loob groove collator. A few pieces missing though.

Are you gonna let him off the hook? The poor guy spent time trying to look it up! :lol:

[Ragnarok]

I think it's a gunsmithing buffer/metal buffer...basicaly an early version of a bench grinder

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Nope, it is a loop groove processor.

When complete, it removes the seeds from loop grooves so they can be used on boolits!

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

Sorry, I relality, I have NO ideeee,,cdoc

[darthdave22]

ok guys more pictures coming please hold.....

[Pigslayer]

OOOhhhhh! I love this game!!! I've seen alot of old reloading stuff over the years, but nothing like that! I have no idea.

I like your quote. I like even more another from "The Shootist". " I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted & I won't be laid a hand on." " I don't do these things to others & I require the same from them."

[darthdave22]

better yet here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=2jRl510hlZM

[3006guns]

Well, I'll be darned........I haven't seen one of those things in years...can't remember the last time I even used one! They were pretty primitive technology but did the job back when I was a kid on the farm. We have far better tools these days that perform the same function almost twice as fast as that thing ever did, thank God.

Boy, does it bring back memories...........

[Ugluk]

Are you gonna let him off the hook? The poor guy spent time trying to look it up! :lol:

Sorry! Wasn't really expecting it to be considered serious.

Darthdave, just goofing.. Hope I didn't cause a lot of brooding.
On the upside though, now you're introduced to a real classic; the awesome humor of the retro fitted loob groove..[smilie=l:

[fourarmed]

After seeing the square shaft on the one in the youtube clip, I'm going to say it is part of a film editing machine like a Movieola. Looks exactly like the shaft on a 16mm movie projector.

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

Yep Fourarmed,

If not correct, you must be in the correct department with it being some type of winding device.

It sure does look like a film reel spindle.

CDOC

[3006guns]

fourarmed, I think you get the prize. It's pretty obvious that there's two gears and the hand crank would drive the larger one, resulting in a very fast speed on the smaller spindle gear. Perfect for rewinding film. Movie houses used to use them.

[darthdave22]

hmm i dont have much use for it i guess

[darthdave22]

I think you may be right about the film winder, now that you mention it there was alot of photography chemicals strewn about the place as well. Thanks for the help and the laughs!

[Crusty Deary Ol'Coot]

I believe that it is a film winder. It would be one of two needed.

This would allow for a reel of film to be rapidly advanced for editing or splicing.

As I now recall, I have seen items such as this a good number of times, mostly as part of a set up in which there is an editing screen or film splicer located between the pair of winders.

Usually they are mounted on a table, one to the right and one to the left, allowing for the operator to wind back and forth for editing, or move to the point of splicing, or if a number of reels of film are being shown back to back the projectionest can quickly thread the new reel into the projector and start the next reel and then re-wind the first reel to the start position without taking the needed time to do so on the projector.

Yep, think we have it!

Keep em coming!

Crusty Deary Ol'Coot

[Freightman]

Put it on Ebay as a vintage ****** and get some money for it. You might be surprised how much.

[Pigslayer]

This could be in a Agatha Christie "Who done it" novel. Just kidding. LOL