I should have mentioned... The pancake motor that you might see a glimpse of is something that I already had. The motor that was set up on the pedestal was just a pedestrian washer machine type motor and I told the seller to keep it as I don't need it.
Interesting. I also don't have time right now but thanks much for making those available. I also don't have time to properly follow up here but I'm just going to quick try and throw a pic in and see if it works yet.
I didn't buy it with the intention of selling it per se. I'm a collector and I typically buy stuff that I really like aesthetically and/or that will have a practical use for me (but it's almost always really old). However... I have a couple dozen grinders/arbors and a few cast iron pedestals so...
I didn't go through the entire thread so I don't know if anybody else contributed this particular ratchet. It's quite primitive.
**I uploaded like five images so I'm not sure why I'm only seeing one?
I picked up this Brown and Sharpe pedestal/arbor the other day which was allegedly driven by an overhead flat belt. I'm posting it here because A. I couldn't find another one and I thought some people might find it interesting. And B. I couldn't find another one and so if anybody has any info to...