New vintage gadget

[jabberwoki]

Had to grab it

 

[Oldtuleguy]

Looks awesome! Does it work?

 

[4xdog]

Some sort of laboratory mixer, yes? I worked with dozens of fhose ober the yesrs, and ah e a few rescued from disposal, but I don’t auite know that one.

How fast does the motor go, or better said, how fast does the shaft spin. There’s a huge range between various kinds of mixers like thst. Unfortunately the two I have are kind of slow — a few hundred rpm. Several thousand rpm potential is good.

 

[nadogail]

Obviously, you have a mixer for laboratory use.

 

[jabberwoki]

Sorry but its a watch parts cleaner. If you watch YouTube vids o watch repair you'll see them in action

 

[jabberwoki]

Think im going to sell it.
Ill check it works first.

 

[Mintgrun]

this video shows a similar unit in action.

 

[R6 Racer]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMM milkshakes!

 

[mervyn]

Would have never guessed that's what it was for.

 

[2oolhound]

If you put your watch in there for cleaning you'd probably never have to wind it again either.

 

[Maui]

Those sell for RIDICULOUS money on eBay if they are all there. Check out completed auctions OP. You will be shocked.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

If you put your watch in there for cleaning you'd probably never have to wind it again either.

Snerk.

 

[bonneyman]

I'd repurpose it for cleaning ratchet guts.

 

[Stuart in MN]

If you put your watch in there for cleaning you'd probably never have to wind it again either.

After a watch is disassembled, all the little parts go into a wire mesh basket that fastens to the bottom of that shaft. It gets dipped in a special solvent, and then in a rinse afterwards. More modern version have it all automated, so the machine automatically moves the parts from the solvent to the rinse.

(for no special reason I started watching watch repair videos recently, there are a couple guys out there who specialize in vintage watches that are pretty fun to watch.)

 

[Cleave]

In my internship at a factory making devices for the military, I helped rebuild and improve a mixer that ran on an air motor, so it wouldn't have any chance of making a spark.