ummmm...some kind of thread or textile type "loom"???
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/tls/3972899396.html
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/tls/3972899396.html
Ok, what is it?? Let's help the guy...
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trout
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looks like a thread winder
NHBandit
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That would hold an awful lot of thread.. I'm going with textile or paper or something that would be in sheets. Is there a patent number on it ? That would tell for sure and is easy to look up.
I agree with NHbandit, I don't think it is for thread. If it was for thread I would expect the reel to have side guards on it to prevent wound thread from slipping off the end of the reel and tangling in the bearing while it rotates.
An interesting aspect I notice is that whatever is wound on the reel can't end up being very thick before it will hit the bottom frame of the reel stand. That to me seems to rule it out as being used for any sort of butcher paper, etc.
Neat find OP, I hope someone figures out what it is.
An interesting aspect I notice is that whatever is wound on the reel can't end up being very thick before it will hit the bottom frame of the reel stand. That to me seems to rule it out as being used for any sort of butcher paper, etc.
Neat find OP, I hope someone figures out what it is.
I just sent them an email asking if there were any words or especially a patent number....
think it could have been some kind of a layout tool that held a marked string or something for long distances? Probly not, I'm stumped
think it could have been some kind of a layout tool that held a marked string or something for long distances? Probly not, I'm stumped
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Looks like something that would be used for knitting yarn for dyeing it and letting it dry for instance. Other than that I have on Idea.
wellcoman
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Yes it is what they use for thread or braided rope, we use then every day at work.we call then skeiners. I work at a braiding company.
Bingo! They have a couple of these in the mill I work in out in the storage sheds. They were probably retired before I was born.
Edit: I wrote that before I had this thought. They make very small looms for silk weaving and samples. This could very well be the take-up beam (where finished cloth wraps) or the warp beam of a very sample/silk loom. I'm still pretty confident this is a skein (it comes in a box with nothing else), but you never know...
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retDAC
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What is the purpose of the gearing?
Kevin54
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That what my guess would have been was a "loom"
If it's a skein, I have no idea. I've never seen one operating.
If it's part of a silk [or other small] loom, it's geared to feed out at a certain rate. Notice the groove on the crank pulley.
This is a loom:
Wrenching on em provides my livelihood. These are Dornier High Speed looms. They're the Cadillac of weaving machines (or Mercedes/BMW -- they're German).
To flesh my idea: the part which the finished cloth wraps around is the take up reel. The large beam overhead at 0:22 seconds into the video is the warp beam.