This is a tool or machine we have that has been lying around our home for years. Nobody is sure what it is. We have been told it is used to crush garlic, but we are not sure. My mother believes it is some sort of stamp dispenser/cutter. It has a crank, and a two edged barrel shaped blade that spins in a cylinder. Various adjusting screws surrond the cylinder, and it has a clam to attatch it to a table or workbench. It is (discounting the crank, about 7 or 8 inches long. and perhaps 4 inches wide, made of iron, probably cast. The hadle is wooden and spins on a shaft. The inside of the cylinder has grooves or ridges cut into it, presumably to crush, grind or otherwise effect the substance pulled in by the revolving barrel blade. Here is a link to a photo album of pictures of the device:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/fraterchaos/album?.dir=/81b3re2
(sorry about the quality, the pictures were made witha simple webcam.)
If anyone out there knows what this is, please write & tell me.
2006-11-18 08:57:14 · 7 answers · asked by fraterchaos 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
try sending better pics also with the item clamped to table to : www.thisoldhouse.com to see if they can identify it. theres a section on their website that says "ask this old house" . also my first impression of it was an old apple corer. - hard to tell. maybe you can ask at your local historical society ? good luck.
2006-11-18 14:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by kayann01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Overclocking potential you're configuring the gadget to run at a swifter % than that is rated for. CPUs/motherboards and image playing cards are the most in many cases overclocked. as an example, once you've a CPU that runs at 2.6 GHZ, yet replace the clock % (contained in the BIOS) so as that it runs at 3.0 GHZ. The income to that is a swifter %, besides the undeniable fact that the shrink back is that is going to run hotter or the device may grow to be volatile.
2016-11-29 06:23:18 · answer #2 · answered by jaffar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but from your description of a blade in a cylinder, it sounds like maybe a chopper or grater. Have you tried using it - see if it will chop nuts?
2006-11-18 12:04:10 · answer #3 · answered by gator girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't tell much from the pictures. It might be helpful if the gadget was set up on a table or bench the way it would be ready for use. Then take pictures that way!
2006-11-18 09:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by Gramms 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gave it a shot but from the photos it's hard to say.I'm with everyone else.Set it up on a table and repost the pics.
2006-11-20 03:46:10 · answer #5 · answered by Vtmtnman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to tell from those photos, but it looks like a meat grinder. . . . but a meat grinder should be bigger than that. . . Just a guess.
2006-11-18 09:03:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmm it looks like someone just threw a bunch of parts together or something, it might be a beater or something. or something to make people try and guess what it is.
2006-11-18 09:08:20 · answer #7 · answered by metabolicx_7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋