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08-19-2021, 05:01 PM
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What's in your tool box
I was organizing my tool box and work bench and came across this gem. It's a lot worse for wear but interesting.
I believe it came from my step grandfather's side of the family, he worked in an apple orchard as a young man during the depression. You screw the brass fitting in place of one the spark plugs and the other end to the tire of the tractor in case you needed air out in the field.
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08-19-2021, 05:04 PM
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I have one in my on-board tractor tool box.
Jon
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08-19-2021, 05:07 PM
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I did use it when I had land in Kansas, Allis Chalmers, WD45. It was actually in working service then.
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08-20-2021, 07:46 AM
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A 2-cylinder Johnny Popper makes an interesting exhaust sound when one of these is attached to 1 cylinder.
Jon.
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08-20-2021, 07:49 AM
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Great idea. You know, except for pump an air fuel mixture into your tire! LOL!
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12-22-2021, 08:55 AM
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Seeing old tools always makes my heart happy. It's outstanding how far we've managed to evolve as a society, but the principles related to tools have remained the same. We're just getting better and better at making them. I've managed to find some old toggle clamps and if I'm comparing them to https://www.sandfieldengineering.com/toggle-clamps/, there aren't many differences. I've even found some old drills that work on my new machine. I'm truly amazed. I should look up at the marketplace to see if there are any people who're selling their old tools. Maybe I'll be able to build a museum
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12-22-2021, 09:02 AM
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My dad worked for a while on the ohio river, and was occasionally called on to bring up sunken boats (mid 1960s). Their "utility schooner" was a very old boat that had a BIG straight six. Once they got to the boat they were raising, they unscrewed three spark plugs, hooked up the lines and it became a very large, odd sounding air compressor - yes making each bag into a miniature Hindenburg under the right conditions.
I recently saw a video where a V4 wisconsin was factory modified to be a two cylinder air compressor, with the necessary two cylinder intake manifold. It made a bunch of air, and quickly.
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12-22-2021, 03:10 PM
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Had a LeRoi compressor that had a six cylinder block. Four cylinder gas engine, two cylinder compessor. Engine had a four inch bore, the compressor was six inch. It was made around 1947-48. Worked great for sand blasting.
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12-22-2021, 05:31 PM
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No idea how old but was old when I got it back in the '80s. Like hydraulic jacks, horses were bigger then, is rated at 3/4 hp. Tank underneath is about 2 ft diameter and 4 feet long
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