Hand mixer by Gorenje MGA – whipping cream/glass bowl
Hand mixer with 3-speed switch; infinitely adjustable speed regulation – electronic. Manufactured in 1980’s by Gorenje MGA, small kitchen appliances, from Nazarje,…
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Hand mixer by Gorenje MGA – whipping cream/plastic bowl
Hand mixer with 3-speed switch; infinitely adjustable speed regulation – electronic. Manufactured in 1980’s by Gorenje MGA, small kitchen appliances, from Nazarje,…
Mechanical spring hammer ATLAS 4 (large)
This was manufactured in the Atlas plant, Germany, probably before World War Two. There are no records available on when it started…
Pneumatic hammer ZČ 300
Manufactured at the Prvomajska factory in Zagreb in 1956, it remained in use in the old locomotive workshops in Ljubljana until 1999.…
Tumbling barrel
Since the 1920s the electric tumbling barrel was used in the chain factory to smoothen the surfaces of the finished welded or…
Hand welding machine
The electric hand welding machine from the 1920s welds single chain links together. The welder must place a “U” shaped chain link…
Machine for performing control copies
The sound of the machine for performing control copies in operation. It was manufactured by the Prasa company in Katowice (Poland) in…
Chain bending machine
The electrically driven chain bending machine from the 1950s produces chains by straightening wire (removal of deformation of the wire due to…
Linotype N-14 – matrices returning to the storing unit
The sound of matrices returning to the storing unit in linotype N-14, manufactured in Leningrad (Soviet Union) in 1968. The sound of…
Linotype N-14 – line casting
The sound of the casting of lines on linotype N-14, manufactured in Leningrad (Soviet Union) in 1968. The sound of the machine…
Link bending machine
The electric link bending machine made in 1939 by the manufacturer Malmedie & Co., produces single chain links. First, a wire is…
Bending machine
This electrically driven machine from the 1920s bends cut-to-size steel rods, the so called “pins”, into the shape of a “U”. A…
Rod cutter
The rod cutter from the 1920s cuts approximately 3m long steel rods into accurately dimensioned pieces, called “pins” which can then be…
Round rod milling machine
Up until its shutdown in 1983 the Sawmill Remblinghausen in Meschede (North Rhine-Westphalia) manufactured wooden handles for brooms and rakes using the…
Linotype N-14 – text setting
The sound of the setting of text on linotype N-14, manufactured in Leningrad (Soviet Union) in 1968. The sound of the machine…
Printing machine Grafopress
The sound of semi-automatic printing machine Grafopress in operation. It was manufactured by the Adast company in Czechoslovakia in the mid-twentieth century.…