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This metal lathe is an old, but very reliable, piece of mechanical machinery. It is thought to have been installed in the…

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Pythagoras-Drott’s main line of production in the early 20th century was hot bulb engines. One machine, crucial for the production of these…

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Start, run and stop. Flat belts were widely used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in line shafting to transmit power…

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Stereo recording including sound from belt drive. You can find this Thickness planer from about 1910 at Skansen in Stockholm. The cover…

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