Camera Praktica Super TL – shutter release
Praktica is a brand of cameras manufactured by Pentacon in Dresden since 1949. Praktica Super TL is a single-lens reflex camera with…
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Pedestal grinder
A pedestal grinder is a larger version of a bench grinder that is mounted on a pedestal, which is bolted to the…
Mechanical calculator, Facit
A mechanical calculator, or calculating machine, was a mechanical device used to perform automatically the basic operations of arithmetic. Most mechanical calculators…
Signal and gate, train crossing
Early railway level crossings had a flagman in a nearby booth who would, on the approach of a train, wave a red…
Belt drive
Start, run and stop. Flat belts were widely used in the 19th and early 20th centuries in line shafting to transmit power…
Metal planer, recording 2
Mono recording very close to the work area. A planer is a type of metalworking machine tool that uses linear relative motion…
Metal planer, recording 1
A planer is a type of metalworking machine tool that uses linear relative motion between the workpiece and a single-point cutting tool.…
Punching press
A punch press is a type of machine press used to cut holes in material. Note that it takes two minutes to…
Automatic lathe
This machine was owned by the Facit company in Åtvidaberg. At the peak there were about 100 machines of this kind with…
Air hammer, second recording
Recorded with lover recording volume. It’s said that a skilled blacksmith can hold an egg between the hammer and the anvil. Air-power…
Air hammer, first recording at ÅSSA
It’s said that a skilled blacksmith can hold an egg between the hammer and the anvil. Air-power hammers use pneumatics to drive…
Metal cutter
First cut is a hollow square iron Second cut is a 30 millimetres massive rectangular iron Manufacturer: SAJO AB Sandéns mekaniska verkstad,…
Trip hammer, Olofsfors recording 3
This hammer is used to form the Wrought iron into bars. Sound cycle Sound 1: The hammer is lifted with an iron…
Trip hammer, Olofsfors recording 2
This hammer is used to form the Wrought iron into bars. Sound cycle Sound 1: The hammer is lifted with an iron…
Trip hammer, Olofsfors recording 1
This hammer is used to form the Wrought iron into bars. Sound cycle Sound 1: The hammer is lifted with an iron…
Rolling chain links
Recording 2, at Olofsfors Iron Works. Iron rods are rolled into a link shape package. Before welding the chain the workers have…