An OLD, OLD brick making machine
black mamba
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This machine, according to the manufacturer, is the oldest known example of this model to be in use in the U.S. It is over 100 years old and is used on a weekly basis.
In photo #1, the clay mixture is fed into the rectangular opening on top of the machine. The big, geared wheel drives an auger-type drive that pushes the mixture to the right and extrudes it through an opening at the end.
In photo #2, the swinging " door " at the end can be changed to extrude different shaped blocks....tubular, rectangular, etc. The machine appears to be clogged up but that is just the clay mixture left from the last usage. It is still moist and will be easily extruded.
Photo #3 shows the power that drives the whole affair.
In photo #1, the clay mixture is fed into the rectangular opening on top of the machine. The big, geared wheel drives an auger-type drive that pushes the mixture to the right and extrudes it through an opening at the end.
In photo #2, the swinging " door " at the end can be changed to extrude different shaped blocks....tubular, rectangular, etc. The machine appears to be clogged up but that is just the clay mixture left from the last usage. It is still moist and will be easily extruded.
Photo #3 shows the power that drives the whole affair.
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Jack
Jack
(My real name is John but Jack'll do)
Thanks for looking in. That old tractor is a real relic itself. Would you care to guess at the year it was made?
Tom
I'm gonna say 1947 +/- 2 . It looks like one my uncle had when I was a youngster.
Jack
(My real name is John but Jack'll do)
pretty interesting.
There was more interesting old stuff around this place than I could shake a stick at. They have a huge old steam engine out in the woods that drives all the equipment for a small lumber mill. I've never seen so many power-belt take-offs. Belts were running in all kinds of direction.
Hi Jack...
Well, you're too good. The tractor was made in 1946. The guy said it has never missed a day of work in all those years. Amazing.
Let's see some more, black mamba!
Don
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Thanks for looking. We share a passion for this type of old machinery. This guy has graciously consented to spend some time with me when I'm back in the mountains in October. He says he will show me all the different pieces his family has and that he will get the neighbors to show me their's as well.
I'll be sure to get some shots of that giagantic steam engine, and all its associated machinery, that is used at the saw mill. That thing is the " mother-of all " contraptions.
Tom