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Toys in the attic

140mower

140mower

Don
Visiting with the folks and found this tucked away in a corner...... I need to make a fuel tray for it and a bit of cleaning before I get to play with it. It comes with a little lineshaft, pedestal grinder, and a table saw of sorts.....
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The saw is still in the original box. :D
 
Very interesting, nice find. Can't access my attic, never cut the hole in the ceiling so all my treasures are in the basement. Last week i found 7 lbs of powder in the floor joists. It was there for 20 years at least.
 
6.5 Fan said:
Very interesting, nice find. Can't access my attic, never cut the hole in the ceiling so all my treasures are in the basement. Last week i found 7 lbs of powder in the floor joists. It was there for 20 years at least.
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As long as fuse wasn't in it you're good.
 
140mower said:
Visiting with the folks and found this tucked away in a corner...... I need to make a fuel tray for it and a bit of cleaning before I get to play with it. It comes with a little lineshaft, pedestal grinder, and a table saw of sorts.....
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The saw is still in the original box. :D
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Neat! That's an oldie eh? We've got the same pedestal grinder for a Wilsco engine that gets pulled out every once in a while.
The steam engines toys were targeted for young boys in the advertising but I think the old "boys" in the house got more fun out of them then the young ones did.
 
I still have my steam engine as well, got it as a Christmas present when I was about ten. I'd lost the stack off of it long ago, but found I could get replacement parts from Wilesco, so ordered it and a few other washers and bits. I've only run it a couple times since cleaning it up. It's sitting on the window ledge here in my office. I never had any accessories to run with it.
 
I'm not sure how old it is, but you are probably correct, there's likely to be a 6'4" "kid" of slightly older vintage chuckling and giggling while trying to set the house on fire while squeezing the last bit of steam out of it. :p:rolleyes:
Now if I could only find the lawn darts, now that I am bigger and older I am pretty sure that I can throw then higher than when I was younger...o_O
 
140mower said:
I'm not sure how old it is, but you are probably correct, there's likely to be a 6'4" "kid" of slightly older vintage chuckling and giggling while trying to set the house on fire while squeezing the last bit of steam out of it. :p:rolleyes:
Now if I could only find the lawn darts, now that I am bigger and older I am pretty sure that I can throw then higher than when I was younger...o_O
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You have a lathe...Lawn darts should be easy:D
 
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