Posted: 3/30/2014 4:46:18 PM EDT
I found this contraption behind an old barn and was wondering what it may be. I'm thinking some old school homemade dickfer but seriously if anyone knows what this is let me know please!
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one of those wheels was hooked by a belt to some kind of drive device, steam, water, dog on a treadmill, whatever
the rest of the wheels feed relays of belts to drive stuff, like mills, lathes, fans, grinders, whatever they needed to drive im not sure where you are in ga, but they have an example of an old school one at the savannah train museum that ran the entire metal fab and wood working shop via steam power |
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one of those wheels was hooked by a belt to some kind of drive device, steam, water, dog on a treadmill, whatever the rest of the wheels feed relays of belts to drive stuff, like mills, lathes, fans, grinders, whatever they needed to drive I figured that but I was wondering what that big barrel looking thing with the slots cut in it is for. |
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one of those wheels was hooked by a belt to some kind of drive device, steam, water, dog on a treadmill, whatever the rest of the wheels feed relays of belts to drive stuff, like mills, lathes, fans, grinders, whatever they needed to drive im not sure where you are in ga, but they have an example of an old school one at the savannah train museum that ran the entire metal fab and wood working shop via steam power +1. Looks like the remnants of an old belt driven power transmission system. |
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It looks like mining equipment for separating ore from rock. The hubs long pipe were connected to an engine by leather belts which in turn connected to the large drum back behind it. Ore is duped into the rotating drum, water is sprayed on it and the heavier gold or silver drop through the holes while the rock works its way out the end. |
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one of those wheels was hooked by a belt to some kind of drive device, steam, water, dog on a treadmill, whatever the rest of the wheels feed relays of belts to drive stuff, like mills, lathes, fans, grinders, whatever they needed to drive im not sure where you are in ga, but they have an example of an old school one at the savannah train museum that ran the entire metal fab and wood working shop via steam power Edison Historic Site in New Jersey: 
The driving shaft is up at the ceiling. |
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anywhere near possible old mining? Google trammel these days and all you get back is gold mining, but it could have been as simple as separating gravel by size for making concrete Quoted:
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Looks like some kind of a Trommel. anywhere near possible old mining? Google trammel these days and all you get back is gold mining, but it could have been as simple as separating gravel by size for making concrete In southeast Ga nowhere near any kind of mining at all. No rock quarries nearby either. |
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In southeast Ga nowhere near any kind of mining at all. No rock quarries nearby either. Quoted:
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Looks like some kind of a Trommel. anywhere near possible old mining? Google trammel these days and all you get back is gold mining, but it could have been as simple as separating gravel by size for making concrete In southeast Ga nowhere near any kind of mining at all. No rock quarries nearby either. brick factory? just wags at this point. the end with the drum was the terminus, whats on the starting end of it, or has everything else been eaten by time? |
From the looks of the drum. It appears to be an old debarker drum. Lumber mills used these to run the logs through as it turned. As the logs progressed through banging against each other the bark would break away from the log. I worked at a company that built equipment for chip and lumber mills for years. And yes I know, Damn 14er
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brick factory? just wags at this point. the end with the drum was the terminus, whats on the starting end of it, or has everything else been eaten by time? Quoted:
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Looks like some kind of a Trommel. anywhere near possible old mining? Google trammel these days and all you get back is gold mining, but it could have been as simple as separating gravel by size for making concrete In southeast Ga nowhere near any kind of mining at all. No rock quarries nearby either. brick factory? just wags at this point. the end with the drum was the terminus, whats on the starting end of it, or has everything else been eaten by time? There were no signs of bricks anywhere. I really didn't get a good look at the ends of it. |
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Looks like some kind of a Trommel. anywhere near possible old mining? Google trammel these days and all you get back is gold mining, but it could have been as simple as separating gravel by size for making concrete In southeast Ga nowhere near any kind of mining at all. No rock quarries nearby either. There was phosphate mining in SE Georgia but I'm leaning towards a drum debarker. |
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From the looks of the drum. It appears to be an old debarker drum. Lumber mills used these to run the logs through as it turned. As the logs progressed through banging against each other the bark would break away from the log. I worked at a company that built equipment for chip and lumber mills for years. And yes I know, Damn 14er I think that's probably the winning post there |
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From the looks of the drum. It appears to be an old debarker drum. Lumber mills used these to run the logs through as it turned. As the logs progressed through banging against each other the bark would break away from the log. I worked at a company that built equipment for chip and lumber mills for years. And yes I know, Damn 14er I think that's probably the winning post there That is probably the right answer. Thanks! |
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Quoted: Edison Historic Site in New Jersey: http://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/photogallery/ner/park/edis/8AD6238D-155D-451F-678D4811F63B4CE1/8AD6238D-155D-451F-678D4811F63B4CE1-large.jpg The driving shaft is up at the ceiling. Quoted: Quoted: one of those wheels was hooked by a belt to some kind of drive device, steam, water, dog on a treadmill, whatever the rest of the wheels feed relays of belts to drive stuff, like mills, lathes, fans, grinders, whatever they needed to drive im not sure where you are in ga, but they have an example of an old school one at the savannah train museum that ran the entire metal fab and wood working shop via steam power Edison Historic Site in New Jersey: http://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/photogallery/ner/park/edis/8AD6238D-155D-451F-678D4811F63B4CE1/8AD6238D-155D-451F-678D4811F63B4CE1-large.jpg The driving shaft is up at the ceiling. Just like the original Boeing factory:  |
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From the looks of the drum. It appears to be an old debarker drum. Lumber mills used these to run the logs through as it turned. As the logs progressed through banging against each other the bark would break away from the log. I worked at a company that built equipment for chip and lumber mills for years. And yes I know, Damn 14er I think that's probably the winning post there That is probably the right answer. Thanks! Yup, I'm certain of it! Incidently, I'm also sure it was a very safe working environment in its' day, where a man could enjoy a long career free of injury, and a lively retirement in fine health and vigor! (Well, except for the time Ol' Ernie tripped over that silly jackshaft and fell headlong into the drum, completely de-barking himself. That was kinda ugly...) |
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Yup, I'm certain of it! Incidently, I'm also sure it was a very safe working environment in its' day, where a man could enjoy a long career free of injury, and a lively retirement in fine health and vigor! (Well, except for the time Ol' Ernie tripped over that silly jackshaft and fell headlong into the drum, completely de-barking himself. That was kinda ugly...) I don't think they heard of OSHA recordable injuries back then. 
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