Landis No. 16 Installing The Head Of Machine

[Cumberland Highpower]

On 7/26/2025 at 6:44 AM, Tastech said:

What a grand old lady . The machine i mean .lol

Did anyone else notice the wear on the outer foot pedal in photo 5 ? That probably took 30-40 years to get it like that .

When i look at old machines like that i can't help wonder . Some one has made a living using it , bought a house and raised a family sent their kids to college and retired . The machine gets passed to a new worthy owner and the cycle starts again .  I am sure the old girl has heard laughter and felt tears and no doubt being a Landis many a curse word has been spoken to it and in its presence .  Still going though and by the looks of it still loved. makes me smile 

Sometimes I wonder things like that. Sometimes thoughts like that are a bit off though.  We always think in terms of ourselves, family run shops, etc.   Truth is allot of these machines went into big production shops/factories.   Nobody wants to dream of their personal machine being one of 20+ operated by punch clock, floor workers for 60+ years and then sold off at an auction in 1990.....

My 16 has a brass tag on it that a factory installed on it generations ago. (not the factory tag) probably an inventory/property number.

Of course nowadays that those machines are essentially "out to pasture" in small shops/hobby shops that would fit pretty well.

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Cumberland Highpower