Some Old Things We Found.

[mogwild]

These items came with the Randall harness stitcher we purchased. They were sitting in the bottom of the table. I believe them to be some sort of clutch (there are 2 different ones, hard to tell, but one has a larger "cage" on the side). Also, found this blade in one of the drawers. I've googled the company history for the blade, pretty interesting. Not sure what it would have been used for in a saddle shop.

Excuse my pencil prop, its all I could find close that would prop them up for photo's

Just thought I'd share.

Edited May 29, 2012 by mogwild

[katsass]

These items came with the Randall harness stitcher we purchased. They were sitting in the bottom of the table. I believe them to be some sort of clutch (there are 2 different ones, hard to tell, but one has a larger "cage" on the side). Also, found this blade in one of the drawers. I've googled the company history for the blade, pretty interesting. Not sure what it would have been used for in a saddle shop.

Excuse my pencil prop, its all I could find close that would prop them up for photo's

Just thought I'd share.

FWIW from the old grump; The blade looks like (or similar to) one that I use. Looks like it's missing it's handle, which would have a set screw in it to allow the blade to extend for comfortable use, as far as needed. The handle also allows the blade to be turned and hide the sharpened edge from harm. Mine is about 100 years old, as it belonged to my grandfather and I have known it for almost 70 years. Mine is a 'Murphy' (brand name) knife and is still made in the U.S., and comes with a pre-ground blade in different shapes

Edited June 1, 2012 by katsass

[Ferg]

That looks like a speed changer to my old eyes. Some I remember had a trigger like apparatus that made the belt move from one size pulley to another.

ferg

These items came with the Randall harness stitcher we purchased. They were sitting in the bottom of the table. I believe them to be some sort of clutch (there are 2 different ones, hard to tell, but one has a larger "cage" on the side). Also, found this blade in one of the drawers. I've googled the company history for the blade, pretty interesting. Not sure what it would have been used for in a saddle shop.

Excuse my pencil prop, its all I could find close that would prop them up for photo's

Just thought I'd share.

[Elliot]

These items came with the Randall harness stitcher we purchased. They were sitting in the bottom of the table. I believe them to be some sort of clutch (there are 2 different ones, hard to tell, but one has a larger "cage" on the side).

These could very well be clutches to mount between the line shaft and machine. Had to have some way to stop the machine and not the whole shop. One electric motor would drive 10 or how many different machines. Hp of motor would be large enough to run the machines that had to run at the same time.

Worked in a tool shop powered by line shaft, two main shafts ran when motor ran, clutches to each machine.