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- Lost in Toyland
- And without gloves
- If I were a blindfolded time traveler
- Smoke Consumer Also Cooks
- Oh that stove!
- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
- $100 Reward
- Freeze Frame
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
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Fledgling Fageols: 1918
"Fageol Motors Co. truck assembly -- Oakland, California, 1918." 8x10 glass negative by the Cheney Photo Advertising Company. View full size.
The Bench Vise and the Bearing Scraper
If I'm reading it correctly, and recognizing the silhouette, that vise says "C. Parker Co. / Meriden Conn."
Parker vises were great. The survivors are much sought after for use today.
There's a bearing shell in the vise, and a handled bearing scraper, or perhaps a file, resting on the back of the vise.
Bearing scrapers come in several shapes:
https://www.csosborneindustrialtools.com/bearing-scraper-set-no-mt2/
Like files, bearing are often sold without handles so that the user can install his/her preferred type of handle.
The real meaning of this is "Wow! HAND-FITTING of bearings! Very labor-intensive!"
Almost finished
The fully assembled truck didn't look much different.
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