What is it.

[Likesaws]

Picked this up at local saw shop that closed down. They had root’s back to the 40,s. There was a merger or acquisition back in the 50’s or 60,s I think. Another small dealer gone.
If anyone knows what this is let me know. I thought it might be some type of bar grinder. There is two motors under the table top. I could not find the thread on the bar grinders that I saw on here before.

 

[jacob j.]

Looks like a home-built rig of some sort - probably to square up bars. That GE motor definitely dates back to the old days...

 

[Duane(Pa)]

View attachment 360739 View attachment 360740 Picked this up at local saw shop that closed down. They had root’s back to the 40,s. There was a merger or acquisition back in the 50’s or 60,s I think. Another small dealer gone.
If anyone knows what this is let me know. I thought it might be some type of bar grinder. There is two motors under the table top. I could not find the thread on the bar grinders that I saw on here before.

Are the stones different grit? One side looks like it has had more use...

 

[heimannm]

The vertical spindle looks like it could have been used with a disk to grind bar grooves. This is a machine tool called a Bar Shop that could grind the rails, clean the burrs of the bar edge, grind the grooves, and even close the bar rails with the trip hammer attachment.





Mark

 

[Seachaser]

I picked up something similar when a local school redid their art shop. Something to do with polishing ceramics. I repurposed it with two polishing wheels.

 

[Likesaws]

Are the stones different grit? One side looks like it has had more use...

Yes the stones are different grit and one is twice as thick as the other.