Thread: German engineering wow!

Have broken down the main gearbox here, there is a solid 2:1 90deg drive which i will be able to make a coldsaw with using a 3ph motor /vfd. Each end is a solid steel cylinder[appx 120mm dia] one with bearing and shaft, next to those are 2 cast housings
of which i do not have any. It's all good gear and will sit under the bench till i am ready to use it, my list of projects just gets longer. SWMBO said the usual " what do you want that for" they are a funny breed when they think hoarding Tupperware and hoarding steel are not the same.

I you have the room for it and you think there is even a remote possibility of using it in a project.................. Squirrel it away I say!

In five years if you change your mind then just take it to scrap metal, no harm done. How many times have you passed up an offer on a piece of "junk" or thrown something out, only to find in a year or 2 that you had the perfect use for it?

Simon

G'Day Fellas,
When scrapping German mailing machines I always scrounge as many nuts, bolts and capscrews as I can, as fasteners of such high quality are pretty rare at any price here.
Regards,
Martin

Love it that's my kind of material scrounged,being a 5th generation local here and people know some of this sort of stuff arrives here.
That machine was a work of art just the pics show its quality. love it Cheers Harold Steptoe.ps agreeing with what has been said here it is always good to have a junk pile to raid or direct some one too looking for ''that bit''.

Thomas A. Edison is quoted as saying: 'To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.' I think he should have known what he was talking about.
Mm.

I have few German engineered tools. Even my band saw blades are German engineered.

Me Again
Just broke down the last of the glue machine, lots of useful goodies.
Have a look at the last photo it's a unusual looking extension spring, I have not seen one before but my background is in automotive maybe any fitters out there have.
Thanks for the replies.