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Thread: WANTED : Old cast iron wheel
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14th August 2013, 10:24 PM #46Retired
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Neil, was it litho or woodcuts?
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14th August 2013, 10:31 PM #47
that looks pretty cool, would love to have seen it as a printing press, for some reason when you first mentioned it I was thinking a ringer over the old washing machines, but hey I'm barely over 40 myself
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15th August 2013, 12:00 AM #48
Mainly woodcut, but also a bit of etching and engraving.
I still have most of my tools (like this), which come in handy for other wood related uses nowadays.Stay sharp and stay safe!
Neil
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20th August 2013, 12:18 PM #49GOLD MEMBER
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When I saw mangle I thought of this:
http://icouldcrybutidonthavetime.fil.../10/mangle.jpg
Which was used to iron sheets and pillow cases on this side of the pond.
When Neil posted his photo I thought WOT??, and looked up mangle in Wikipedia which said the British mangle was called a wringer in the US, and showed this photo:
File:Mangle.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AH SO!!So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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21st August 2013, 10:06 AM #50
Yeah, down this way we had what we called mangles and wringers, the distinction was one of size and technology development. My grandparents began with the old style mangle, my parents began with a hand cranked wringer (like this) that attached to washing tubs which were located next to the wood fuelled copper which boiled the clothes, and later they had a powered wringer integrated with an electric washing machine (like this). Our first washing machine was a twin tub Hoover that did away with the wringer, the second tub was spin dry tub which you put the clothes into after they were washed in the first tub, then... etc, ...etc.
The laundry that housed the copper, mangle and washing tubs was quite a size, and in our case was a separate structure to the house. The space required by a modern washing machine need be no more than a wide passageway to the back door. Definitely progress, especially not having to split the kindling and stoke the copper to bring it to the boil before breakfast, which was one of my childhood jobs...Stay sharp and stay safe!
Neil
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