5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Looks like a pile of medical, perhaps OR, equipment to me.

Sonny on Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST)
typed in rec.woodworking the following:
5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Without a closer examination, to me it looks like it could be a
paper "guillotine" for cutting paper to size, cleaning up the edges of
textblocks, or similar.
--
pyotr filipivich
Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

On Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:22:19 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Sonny on Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST)
typed in rec.woodworking the following:
5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Without a closer examination, to me it looks like it could be a
paper "guillotine" for cutting paper to size, cleaning up the edges of
textblocks, or similar.
Close - it's a sheet metal shear

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

I had decided it was more likely sheet metal related than wood related
because I couldn't see foot pressure doing much to a sheet of wood -
but I really want to see the backside and under the deck ;-)

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:28:38 -0500, ads wrote:

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

I had decided it was more likely sheet metal related than wood related
because I couldn't see foot pressure doing much to a sheet of wood -
but I really want to see the backside and under the deck ;-)

On second thought, the wood decks make it more likely to be a paper
cutter than a sheet metal tool.

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.


Couldn't find the exact one, but here are a few samples :

http://tinyurl.com/suy6hft

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/clas...l.aspx?id=2063

http://tinyurl.com/rmatjg3

John T.

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 4:28:44 AM UTC-6, ads wrote:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

I had decided it was more likely sheet metal related than wood related
because I couldn't see foot pressure doing much to a sheet of wood -
but I really want to see the backside and under the deck ;-)

The only backside pic is on page 116, the previous pic, but the image is at a distance. Can't see anything close up. Sheet metal shear is likely correct. Could have used it a few months ago when making copper hinges. Went to a local metal shop and they cut and bent the 4 strips for $20. Two 16" "piano" hinges were made. The hinges pins are #4 (or #6, can't recall) copper wire. Worked out pretty well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/438361...posted-public/

As to the shear machine, the cast iron legs caught my eye. I wonder if they could be re-purposed for making a stand for a foot-petal 20" grinding stone. I like old tools and have the stone, but no petal-stand apparatus.

Sonny

ads on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:34:12 -0500 typed in rec.woodworking the
following:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:28:38 -0500, ads wrote:

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

I had decided it was more likely sheet metal related than wood related
because I couldn't see foot pressure doing much to a sheet of wood -
but I really want to see the backside and under the deck ;-)

On second thought, the wood decks make it more likely to be a paper
cutter than a sheet metal tool.

My thinking as well. Sheet metal will gouge up that wood -
eventually.
--
pyotr filipivich
Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?

Clare Snyder on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:17:05 -0500
typed in rec.woodworking the following:
On Fri, 06 Mar 2020 21:22:19 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Sonny on Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST)
typed in rec.woodworking the following:
5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Without a closer examination, to me it looks like it could be a
paper "guillotine" for cutting paper to size, cleaning up the edges of
textblocks, or similar.
Close - it's a sheet metal shear

That was my second guess. That or a sheet metal break.

Shows you what I have as a major interest, and it isn't sheet
metal work B-)
--
pyotr filipivich
Next month's Panel: Graft - Boon or blessing?

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:01:42 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

ads on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:34:12 -0500 typed in rec.woodworking the
following:
On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 05:28:38 -0500, ads wrote:

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.

I had decided it was more likely sheet metal related than wood related
because I couldn't see foot pressure doing much to a sheet of wood -
but I really want to see the backside and under the deck ;-)

On second thought, the wood decks make it more likely to be a paper
cutter than a sheet metal tool.

My thinking as well. Sheet metal will gouge up that wood -
eventually.
My STRONG suspicion is it was used for cutting lithiograph plates
for printing - the infeed and outfeed tables would prevent buckling
of the plate

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 06:57:03 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:16:22 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:03:36 -0800 (PST), Sonny
wrote:

5 tress are sprouting leaves. 3 other trees look like they are alive, but no sprouting leaves, yet. Couldn't find 2 other trees... cows probably trampled them.

What is it? State surplus auction has a "something" they labeled as woodworking equipment. Looks similar to an old school desk.... top image on page 117. Not uncommon for them to mislabel stuff. I'm curious as to what it actually is.
https://www.doa.la.gov/lpaa/auction/...rch%202020.pdf

Sonny
Looks like a nice Browne and Boggs shear with infeed and outfeed
tables. Might not be a B&B - but definitely a sheet metal shear - foot
operated.


Couldn't find the exact one, but here are a few samples :

http://tinyurl.com/suy6hft

http://www.vintagemachinery.org/clas...l.aspx?id=2063

http://tinyurl.com/rmatjg3

John T.
I COULD take a picture of the one out at "the hangar"

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 1:17:07 AM UTC-8, Clare Snyder wrote:

Close - it's a sheet metal shear

Or, at least part of one. I'm not seeing any foot pedal, there should be an air or hydraulic
system to operate it.

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 11:50:41 PM UTC-6, whit3rd wrote:

I'm not seeing any foot pedal,

On the previous pic, page 116, the tool is in the background, a view of the opposite side. Enlarge the image and it appears there is a foot petal.

Run your cursor over the right bottom corner of the page and an enlarging tab appears.

Sonny

On Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:50:39 -0800 (PST), whit3rd
wrote:

On Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 1:17:07 AM UTC-8, Clare Snyder wrote:

Close - it's a sheet metal shear

Or, at least part of one. I'm not seeing any foot pedal, there should be an air or hydraulic
system to operate it.
The peda lis there on the back