Daniel, one thing is for sure: There is no plug on the item for a connection to LinuxCNC. Maybe it's a coil winding machine or a device to wind up torsion springs, e.g. for grammophones or such, very useful and necessary at the time. There seem to be gears inside the casing, being able to apply large torsion moment (telling from the size of the axis and bearing protruding below at center). On the bottom left there could be the top of a motor, where the whole gear box casing can be rotated by hand until it is secured by the square head setting screw. The arm coming in from the left may swing around its pivot on the left side and may have guided a thread or thin wire to a coil on the tapered center stud. Another proposal: the heavy hex stud on the right may be the top of a vertical shaft pointing downwards, probably turning at low speed. The setup reminds me of an early kitchen dough kneading machine my parents had long ago.
The whole thread reminds me of a popular quiz program on German TV: "Dings vom Dach", meaning aboout "Gimmick from the roof". Everybody can send in some enigmatic item and gets a small reward in case the quiz team is unable to guess its purpose. Peter Am 09.04.2013 18:17, schrieb Daniel Rogge: > A librarian friend asked me to help identify the following device in a > collage from a Serbian artist (August Černigoj) circa 1925. Image of the > collage and a close-up of the device can be found here: > http://static.inky.ws/image/3834/La%20Strada,%201925-1.jpg > http://static.inky.ws/image/3835/machine_1.png > > If anyone can identify this device, it's the people on this list! > > Thanks! > > Daniel Rogge > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced > analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building > apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use > our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! > http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precog is a next-generation analytics platform capable of advanced analytics on semi-structured data. The platform includes APIs for building apps and a phenomenal toolset for data science. Developers can use our toolset for easy data analysis & visualization. Get a free account! http://www2.precog.com/precogplatform/slashdotnewsletter _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
