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| steamyjim |
Wilesco Tool???Does anyone know what this tool is on the row closest to the camera 2nd in from the left hand side is????Im sure i have seen one before but dont know where. It looks like the base of a grinder with something else on top? 
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| bessytractor |
milling machine, looks exactly like a little version of my schools one, just minus a few of the handles. | ||||
| steamyjim |
No this one
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| bessytractor |
hmmm I see what you mean its a bit of a funny one.
Steam powered pencil sharpener? 
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| steamyjim |
[/quote]milling machine, looks exactly like a little version of my schools one, just minus a few of the handles.
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| steamyjim |
I mucked up the quoteing there 
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| tmuir |
Got to say I've never seen that one before and I have no idea what it does.
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| Sandman |
HMMM
A steam powered spear chucker???????? |
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| bessytractor |
THIS...IS...WILESCO!!! |
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| toxx |
... I've never seen anything like it. The base and red "pan" look exactly like the M52 two-wheeled grinder, 2 rows above. I think it's home-made, whatever it is.
Heck (imagine Tom slapping his forhead, crying "Heureka!"), now I've got it! It's a steam driven dentist's drill! Easy, once you've found out ...
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| Chris |
you wouldn't want to bend over near that! 
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| steamyjim |
Thing is im sure ive seen something like it before. |
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| toxx |
... you could send the picture to Wilesco. Maybe they'll identify it. Whatever it is, it's fascinating ... | ||||
| steamyjim |
Ill see what Mirko says first 
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| Mister Occlusion |
I've seen one of those somewhere before and it was described, I believe, as a polisher of some sort... personally I can't see it myself... | ||||
| Mamodman123 |
In that case it will be made of plastic 
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| steamyjim |
Dam you MM
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| johnreid |
Steam Powered Martini Mixer?
Stirred not shaken
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| steamyjim |
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| Dampfzauberer |
Well, well..i see it's again my turn
This is a quite rare wilesco driving model. It was called "Biegsame Welle" wich means Flexion Wave... It is driven from the under side, so you can twist the "head" in every position and you can bend the shaft. The shaft is made of a stiffer, outer spring...in the inside it is a smaller, more flexible spring wich is spinning. On the top of the small sping is the grinding stone glued on.
I once had this thing, but selled it as i do not collect wilesoc driving models |
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| steamyjim |
Thanks Mirko. Id new you would save the day!
I want one! |
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| johnreid |
A true asset to the forum, knowledge that few posses. | ||||
| steamyjim |
Cheddar models supplied one of those (sort of-well it mixed drinks) to America. Ill find a pic
I have a similar one in the workshop (without the engine) |
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| steamyjim |
Here it is
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| toxx |
... does that mean I was wrong?  T'is not a steam driven dentist's drill?
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| steamyjim |
Naaa sorry Tom. Your idea wasnt right.
Would be good though
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| Reid |
Tom was quite right after all. At that scale, and with its grinding stone,
and when your dental crown comes loose....and you want to trim off the decayed cement, and you are determined to re-fit it yourself, because it's Sunday and your dentist is on holiday, there is no more-wanted Wilesco tool than the flexi-molar-mortar-grinder
(best driven by D10 or larger engine) |
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| toxx |
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| Reid |
Question, while we are on Wilesco tools and such:
Does anyone here have or know the: 
--- I want one, but I don't want to pay so much as that for something I've never seen. Does it work nicely? Does it look well? (realizing these carnival toys are not everyone's cup of water or tea) But I want a water pumper and... since I like the Wilesco color wheel, I might also like their whimsical water pump toy. Opinions? Anyone have one? Who would have one in their collection? |
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| steamyjim |
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| toxx |
... on me first look I was thinkin': "What on earth is this Wilesco tin guy doing?" Now I got it:
"... oil, that is. Texas 'T'" |
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| Reid |
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| Reid |
OK. Serious now (NOT)
I take it that none of you real men would have a Wilesco pump. It's sort of childish looking. OK. So I must have one then. And then I will Pimp My Pump. Process: first repaint it and then bake it in the oven at 300F.... 
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| Wilescoman_123 |
Hello reid ,ive seen one in action works very well might get one my self ! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wilesco-Mod...oryZ27651QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem .
Quick question as mamod ever made one ? |
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| Mister Occlusion |
Reid:
I like the idea of a pump, but I'm not too crazy on the figures.. They just look a bit much on the macabre side of mannequins for me to be comfy with them. I'm semi-looking out for an Empire pump, or maybe one of those fancy old Bing or Doll models that I see from time to time... Stuff without anthropomorphised (yes I like that word) bits of tin wagging in the wind at a scale 200mph
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