Hoping to find help identifying what this piece of machinery does and it's value. Trying to help a widow sell some things.
My guess its for brake lining replacement. part for riveting the linings and part for grinding the linings?
The brake shoe arcing fixture is hard to find nowadays, and I would love to have one. You are too far away to ship a ton of cast iron though. I'd think it's worth at least $200-300.
That is probably more of a museum piece or display piece than one you want to use in a shop as there is no way to collect the dust from arcing the lining on the shoes and you would have lining dust everywhere in the shop. Interesting unit that may be pre WWII though.
...........Wonder how many brake techs eventually died from lung cancer or mesothelioma after using this machine for years.
Basically EPA outlawed them back in the late 70's due to asbestos dust in the air when you arc'd the shoes. Big truck shops would still use the rivet machine.
Yes we had the asbestos linings. Worked for a time in a truck shop. I would blow the dust away with a air hose . no resperator. that was 50 years ago. I suppose I should have lung problems? I never ground on any linings. I still have a supply of asbestos brake linings. Today I use JB weld to attach them to the brake shoes. organic linings suck.
And how many of us, like me, spent decades up to our elbows in leaded gas while cleaning filthy junkyard parts??
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