Edison Home With Custom Made Crank

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Edison Home With Custom Made Crank

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I had to post this. I love the description in the listing mentioning the "custom made" crank!! :lol: What a hoot!! :lol: At least there is free shipping if you get this all together.
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:shock: :shock:

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For posterity.
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Might not need a new needle if the reproducer was mounted right side up...
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What a great idea for a crank... ;) :roll: :lol:
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Let me be the first to pipe up and say that's just plumb crazy!

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“MAY HAVE SCUFFS, SCRATCHES, DENTS, DINGS, MISSING HARDWARE, MISSING PAINT, DIRT, MISSING NEEDLE, ” ... Read more
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The pictures don't match either.
Notice in the first picture there is apparently
a wooden crank handle visible.
Then, we have the plumbing picture.
Those do not match.
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I think you're seeing the first turn in the plumbing fixture, excuse me, crank. Jerry B.

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I thought at first it was a wooden handle but it is the pipe from the pipe crank.

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