Unusual speed selector
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Unusual speed selector
I found a standard D yesterday with a seized mandrel bearing and the guy took it apart completely. Well I got the bearing out . And started puting back together and found a strange ( to my novice eye ) speed selector. Any ideas
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Re: Unusual speed selector
I've not seen a speed selector like that. It's very interesting. Jerry B.
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Re: Unusual speed selector
Sure looks like A Rube Goldberg speed selector to me. Don’t understand what they were trying to accomplish over the factory selector.
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Re: Unusual speed selector
looks like it's out of a music box!
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Re: Unusual speed selector
True: if it were meant for the machine, wouldn't there be a "2" and "4" engraved on the brass? And what is that tiny lug on top meant for?EarlH wrote:looks like it's out of a music box!
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Re: Unusual speed selector
Looks like a clever home machinist decided to simplify the 2/4 minute change with a lever rather than pulling or pushing a knob. It's just a bit crude but still pretty well thought out. I like it a lot.
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Re: Unusual speed selector
Maybe it kept jumping out of second gear. I had a '46 Ford that would do that....
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Re: Unusual speed selector
I like it! For sure, it's a design that Rube Goldberg would be proud of but it's also a lot more convenient to shift gears with a top mounted lever over a small side mounted button. I can't figure out what purpose that little eyelet on top serves though. The brass machining looks rather crude but overall it's a keeper from my perspective presuming it functions!
Doug
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Re: Unusual speed selector
I think it may have been for a small spring to keep tension one way or the other. Just a guess.FellowCollector wrote:I like it! For sure, it's a design that Rube Goldberg would be proud of but it's also a lot more convenient to shift gears with a top mounted lever over a small side mounted button. I can't figure out what purpose that little eyelet on top serves though. The brass machining looks rather crude but overall it's a keeper from my perspective presuming it functions!
Doug
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Re: Unusual speed selector
I believe that eyelet at one time held a 2&4 minute marker. It looks like when you move the lever back and forth to change the speed. The pointer will pivot back and forth also. If there was something on that eyelet it would point to it.FellowCollector wrote: I can't figure out what purpose that little eyelet on top serves though. Doug
In any case a very cool item, looks home grown but something I'd keep for the collection.
My 2 cents
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