High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

**marksbug** · Jul 25, 2021, 03:07 PM

I like pickles!!.

**12bolts** · Jul 25, 2021, 05:51 PM

Looking at that image, those arms appear to be at 120*, so maybe a 3rd arm directly behind the ram. And you can just see another wooden bath peeking around the base.

**cmarlow** · Jul 25, 2021, 06:55 PM

You can actually see the third basket and its chains hanging from the third boom.

**jdurand** · Jul 26, 2021, 04:14 PM

hydraulic as in powered by city water pressure, correct?

**hemmjo** · Jul 26, 2021, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by jdurand

hydraulic as in powered by city water pressure, correct?

Not sure what this is in reference to? I even looked back a few pages?

**jdurand** · Jul 26, 2021, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

Not sure what this is in reference to? I even looked back a few pages?

The pickling rig, center cylinder lifts up the baskets to rotate to next station. You can see the guy's hand on a valve.

**12bolts** · Jul 26, 2021, 08:46 PM

I doubt theyt would use the town water for that. Just regular hydraulic oil pump

**hemmjo** · Jul 27, 2021, 05:52 AM

I fear that water would lead to corrosion, and not provide the lubrication required in machine like that. There is a possibility it could be air over hydraulic.

Looking at the mechanism for clues got me wondering about the controls. What caught my eye is this vertical bar. It appears to move up and down with the ram. Perhaps actuating that weighted lever to limit downward travel. At the red arrows, the bar appears to be attached solid. The bottom red appears to push that lever down, perhaps stopping travel at a set limit. At the yellow it appears to slide. It must slide down through the base casting into the floor to allow that much travel.