Does anybody know what this is ?

[Brian JohnParticipant @brianjohn93961]

Does anybody know what this is ?

If the link does not work then try ''industrial machine in a wooden box'' on ebay.com.au

 

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Industrial-machine-in-wooden-box/273883295206?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D57482%26meid%3D9b9d6bb199774ddc9785f255519d2eb3%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D143340468432%26itm%3D273883295206%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

Edited By Brian John on 03/08/2019 09:37:15

Edited By Brian John on 03/08/2019 09:37:41

[Brian JohnParticipant @brianjohn93961]

Brass machine in a wooden box.

[Brian HParticipant @brianh50089]

Looks like an electric motor to me, possibly a demonstration item?

Brian

[Glyn DaviesParticipant @glyndavies49417]

A Victorian electric shock therapy machine with bits missing to make it safe?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

**LINK**

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Industrial-machine-in-wooden-box/273883295206

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Just for info, Brian

Everything from the '?' onward is redundant … It's just ebay tracking how you arrived at that page.

MichaelG.

[Brian JohnParticipant @brianjohn93961]

Thanks Michael. I will remember that for next time.

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

Telephone ringing magneto?

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Apprentice piece to demonstrate skill level?

Edited By V8Eng on 03/08/2019 10:16:30

[John ReeseParticipant @johnreese12848]

telephone magneto

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Telephone magneto, there is a similar one out in the workshop minus it's magnets, along with a number of newer ones. The phones that that came from were in use in the 1960s in NZ, I know our ring was a morse S, and there were 8 others on our line.

Ian S C

[ZanParticipant @zan]

I find it amazing that so many people try to sell goods at big prices on eBay and can’t be bothered to even get the photos in focus!

[Brian JohnParticipant @brianjohn93961]

….or find out what it is before selling it !

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

My pet peeve is people saying something is tested and working when there ar obviously crtitical parts missing or broken or/and they clearly have no idea what the thing is.

I concur that is a telephone magneto, used to generate the ringing current on old manual exchange sytems or simple point to point systems.

Robert G8RPI.

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