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baccybeast
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Hi guys,
Today on ebay I won an interesting contraption. It is set up to make a solid block of tobacco and then slice it. It has a guillotine style cutter that is attached to a ratcheting mech that advances the tobacco to the next cutting position when the guillotine is lifted up. So in theory I make the block, and then just start cutting! I will post pics of both the machine and the results as soon as it arrives.
I know that we have to get approval to post links so if ya'all are patient I will photobucket the pics from the listing. I know there are some down home mechanical geniuses around here and maybe someone can produce them.
hope to have some pics soon
Will
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baccybeast
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #1 on: October 20th, 2009, 12:31am » |
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UPDATE:
The item has arrived and I broke it down and cleaned it up.
Put to use it is great!
Took some pics today and will post them soonest.
Will
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ohio_olschool
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #2 on: October 22nd, 2009, 7:51am » |
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Lets get some picks up my man...I am excited to see your new contraption....It sounds great!
Ohio ol_school
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baccybeast
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #3 on: October 24th, 2009, 12:27am » |
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Alrighty, here we go...
This critter is a combination blocker and shredder.
It has a top that swings open to load the baccy.
After you load the baccy you swing the top down and there is a lock down that is swung up in place
A closer look at the lockdown
Once locked down we just crank the block down to pack the baccy
Here it is all set up and packed
After a couple of hours I open it and see what I got
OOOOOOO! BACCY!
Now I flip the little lever catch dowwn at the gear end of the critter
Now when I lift the blade, it will turn the gear and that will push my plug of baccy along for each cut
I keep the block down to guide the baccy but here I have it open so you can see better
With the highest lift that I can do it cuts the baccy at a nice pipe cut
with a lesser amount of lift I can get a very fine shred
Since the blade has a lot of wear on it I added a piece of wood under the machine to elevate it and get a greater range of movement on the cutter
The machine is old
It is marked 'Brevette 1900' on the face plate
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #4 on: October 24th, 2009, 3:10am » |
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Sweet! Super Sweet! 
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Jim_and_mickey
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #5 on: October 24th, 2009, 4:02am » |
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Thank you for all the photos. mow I need to get busy.
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ohio_olschool
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #6 on: October 25th, 2009, 2:06pm » |
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Wow! That is one heck of a contraption. Seems like 'ol timers' had equipment that was functional for their needs....later generations were spoon fed...and the need for a spoon is gone. Ironic how life goes in full circle cycles.
Thanks for the great pics...
Ohio ol_school
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baccybeast
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #7 on: October 30th, 2009, 12:48am » |
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I know folks have been looking for baccy shredders around here and I found a couple good ones on ebay today. do a search in all catagories for 'Tobacco Cutter'
one is a cast iron crank style listed as 'OLD CAST IRON TOBACCO CHOPPER - CUTTER __(HAND CRANK)'
and one is a wooden box style that advances the plug when you lift the cutter arm somewhat like the one I did pictures of here. Listed as  "ANTIQUE WOODEN TOBACCO CUTTER /R.TIMMINS &SONS DEC 1870"
(this one does not make the baccy block)
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dastardlydan
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #8 on: December 10th, 2009, 5:55pm » |
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baccybeast:
can you post some pictures with a ruler or some sizes in inches.
I am going to build one . Do you like the block size ?
What is the block size ? What would you change if you could ?
Thank you
Dastardlydan
on October 20th, 2009, 12:31am, baccybeast wrote:UPDATE:
The item has arrived and I broke it down and cleaned it up.
Put to use it is great!
Took some pics today and will post them soonest.
Will |
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #9 on: December 11th, 2009, 10:16pm » |
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Hey Dan,
Sorry it took a bit to get back to you. I will bust out the ruler and get some measurements. You making it in wood or metal?
Maybe I can take the original pictures and add some nice graphics to the with the measurements.
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chicken-01
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Re: new old combination blocker and shredder
« Reply #10 on: December 17th, 2009, 4:31pm » |
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I WAS LOOKING AT THIS CONTRAPTION BEFORE I JOINED THE SITE....
IT LOOKS KINDA SIMPLE TO MAKE...OR AT THE LEAST HAVE A SEPERATE COMPRESSOR..AND A SEPERATE CHOPPER...
REMINDS ME OF THE OLD SCHOOL DAYS WHEN THE CLASSROOM HAD THAT PAPER CUTTER... WITH THE HUGE ASS BLADE ON IT...
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