1-800 JUNK & The Rest of the Story

 What is this?  Who knows.  Dad knew. 

It was a piece of equipment that he used somewhere along the way in his 70 years cabinetry work.  I am guessing this is about 60 years old, or more.  Maybe it glues the edge on a countertop?  Or something.  It has a motor, a gear box, and all manner of cranks for adjusting the big rubber wheels.

For me it is a big piece of junk taking up room in my garage.  I contacted a Junk man and he is coming on Sunday to haul this off, a couple of old saws of Dad's and an old recliner.  $55, a bargain for sure!

Maybe I'll be inspired to clean up the garage after he hauls off this stuff.  I started today and filled the trash can so that is a good beginning.

I sent this photo to Glenn, told him I hoped he wasn't mad I was getting rid of it.  He asked me what it was and I said I thought it would make a good boat anchor.  I think we will let the Junk Man have it.

Update:  After talking about this piece of machinery with Glenn, Kathy & Andy, Andy suggested that I take a photo of the plate with model number and then we could have Google help us figure out what the machine's purpose might be. 

Goggle gave us a photo of a similar machine in action.  For a small cabinet making shop, this is an excellent addition to help feed lumber stock through a table saw.  No doubt, Dad used it often as he had his own shop for many years.

On Sunday morning, Chuck from Chuck's Greener Junk came to pick up my unwanted items, including this heavy piece of equipment.  He asked me what it was and I gave him the condensed version of the story.

As we chatted, he told me that he lives in Milltown and his helper offered that he lives in Luck Township but has a Frederic address.  I told them that I grew up in Luck and that my Dad had a church furniture factory in Milltown until the early 1960's when it burned to the ground.  I said that this piece of equipment might have even come from that factory in Milltown.  I explained to Chuck where the factory had been located and explained that there was still a cement pad where the building once stood.

Chuck said that it was a full circle trip for the machine.

Later on, I got a text from Chuck with this photo.

This is the cement pad, just East of downtown Milltown, where Indianhead Wood Products once operated under the ownership of Valdemar Johansen.

I guess that is The Rest of the Story.