What the heck is this?

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Michael Paul
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What the heck is this?

Post by Michael Paul » Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:22 pm

I found this in a pile of model t parts, I know it's not model t, but can't figure it out. Any help appreciated.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by NU2theT » Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:55 pm

maybe an old amplifier body or shell for a power source from the "Wall of Sound". Look up Dave O'Brien who worked for Mcintosh, that's an interesting and brilliant fellow for sure.

Leave the patina and make a shop desktop light out of it.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by blauvelt » Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:53 pm

If so, that is epic. Mac amps pop up (very rarely) from the wall of sound.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by brassford » Fri Sep 29, 2023 12:12 am

Looks like a long nose pan
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by Jerry VanOoteghem » Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:20 am

It's a resistor used somehow along with carbon arc projectors and or spotlights.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:49 am

Jerry is right, It is a MCINTOSH STEREOPTICON RHEOSTAT for carbon arc projector lamps. Probably from a McIntosh Magic Lantern Slide Projector of sorts.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by Herb Iffrig » Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:32 pm

This sounds like something that belongs in the Kalamity Dick thread on the OT forum.
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Re: What the heck is this?

Post by Robert Kiefaber » Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:07 pm

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I collect Edison Kinetoscopes and it is used for carbon arc lighting. I have one just like it.
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