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By Vin Marshall Posted 10.23.09 at 5:30 pm 0 Comments

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Automatic Numbering Machine
Vin Marshall
This is the head of a mechanical numbering machine. The ratchet pawl pictured advances the numbers with each stomp on the foot pedal. The machinery also re-inks the stamps, rotates the ink pad to fresh ink, and performs the actual stamping with each cycle. The whole thing is really, really neat. I'm saving it - one day I want to number a limited edition series of something with it.
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Removable Carrier
Vin Marshall
This is the removable carrier from a Ford nine-inch rear axle. (Remember rear-wheel-drive cars?) Many axles come apart differently, where the back of the axle housing comes off and the gears you see here are drawn out through the back. On a Ford nine-inch, the back is solid and the whole carrier comes out through the front. The result of this is that the gear ratios can be quickly and easily changed, which is one of the reasons they are so popular in race cars.
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