Shearing Hand Piece
c. 1940A metal shearing hand piece that has a rotating shaft (back joint) at one end that is covered with a leather guard. The middle section of the handpiece is a round rod which is covered with leather and which then widens into a hand shape with three movable prongs.
The hand piece was connected at the back joint to a rotating shaft mounted in the barrel with a universal joining cog at one end and a crank pin at the other. This mechanism transferred the rotational power from vertical to horizontal. This allowed a sideways motion to the forks of the handpiece to be generated which caused the cutter to pass backwards and forwards across the comb. Different sized comb cutters could be attached to the three prongs which were called 'chicken feet'. On the top of the hand piece is a tensioning knob which adjusted the cutting blade pressure.
Details
Details
Underneath the hand piece is engraved in 4 lines "LISTER", "8", "HARDENED", "20379"
On the shaft on the back joint is engraved "LISTER".
Used on most farms in mid 20th century until electric plants came into use in latter years. It was a much used hand piece from a petrol shearing plant.
Copyright and Reference
Copyright and Reference
Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.
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