what is this Dumore thing really?

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what is this Dumore thing really? William Noble 06-07-2008
Posted by William Noble on June 7, 2008, 1:21 pm
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I have a motor that currently has an arbor and a 4 inch buffing wheel on
it - the motor is on a cast iron stand which houses a rheostat with a
sliding lever - it is pretty old - looks like it's easily pre WWII - the
motor says DUMORE type KB on it - screwed to the top of the motor is a
chrome plated bracket with a vertical hole through it.

I am deeply suspicious that this was not originally a buffing machine - for
one thing the vertical hole in the bracket makes no sense - I'm imagining
that it might have been a flexible shaft grinder/tool like a foredom type
tool but my attempts to search for DUMORE type KB have turned up nothing -
so I turn to this agust body where someone is likely to have a hint or a
pointer to what it really is.

I can take a photo and put it in the drop box if that would be helpful - but
the thing is pretty unpretentions - the motor is a brush motor, a bit larger
than a sewing machine motor, everything is painted black (the old shiny
black, not wrinkle) and the Dumore label is aluminum with the numbers
stamped into it - and there is some gold color in the DUMORE logo.

any ideas? links?

--
Bill
www.wbnoble.com


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Posted by Steve Ackman on June 7, 2008, 4:03 pm
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-0700, William Noble, nobody@nowhere.com wrote:
>
>
> I have a motor that currently has an arbor and a 4 inch buffing wheel on
> it - the motor is on a cast iron stand which houses a rheostat with a
> sliding lever - it is pretty old - looks like it's easily pre WWII - the
> motor says DUMORE type KB on it - screwed to the top of the motor is a
> chrome plated bracket with a vertical hole through it.

Does it look like it could have been meant for
mounting on a lathe? Dumore did make some lathe
attachments. Tool post grinder?
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dumore+lathe+attachment


Posted by William Noble on June 8, 2008, 3:55 pm
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> -0700, William Noble, nobody@nowhere.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have a motor that currently has an arbor and a 4 inch buffing wheel on
>> it - the motor is on a cast iron stand which houses a rheostat with a
>> sliding lever - it is pretty old - looks like it's easily pre WWII - the
>> motor says DUMORE type KB on it - screwed to the top of the motor is a
>> chrome plated bracket with a vertical hole through it.
>


I've posted a photo to the dropbox here:

http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/dumore_mystery.JPG

the text file says:

Small Dumore device - what is the purpose of the chrome bracket?
rule in foreground is 8 inches long
label on device says
Type KB Model B 5610 110V
watts and RPM are blank

Arbor is Godell-Pratt

what was this originally?


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Posted by John R. Carroll on June 8, 2008, 4:04 pm
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William Noble wrote:
>> -0700, William Noble, nobody@nowhere.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a motor that currently has an arbor and a 4 inch buffing
>>> wheel on it - the motor is on a cast iron stand which houses a
>>> rheostat with a sliding lever - it is pretty old - looks like it's
>>> easily pre WWII - the motor says DUMORE type KB on it - screwed to
>>> the top of the motor is a chrome plated bracket with a vertical
>>> hole through it.
>>
>
>
> I've posted a photo to the dropbox here:
>
> http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/dumore_mystery.JPG
>
> the text file says:
>
> Small Dumore device - what is the purpose of the chrome bracket?
> rule in foreground is 8 inches long
> label on device says
> Type KB Model B 5610 110V
> watts and RPM are blank
>
> Arbor is Godell-Pratt
>
> what was this originally?
>
>

Why don't you contact this guy and ask him?

chanson@dumorecorp.com

--

John R. Carroll
www.machiningsolution.com



Posted by William Noble on June 8, 2008, 4:43 pm
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>
> Why don't you contact this guy and ask him?
>
> chanson@dumorecorp.com
>
> --
>
> John R. Carroll
> www.machiningsolution.com
>


Thanks - email sent


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