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Post by andyexplorer on May 6, 2015 15:09:30 GMT -5
Hi guys I wonder if you can identify some of the items in a box of goodies I picked up at auction this week
I paid £20 for a box of stuff some of which I know about but i'll list it all any way
2 plastic helmets (white
5 Oldham cap lamp sets
1 Oldham GYL hand lamp(brand new)
Det pouch
Rubber bulb (for inserting gas samples into lamps)
Large Photo of a trainer showing young miners how to set Hydraulic props(1960's I guess)
Hook ended bar for use on hydraulic props
Full pack of conveyor belt staples (unopened)
Tungsten bit for rock/ coal drill (brand new)
Right the items i'd like identifying
There is a cylinder type item 6" long the same diameter and fitting as the drill bit ,it has a metal insert which is at 45degrees across the inside of it it is painted light grey
It has a ticket on it which is a bit faded but has this on it as far as I can make out
description : 25101
EXCHEM AD
Material
FOC ?
Vocab No 55.79.6300.O.D4
user code Type A and some other faded stuff
Then ther is a "T" shaped type of thing , it has a handle grip on one end , and the other end can be pumped in and out , there are two aluminium cylinders that fit via a bayonet fitting into the side of it , when you pump it it pressurises the cylinder which has a valve in the top
It has BX90 on the side and was made by Gresham Engineering of Surrey
There are 3 cutters from various shearers or other coal cutting machinery
can you identify which machines they would have been used on ?
First is a titanium tipped cone shaped cutter with an inch and a quarter spigot with two loose metal rings on it
Second is an all hardened steel bullet shaped cutter (looks like a spinning top with a stepped shank
Third is a flat cast iron tungsten tipped tooth with about a 40degree crank , all are brand new and still retain their painted tips
There is one other item it's a safety like baseball cap (hard top , it has painted under the peak CW 1988 689 it also has a cardboard ticket attatched to it with CW-GC , it does not have a lamp clip , but has two pieces of Velcro under the peak . It is really well used and is full of coal dust
any info on the last few items , much appreciated
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Post by John on May 6, 2015 15:48:49 GMT -5
Hi guys I wonder if you can identify some of the items in a box of goodies I picked up at auction this week I paid £20 for a box of stuff some of which I know about but i'll list it all any way 2 plastic helmets (white 5 Oldham cap lamp sets 1 Oldham GYL hand lamp(brand new) Det pouch Rubber bulb (for inserting gas samples into lamps) Large Photo of a trainer showing young miners how to set Hydraulic props(1960's I guess) Hook ended bar for use on hydraulic props Full pack of conveyor belt staples (unopened) Tungsten bit for rock/ coal drill (brand new) Right the items i'd like identifying There is a cylinder type item 6" long the same diameter and fitting as the drill bit ,it has a metal insert which is at 45degrees across the inside of it it is painted light grey It has a ticket on it which is a bit faded but has this on it as far as I can make out description : 25101 EXCHEM AD Material FOC ? Vocab No 55.79.6300.O.D4 user code Type A and some other faded stuff Then ther is a "T" shaped type of thing , it has a handle grip on one end , and the other end can be pumped in and out , there are two aluminium cylinders that fit via a bayonet fitting into the side of it , when you pump it it pressurises the cylinder which has a valve in the top It has BX90 on the side and was made by Gresham Engineering of Surrey There are 3 cutters from various shearers or other coal cutting machinery can you identify which machines they would have been used on ? First is a titanium tipped cone shaped cutter with an inch and a quarter spigot with two loose metal rings on it Second is an all hardened steel bullet shaped cutter (looks like a spinning top with a stepped shank Third is a flat cast iron tungsten tipped tooth with about a 40degree crank , all are brand new and still retain their painted tips There is one other item it's a safety like baseball cap (hard top , it has painted under the peak CW 1988 689 it also has a cardboard ticket attatched to it with CW-GC , it does not have a lamp clip , but has two pieces of Velcro under the peak . It is really well used and is full of coal dust any info on the last few items , much appreciated
Could the skull cap be what they wore on the coal prep plant?? |
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Post by andyexplorer on May 6, 2015 16:34:52 GMT -5
Thanks john , i'm crap with technology I have no idea how to put photos up
my kids will be round on the 19th , I will try to get them to show me , i'd love to put the big photo up as somebody might recognise themselves or a relative in it
there was also some Oldham charger panels which must have been ground off a maim charging bank , just the lamp connections , gauges , lamp check hooks and lamp check number holders , but no internals
ATB Andy
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Post by John on May 6, 2015 16:50:45 GMT -5
Thanks john , i'm crap with technology I have no idea how to put photos up my kids will be round on the 19th , I will try to get them to show me , i'd love to put the big photo up as somebody might recognise themselves or a relative in it there was also some Oldham charger panels which must have been ground off a maim charging bank , just the lamp connections , gauges , lamp check hooks and lamp check number holders , but no internals ATB Andy
Then you upload selected photos from your Photobucket account directly from the file in your computer where you have the photos saved.
Once they are up loaded to photobucket, click on the photo, when it comes up, you will have three "menus" to the right of the photo, one is a direct link, another is IMG and I forget without looking what the other is, you will need IMG here, just click on it, and it will flash and say "copied", then just paste it to your post here.
I use Photobucket, others prefer Flickr, there are others, it's just personal preference. |
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Post by quimbyj1745 on May 7, 2015 1:49:19 GMT -5
The T shaped thing is almost certainly a air sample pump . The tubes push onto the side fitting and would then be pressurised by pumping the handle like a bike pump. If I remember right the number of strokes required was 20. the tube should have a ref number stamped on it to identify where the sample was taken. the tube would then be sent to a lab for analysis.
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Post by andyexplorer on May 7, 2015 3:06:19 GMT -5
The T shaped thing is almost certainly a air sample pump . The tubes push onto the side fitting and would then be pressurised by pumping the handle like a bike pump. If I remember right the number of strokes required was 20. the tube should have a ref number stamped on it to identify where the sample was taken. the tube would then be sent to a lab for analysis. Cheers ! thanks for that ,the tubes with this one are not numbered but painted different colours , just the same though |
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Post by bulwellbrian on May 7, 2015 9:30:42 GMT -5
I did many analysis on gas samples in those tubes, sometimes they were empty, they had a valve rather like a bike tyre. Before the tubes the samples came in rubber bladders or sometimes glass bottles.
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Post by andyexplorer on May 7, 2015 11:49:52 GMT -5
Exactly that , the little bike tyre valve in the top cheers
Going back to these "Coal Picks for shearers , were they expensive to replace ?
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Post by John on May 7, 2015 12:19:06 GMT -5
Exactly that , the little bike tyre valve in the top cheers Going back to these "Coal Picks for shearers , were they expensive to replace ? |
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Post by andyexplorer on May 7, 2015 13:40:58 GMT -5
Exactly that , the little bike tyre valve in the top cheers Going back to these "Coal Picks for shearers , were they expensive to replace ? Hi John , I was looking for photos on line when I came across a Chinese website , which had them priced at something like $3.50 , I just thought no way , I also would have thought they would be expensive |
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Post by John on May 7, 2015 14:24:17 GMT -5
They certainly weren't cheap, can't recall the cost though, Daz would be the best to put an actual price on them. Hi John , I was looking for photos on line when I came across a Chinese website , which had them priced at something like $3.50 , I just thought no way , I also would have thought they would be expensive
I'd hazard a guess, Hoy picks were around $20 each over 30 years back, but then they lasted a few shifts of cutting. Daz will fill us in as his old company owned Hoy picks. |
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Post by smshogun on May 20, 2015 6:51:55 GMT -5
The cylinder with the angled plate is a face bolt dowel adapter for using a hand borer.
When a face was standing they would stabilise the face by drilling it with a hand borer and inserting wooden dowels and chemical anchor, the hole was drilled and the chemical anchor tube was placed into the hole, the wooden face bolt was a thick dowel similar to a larger diameter brush handle with a taper cut on each end made of hardwood; this was inserted into the hole and the drive adaptor was placed into the hand borer, this was placed over the end of the dowel and turned as the dowel bolt was pushed into the hole so it burst the chemical anchor tube and mixed it.
Being wood meant when your shearer started work it could simply cut through the wooden face bolts and they didn't need the time and expense of being removed as would have been necessary if they were steel. |
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