Anybody Know

**tmoslab** · 07-02-2015, 07:40 PM

John: This makes lead engots to feed into linotype machines. You can see at one end it makes a hole to hang the engot on a hook so it can be automatically lowered in to a lead melting pot to supply a linotype machine that was used in old days to set type for body copy of news stories.

**Rees Guide** · 07-02-2015, 08:22 PM

Knew you would know what it was, never seen one in operation but we have all the stuff to do it, pretty cool stuff.

**canebreaker** · 07-02-2015, 09:45 PM

Some of the melters were never touched beyond what that one looks like. Depending on the press you could form a column or a whole page of type. Some were reworked so a few bullets or sinkers could be cast at once.

**tmoslab** · 07-02-2015, 09:51 PM

Swampseeds dad here! They are molds used to make lead engots with a hole in one end so it can hang on a hook and to feed into a molten lead pot on a model 26 or newer lynoype macine.

**Rees Guide** · 07-02-2015, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by tmoslab

Swampseeds dad here! They are molds used to make lead engots with a hole in one end so it can hang on a hook and to feed into a molten lead pot on a model 26 or newer lynoype macine.

Tom, I knew you would know exactly what it was. The lynotype is in the same room with it.

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