Any idea what this is?....
May 8th 2010, 5:17 pm
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Any idea what this is?....
Can anyone tell me what this is?... I took it out of a house I had (an old bodega) and sits in my courtyard at the moment..
Everyone asks me what it is, but ive got no idea, the wheel turns and it obviously was used for crushing something, it used to have the town 'Villena' on the back, but thats faded in the sun.
Everyone asks me what it is, but ive got no idea, the wheel turns and it obviously was used for crushing something, it used to have the town 'Villena' on the back, but thats faded in the sun.
May 8th 2010, 5:54 pm
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Re: Any idea what this is?....
Looks as though someone could sit in it, legs to the left back to the right.
Therefore I guess it is an hemorrhoid remover
Therefore I guess it is an hemorrhoid remover
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May 8th 2010, 6:00 pm
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Re: Any idea what this is?....
Could it be some old form of wine press?
May 8th 2010, 9:52 pm
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Re: Any idea what this is?....
Need to see its innards.
Could be anything from a corn grinder/flour mill to a turnip/vegetable chopper looking at the outside.
Could be anything from a corn grinder/flour mill to a turnip/vegetable chopper looking at the outside.
May 8th 2010, 9:56 pm
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Could it be the forerunner of the Mercadona shopping trolley?
May 8th 2010, 10:50 pm
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If it comes from a bodega, surely it´s meant to squeeze/grind/crush grapes. By the looks of it it´s not as old as you think, perhaps 20 years or so.
Found this, which looks like a similar system but even older:
Found this, which looks like a similar system but even older:
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May 8th 2010, 11:02 pm
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May 9th 2010, 6:35 am
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Re: Any idea what this is?....
Yes I think you right, its a grape crusher, Ive emailed the guy with photos to ask, needed to find out as im moving and cant take it with me, so want to get rid of it..
thank you
Jen
thank you
Jen
May 9th 2010, 8:11 am
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I see the handle is missing from the big wheel,but I'll start the bidding at a fiver anyway.
May 9th 2010, 8:53 am
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Who was that "comedian" whose catchphrase was "OOhhh - I could crush a grape". Stu something?
May 9th 2010, 9:03 am
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Stu Francis who used to be on Crackerjack
