Wallfish 698 #1 Posted November 28, 2014 Here are some pics of things found on the web in which I have no idea of their intended use or application. 2 CNew and pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #2 Posted December 7, 2014 The first one looks like a pump, or maybe a power pole? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #3 Posted August 27, 2015 Not mine and not really an unknown application, but it is a mystery what the rest of it looks like. Its the engine with part of the gearbox from a Brush Klipper. David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #4 Posted August 29, 2015 Too bad someone pulled the engine off. A Brush Klipper would be interesting. Maybe looked like a Yard-Arm which was a string trimmer type machine but the head accepted a metal blade, circular saw blade and wire wheel. I have yet to see one though, only drawings and manuals. That engine doesn't appear to have run very much or the exhaust manifold would be more discolored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #5 Posted June 21, 2016 Here is another mystery O&R found on the Italian version of Gumtree, when I did a web search. http://www.kijiji.it/annunci/ricambi-e-accessori/milano-annunci-milano/motori-ohlsson-rice/12904382 Not sure of the intended use but maybe it's a crop sprayer. David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #6 Posted June 21, 2016 Different variation on the Turbair perhaps ?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #7 Posted November 19, 2016 Another Ohlsson tool I haven't seen complete before, remains of an Acme Engineering Co. powerhead. It's possibly for a tree trimmer, as the patent number on it relates to a tree trimming saw mechanism, the patent is a bit earlier than any O&R's though as its from 1953, patent document is linked below. https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=US&NR=2703928A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=3&date=19550315&DB=&locale=en_EP# David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #8 Posted November 19, 2016 It's a complete mystery what this engine with "Mark V" decal came from. David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phaskell 13 #9 Posted November 20, 2016 The first two look like jet drive outboard motors or trolling motors for fishing, minus the transom clamps to mount them on a boat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #10 Posted November 20, 2016 15 hours ago, phaskell said: The first two look like jet drive outboard motors or trolling motors for fishing, minus the transom clamps to mount them on a boat. I was kind of thinking that too but if the gas tank and mount are original, it's meant to operate horizontally. 2 & 3 pic look like the same idea with a vertical operating tank but the handle is 90 degrees off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #11 Posted November 20, 2016 The engine in the first photo in post #1 is from the first one or two years of production, the brochure/price list from 1961 doesn't give a option for a vertical tank, only the standard, jumbo, or base tank seem to have been available. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #12 Posted March 22, 2017 Another unknown make O&R tool found in the completed listings search on ePay, It has a reduction gearbox driving a pump described as possibly being hydraulic. David 2 pmackellow and S1g reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmackellow 2,738 #13 Posted March 22, 2017 That's a bit different David, was that in the UK ? 1 S1g reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #14 Posted March 22, 2017 26 minutes ago, pmackellow said: That's a bit different David, was that in the UK ? No, it was in Florida, I do look on the US site occasionally. I have also seen two O&R's in Germany in the past, but I don't look there very often, one bare engine and the other was a Little Wonder hedge trimmer. David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #15 Posted March 25, 2017 On 11/28/2014 at 9:42 PM, Wallfish said: Here are some pics of things found on the web in which I have no idea of their intended use or application. I've finally identified one of the mystery tools from the first post, the engine with the blue frame & guard with a K in it. It's a Krestronics KGC-3 Charge-A-Lite generator, same outputs as a Tiny Tiger but with a belt driven generator. The article below is from the Popular Science March 1962 edition, which is available online here; https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OyEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA172#v=onepage&q&f=false I'm guessing it wasn't as popular as the direct drive generators like the Tiny Tiger or Amp-Champ as no complete generator has been found yet. There is a much bigger article on this generator in the Popular Mechanics April 1962 edition, the pictures look like a prototype version of it though. Available here; https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F-EDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false David 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #16 Posted March 26, 2017 Nice detective work! 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Webhead 95 #17 Posted March 26, 2017 David, I'm going to label you as the Top Detective of Ohlsson & Rice attachments. We need to find you a medal of some sort. 1 pmackellow reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wallfish 698 #18 Posted March 26, 2017 Found one, here you go David 3 pmackellow, factory and nigel reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #19 Posted June 15, 2018 On 3/22/2017 at 8:16 PM, factory said: Another unknown make O&R tool found in the completed listings search on ePay, It has a reduction gearbox driving a pump described as possibly being hydraulic. David Just been looking through some of the archived magazine articles I have saved from the web and found this drawing of a very similar looking pump set to the one in above picture. It's from the June 1961 edition of Popular Science and is described as a bilge pump. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
factory 487 #20 Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/19/2016 at 10:48 PM, factory said: It's a complete mystery what this engine with "Mark V" decal came from. David I have seen similar looking decals on the Meier Line chainsaws, both a Mark I & Mark II version, but no Mark V yet. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
