Rummage sale find, what is it?
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HuntinDog
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Marble sorter...
Sorry I don't have a clue..
Sorry I don't have a clue..
Edsel Detector
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Iv'e hand set type in my younger days and never seen one of these.
cellrdwellr
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Perhaps to do large amounts of laundry? Like a large wash table? Interesting for sure...
EmuDetector
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I want to say I've seen a table like this before for massive books. They have smaller ones and the ramps help preserve the bindings because they don't let the book lay flat when it opens. I've seen a bigger one, like this, in old library where it had a massive encyclopedia or data book on it. Kind of like when you see those old books of early computer code and they are 12" thick.
It could even be one where it had many copies of newspapers or magazines on it. Each one being able to fit it's edge into a slot.
It could even be one where it had many copies of newspapers or magazines on it. Each one being able to fit it's edge into a slot.
Bayoutalker
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You might be on the right track with newspapers or magazines. Maybe in a library. The items would be on sticks that fit into the grooves.
Cliff
EmuDetector
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Exactly what I was thinking, I'm glad someone else knows what I'm trying to piece together.... I just can't find them on Google.
Voriax
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Maybe for rolling cigars? Completed ones stored in those grooves until collected away?
Voriax
Voriax
Bayoutalker
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If we knew what was in the box at the bottom it might give us a clue. It looks about the same age.
Cliff
Cliff
Metal Maniac
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Is the frame the same on the other side?
ToySoldier
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Assuming it is flat front to back, then I don't think it is a reference book table. Those are usually tilted towards the reader.
Bayoutalker
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From the picture there are a few things that you can't determine. My wife thinks the slopes on either side are different angles. It also looks like some of the grooves are different widths.
Cliff
This is what I thought too, And it's too short.
ToySoldier
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I think she's right.
Upon closer inspection it might be slightly raised from back to front. Not as much as a reference book stand, but slightly. The top of the grooves in the front are flush with the frame, but in the back the grooves are not set within the frame. Maybe it's even hinged and the far side lifts up. If it is for sorting objects, the slight tilt would keep the objects at the bottom and the open far end might aid in adding new objects.
Bayoutalker
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Edsel Detector
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It has been determined that this a wool classing table for processing wool...who would have thunk it?
waltr
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TexasLurker
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All of the wool classing tables I have seen have gaps through the table between the ridges.
