Got this very cheap at a yard sale yesterday.
Must weigh 25 pounds. Cool collectable or boat anchor>
found this. Close but smaller than the one I got.
CurtEastPoint
(19,136 posts)multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)I'll try another.
thanks
CurtEastPoint
(19,136 posts)you are trying to do situation 1, described here:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/103659987
multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)a little smaller. The one I have has about 3 more rows of numbers.
multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)Mine is not.
CurtEastPoint
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(33,952 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(151,886 posts)We used to have one of those!
We called it Black Bart.
My husband finally gave it away to a pre-school. The kids could not destroy it and they played endlessly with it.
multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)Cost me five bucks, scrape value.
LakeArenal
(29,740 posts)Since its not electric.
multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)I got my best ever deal on LP records at an Amish barn sale. Got 90 records all in mint to almost mint. Many were promotional, not for sale records. Some never opened or played, all from the early 80s. She a dollar apiece on them and I offered $40 for all. Go figure.
LakeArenal
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(33,952 posts)if they weren't going to turn around and sell it.
LakeArenal
(29,740 posts)One I gave to an Amish greenhouse. She stills uses it all the time.
The other I gave to a store that sold fabric for Amish clothes. I think she still uses that too.
multigraincracker
(33,952 posts)if it works well enough to use.
Sneederbunk
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(33,952 posts)Chainfire
(17,757 posts)Somewhere there will be collectors of mechanical adding machines. If you don't want to keep it for its "cool" value, you should be able to make a handsome profit on it. It would make a nice office prop for an accountant or bookkeeper.