Antique axe grinder

Here are some of mine.
I believe a barn collapse killed the one on the right but it is all there and I have some extra parts. Yes I plan on straightening it. If I can get them cheap for parts I do it.

Not sure about this one. Some of the same hardware as the RW's so I think it is also a RW.

My current user. It runs pretty smooth with a good wheel.
 
garry3 said:
Here are some of mine.
I believe a barn collapse killed the one on the right but it is all there and I have some extra parts. Yes I plan on straightening it. If I can get them cheap for parts I do it.

Not sure about this one. Some of the same hardware as the RW's so I think it is also a RW.

My current user. It runs pretty smooth with a good wheel.
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I have one like the second one.
 
garry3 said:
I have not came across anything other than Richard and Wilcox. Surly some one else had to make them also?
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I have one like this from their competitor, Cleveland Quarries (CQ). I thought it was older until I found the patent dated 1940:

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Some information from an earlier thread:
This grindstone is made of "Berea Sandstone" from Ohio. "Berea Sandstone is an excellent building stone due to the composition of grains of Quartz bonded by Silica. The extreme hardness of the Quartz grains of Berea Sandstone enables it to preserve an abrasive non-slip surface... The silica bond does not deteriorate with time, exposure to water or temperature change and so prolongs to longevity of the stone."
from http://www.clevelandquarries.com/technical-data

Cleveland Quarries Company was formed in 1929, consolidating the operations of two other companies.

In the 1940s, Cleveland Quarries sold household grindstones through its Berea Abrasives division, with many model including:
The Harvester
The Streamliner
The Sterling
The Norka
The Bi-Treadle
The Harvest King
The Eureka
The Samson
The Little Giant
The Hercules
The Keystone
The Shipstone
The Family Grindstone

Up until the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, Cuba had been one of the largest importers of grindstones, and after the trade embargo, the Cleveland Quarries Company's grindstone business suffered. "...most agree that the [sandstone grindstone] industry died in the 1960s."

Source: Sandstone Center of the World, by James A. Hieb, 2007

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"This image from 1921 shows the scale of Quarry No. 7. Workers get to their workstation via ladders. Stacks of stone already cut from the quarry can be seen on the top left."
text and photo from ClevelandHistorical.org
https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/show/2241#.WYugplWGPIU
 
Steve Tall said:
I have one like this from their competitor, Cleveland Quarries (CQ). I thought it was older until I found the patent dated 1940:

US2213065-0.png


Some information from an earlier thread:
This grindstone is made of "Berea Sandstone" from Ohio. "Berea Sandstone is an excellent building stone due to the composition of grains of Quartz bonded by Silica. The extreme hardness of the Quartz grains of Berea Sandstone enables it to preserve an abrasive non-slip surface... The silica bond does not deteriorate with time, exposure to water or temperature change and so prolongs to longevity of the stone."
from http://www.clevelandquarries.com/technical-data

Cleveland Quarries Company was formed in 1929, consolidating the operations of two other companies.

In the 1940s, Cleveland Quarries sold household grindstones through its Berea Abrasives division, with many model including:
The Harvester
The Streamliner
The Sterling
The Norka
The Bi-Treadle
The Harvest King
The Eureka
The Samson
The Little Giant
The Hercules
The Keystone
The Shipstone
The Family Grindstone

Up until the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961, Cuba had been one of the largest importers of grindstones, and after the trade embargo, the Cleveland Quarries Company's grindstone business suffered. "...most agree that the [sandstone grindstone] industry died in the 1960s."

Source: Sandstone Center of the World, by James A. Hieb, 2007

96a1d909178dbe63140e32da62467a9d.jpg

"This image from 1921 shows the scale of Quarry No. 7. Workers get to their workstation via ladders. Stacks of stone already cut from the quarry can be seen on the top left."
text and photo from ClevelandHistorical.org
https://clevelandhistorical.org/files/show/2241#.WYugplWGPIU
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This was a great read and links, both times, and I don't even have a Cleveland.
Great information made very easily accessible :thumbsup::)
Thanks Steve
 
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