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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 14, 2018 10:18:01 GMT -5
I scored this little novelty a while back on Ebay...gotta be from the 50's I'm thinking!  |
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Post by sweepleader on Apr 14, 2018 16:05:49 GMT -5
Looks like Spaulding Equipment is now located in Clover, VA, 17 miles west of Chase City. Pretty slick, love it. :{)
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Post by stillsawing on Apr 14, 2018 17:16:46 GMT -5
Pristine shape, are you going to leave it out in the infamous west coast rain?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2018 18:10:40 GMT -5
I like how the box tells you to empty the vial after each rain. That must mean "those" people were around even back then. By those I mean those that would need to be told to empty the rain gauge in order to get an accurate measure for the next rain. lol Super cool piece though
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Post by lesorubcheek on Apr 14, 2018 18:18:01 GMT -5
I like the wheel on top to keep up with totals. Very nice!
Dan
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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 14, 2018 19:53:44 GMT -5
Pristine shape, are you going to leave it out in the infamous west coast rain? Nope, it will stay in the box until I have a proper cabinet to display it in. With my luck, a neighborhood cat would break the danged glass! |
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Post by will on Apr 14, 2018 20:38:51 GMT -5
Pristine shape, are you going to leave it out in the infamous west coast rain? Nope, it will stay in the box until I have a proper cabinet to display it in. With my luck, a neighborhood cat would break the danged glass! Mines not nearly as nice, great score  rain gauge by Will Gates, on Flickr |
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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 14, 2018 22:05:20 GMT -5
Nice! Yours has the "ruled" glass, which is pretty cool!
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Post by sweepleader on Apr 14, 2018 23:11:33 GMT -5
I would be inclined to screw either one to a wooden display base, with the box behind. :{)
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Post by will on Apr 14, 2018 23:20:01 GMT -5
Nice! Yours has the "ruled" glass, which is pretty cool! I buy and sell stuff on eBay, stuff I find at estate sales usually. I got 250.00 on eBay for a set of German binoculars I paid 2.00 for at an estate sale last month. Some stuff I keep, becasue after ebay, apypal, and shipping, there's not much left |
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Post by stillsawing on Apr 15, 2018 7:55:04 GMT -5
Those type of advertising reminds us of simpler times. My parents did the same thing with desktop calendars mailed to their clients.
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Post by sweepleader on Apr 15, 2018 9:26:11 GMT -5
Nice! Yours has the "ruled" glass, which is pretty cool! I wonder if the glass in yours used to be ruled but for some reason the markings came off... How do you know how much rain there was? |
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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 16, 2018 6:55:05 GMT -5
I guess you'd need one of them new-fangled ruler thingy-majiggers?  |
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Post by stillsawing on Apr 16, 2018 10:43:43 GMT -5
Just got an idea Leon, Sweepleader claims that Spaulding Equipment is still in business. Find out what happened to their Homelite parts inventory.
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Post by onlyhomelites on Apr 18, 2018 9:58:42 GMT -5
Just got an idea Leon, Sweepleader claims that Spaulding Equipment is still in business. Find out what happened to their Homelite parts inventory. Good point! They might still have some vials somewhere. |
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