Posted 10 years ago
kinggeorge1
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This is a tire and tube balancer don't know much about it. been up in attic at a place that used to be a car sales place, then turned into a gas station. I was told that it has been at least 30 years it has been up in the attic. plus 2 old neon signs and a good rich tin sign with a G up at the top of it. don't know how good the balancer worked but would be nice to get some more information from someone who owns or has operated one. did some searching but no luck at all about tire balancer or the good rich tin sign. found some that said B F Good Rich but none with the G at the top of it. will post those pictures later.
thanks,
ted
i would mainly like to know how the tire balancer worked and how accurate it was.
I would estimate your machine to be from the mid-late 1940's
Static balance can be measured by a static balancing machine where the tire is placed in its vertical axis on a non-rotating spindle tool. The spot on the tire with the greatest mass is acted upon by gravity to deflect the tooling downward. The amount of deflection indicates the magnitude of the unbalance. The angle of the deflection indicates the angular location of the unbalance. In tire manufacturing factories, static balancers operate by use of sensors mounted to the spindle assembly. In tire retail shops, static balancers are usually non-rotating bubble balancers, where the magnitude and angle of the unbalance is observed by looking at the center bubble in an oil-filled glass sighting gauge. While some very small shops which lack specialized machines still do this process, they have been largely replaced in larger shops with machines.
very interesting thanks for the response.
ted