What is a babbit bar?

It's the material used for poured bearings Rich. Here's a few pics of my outhouse museum...

Thanks. You just never know what you can learn here:bowdown:

Wow Richard, you've got quite a collection of cool sh!t in that outhouse! :rotf:

just lovely..seen lots of things ive never seen..and how about your own constipation pilss..richard you are prepared my friend... charlie

Who can tell me what is shown in pics 5 and 6 ?? Especially #6 which is a very cool item and has a very sad story. And pic #9?? The nickeled item in the middle. And Rich, that's a bar of babbit material in the background, the "Magnolia Antifriction Metal", and that's a very unique cool bar of it. Most bars aren't that artistic.

Rich, #5 looks to be a pressure cooker of some kind but its use is a mystery to me. No idea on the other 2 items although #9 looks like it could be set to get center in a cylinder. Jim

# 6 looks like it has some sort or electrical connection on top and conductive zinc or lead on the arms.

6 is the top and anode from an old Edison battery. Or, maybe it's a Samson

Holy Cow!! Lydia Pinkham set up business in Lynn, Massachusetts sometime in the 1800's. My brother Jonathan leased space in the old Lydia Pinkham Building when he set up his pottery business in his hippie days in the '70's. He is still listed in the area telephone books with that address tho he moved to a commune near Big Sur in about '76 or so.

Hey Rich... Save your ammo and dump those pills down the hole for instant relief.

No 5 looks like some sort of natural gas cruisable and edger is right about no 6 dont know about 9 but looks like some sort og an old fire extingisher in the back.