This was in with some dairy farm items, but have no idea if it is even farm related.  The hose is insulated, steam related?  Any ideas?

Power unit for sheep shearing??

You are correct.  Horse and sheep clipper.  Never would have guessed that!  Thanks

From the days when you could generally depend on having a kid available to turn the crank...

Quote from: Bill Houghton on September 23, 2019, 09:24:03 AM
From the days when you could generally depend on having a kid available to turn the crank...

Same as with all those little hand-crank grinders ;-) 

I've seen posts from people who claim they can crank with one hand and hold the tool to the wheel with the other - talented folks.

All the tinkers could do that!