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Ken, I know. I cann't figure it out either how they just disappeared. This machine, I think was military designed, just from its extensive use of cannon plugs for the electrical connections. I've only ever seen this in military equipment when I was in the Navy. For its time this was a high tech winder, with slow start speed and auto shut off at a predetermined count setting. Even the mechanical counter I was going to change out for a digital durant counter that I have, but after testing its function, it is perfect. It operates flawlessly. I sometimes wind at speeds as high as 2000 rpm and this counter does not miss a beat, so I had no reason to change it. Its an IVO counter made in Germany. I'm going to post on a mech. equipment forum and hopefully someone has some knowledge of this Boesch equipment that they can pass on to me.
Bill
Bill
They primarily made toroidal winders, and fell to hardships and mismanagement some time in the 60's. Before going under they split into several entities, one being Jovil mfg. So, I called them the other day and spoke to keith, who gave me some info, and was very helpful. He even photo copied and mailed me a 1963 Boesch catalogue. In it was the second version of my winder the BW-2, which is almost exactly like mine. From what they told me, Boesch pretty much pioneered torodial winding machines, and jovil still has parts for some of them.
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