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Seem to be a kind of tape/band dispenser,
it seems that the black roll at the front end of the handle serves as a kind of thumb operated brake for adjusting the tension wich which the band/tape is dispensed.
there also seem to be a kind of band/tape cutter provided at the front end of the device

it seems that there is also a kind of resilient jaw like rest provided at the front bottom end of the device, that is i expect that it is for some kínd of adhesive band/film, adhesive tape such as duct tape 600mph tape, pressure sensitive tape or even gummed fabric or paper tape..

the cranked rod at the rear end seems to serve to hold a roll of band/tape/film.

it seems also possible that the tape/band dispenser may serve for labelling purposes

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I believe it is a masking tape dispensing maching that can cut the tape to lenght by pushing down on the handle

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It`s an auto retractable dog leash
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I believe it is a movie film tape splicing cutter

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Steve Pauk

Could be a price marking/labeling machine used a long time ago when the barcode scanner wasn´t invented
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cheese slicer

This is for bending and shaping pieces of wood. Maybe your wood.....

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cutting sheets of metal?

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the Donderbeck Machine!!!!

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it's a .... IT'S A TRAP !

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It is a rolling mill to flatten metal. There might be rollers that shape wire as well.

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It's a bobbin winder machine.

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It's the new-fangled WhyPluckIt chin whisker shaver for older women - sold only on the Homestead Shopping Network. [Buy it now! Only 2 left!]

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It is a mechanism for winding a clock that works by wearing on the foot and walking a lap.

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This device removes chastity belts while playing 'Here comes the Bride.' (note the brass music box coil)Circa 1925

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Gear driven wood shaver

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Victorian-Era Penis Lengthener.

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What?! Its a duck call stretcher of course. I've used one of those before. It turned my call into a geese call from a mallard call.

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Could it be a ratcheting moving strap (minus the strap)?

A complicated can opener?

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It´s Bender`s (Futurama) grand- grand- grand- grand- grandfather
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This is the original mechanical device, that is Futurama's Bender's mechanical great (×30) uncle...

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it's a mailing label affixer. used by newspapers.

a newspapers "by Mail" subscription list is printed on a roll, put into this contraption. you roll a subscribers name and address out, it runs over the glue roller at bottom, then you slap the device down on a newspaper, which causes the snippet of paper with name and address to be cut off the roll, and adhere to the newspaper.

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How quickly we forget the past. I inherited one of these from my grandfather, who while having none of his original teeth still flossed religiously (usually in church).

This is a "Repunzel" dental floss dispenser (disposable version). It used finely spun human hair, or golden spun straw (Rumpelstiltskin version). I believe the latter could be refilled, but only after promising your first born (not a bad deal back then).

Personally, I prefer the more modern dental tape dispensers as pockets have decreased in size over the decades.

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I second the guess that might be some kind of tape dispenser.

but if you really want to know what I think...

it clearly is a mountain climbing device. the flat metal bit at the front ratchets down on vinyl straps, and the gears crank the position on the strap forward, enabling the climber to hold the handle and safely ascend the mountain.

also, ladies medium, two neurons and one is inhibitory!

It is the Kythera mechanism as foretold in prophecy to end the reign of the Antikythera mechanism.

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Movie film cutter?

Steampunk "Pooper Scooper".

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It's a steam-punk torture device for parents frustrated by misbehaving kids! All you have to do is start turning the handle when they don't want to do what they're supposed to. When they ask what the device is for, look menacing, keep turning the handle, and say "You REALLY don't want to find out!"

Alternatively, it's a steampunk conversation starter. Leave it on the coffee table at a party, watch people turn the handle, and viola! - instant conversational guesses about what it REALLY is!

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Not sure, but it looks similar to a device I used to use that was for banding bundles of things. It would crank tight and then secure a length of metal band around bundles (of metal pipe in my case) in preparation for shipping or transport. I have seen newer, simpler setups, but the one i used was an ancient, steampunk-looking thing like this.

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It is known as a Wing Labeler. A roll of labels is fed in under the handle and forward over a glue pot (brass thing at the front). When you slap the machine down the lable is cut and pushed down on the envelope or whatever by the "wing" on the front.

It's an apple peeler.

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Steampunk combination fish scaler and reel.
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Looks to me like a pre-electric biscuit joiner.

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This is what a child imagines will suddenly be produced the moment they sit in the dentist's chair!

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I believe #39 Desman Bailey has guessed correctly. It is an apple peeler. Having said that, it might be a Brazilian bikini waxing machine.
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could it be used to tape two pieces of carpet together?

a custom made kite spool for charlie brown... however never introduced in the cartoon series... the line of the kite is winded up on the cranced reel at the rear end...the thumb brake serves to slowly release the line between the front rollers...
and on front there is an emergency line cutter in case the kite-seeking and eating tree striked again...


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Since this machine cannot be identified it therefore does not exist.
So, the answer to the question "What is it?", is....'Nothing'.

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It's a device for applying wallboard (paper) tape - used when spackeling -- Spackleing -- Spaqueling -- Fixing the joints.

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It's a wing labeler. Used one to address newspapers at our local weekly paper. Addresses were printed on long strips of paper, pasted together and rolled up on the spindle. There is a gear on the handle that let you advance the paper, the paper passes over the tin of paste. You placed the sticky paper on the newspaper and pushing down on the labeler caused the wing to cut the label off. Handy little gadget.