Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.

• Knapp Electric & Novelty Co.
  Posted by Mi Steam on 13 Jul, 2019 16:12
• I had forgotten about having this motor. I saw one that looked
  like mine but it had a gear with a lever on the pulley end. They
  were in business from about 1895 to 1947 in New York City. I
  date mine about 1914 from an ad in Modern Electric and Mechanics
  January 1914.
  
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by Stoker on 13 Jul, 2019 18:20
• That's pretty cool Carl, that you found an era appropriate ad for it too is even cooler!!!
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  Posted by Jim on 13 Jul, 2019 18:46
• Very nice Carl and the ad is a real bonus.
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  Posted by St Paul Steam on 13 Jul, 2019 20:16
• Very nice, back when things were made to last.
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  Posted by jkbixby on 13 Jul, 2019 20:38
• That's a very nice old motor - would love to have one like that especially with the known history.
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  Posted by Mi Steam on 14 Jul, 2019 00:39
• After collecting for a number you forget what you have collected.
  The company was started in 1895 by David W Knapp in New York
  City. Besides making electric motors they made electric automobiles,
  board games, fans, machine tools, and other electric items. In 1898
  ads appeared showing they were making a Knapp C And D type motors
  and had cells batteries made by Gordon Burnham Co. By 1902 they
  were making a Kenco Trade Mark No.1 Electric toy Train kit. It had
  a trolley car and 9 feet of track and were a 2" gauge which had been
  introduced by Marklin in 1891 at the Leipzig Toy Fair.
  
  I want to hook this motor to a steam engine and see how it works.
  In the past I had it hooked up to batteries and added 1.5-volt batteries
  from 1 to 3 how a light bulb got brighter with more speed.
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 16 Jul, 2019 06:18
• That is a neat motor, Carl!
  
  
  I like the reversing switch.
  
  
  Gil
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by txlabman on 16 Jul, 2019 10:07
• Thanks for posting Carl.
  
  Nice one!
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• #8 Reply
  Posted by Kmot on 16 Jul, 2019 22:41
• I have had my eye on the auction site for a few years, hoping to score a vintage Knapp motor but they always sell for way more than I want to spend. I wanted to do the same as you, hook it up to my scratch built steam plant.
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  Posted by Roscoe on 17 Sep, 2019 08:42
• Cool motor, dig the reversing switch.
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  Posted by St Paul Steam on 17 Sep, 2019 10:01
• Neat & useful motor I.
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  Posted by AirSpyder on 17 Jan, 2020 19:09
• Nice motor, I have not seen one with the switch.
  Very neat.
  
  I one version of the Knaap Lathe and  also a motor similar to yours.
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  Posted by AirSpyder on 17 Jan, 2020 19:14
• Here is one version of a Knapp workshop (photo found on line)
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  Posted by Mi Steam on 18 Jan, 2020 01:05
• Quote from: AirSpyder on 17 Jan, 2020 19:09

  Nice motor, I have not seen one with the switch.
  Very neat.
  
  I one version of the Knaap Lathe and also a motor similar to yours.
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  The Knapp Lathe and motor look nice and the workshop would be
  a great addition to own.
  
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  Posted by AirSpyder on 08 Feb, 2020 08:19
• Here are a couple more images of Knapp Products
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  I notice that the guy on the grinder has a peg leg, I wonder what his story is?
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