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Old 06-29-2012, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Shaw View Post
They aren't Baker machines Ken. If you look more closely you'll see that the front support for the turning key isn't separate. It's part of the brass backing plate. Baker didn't do this - but Lottt Senior did. As I'm sure you know, Lott sometimes made his own machines and this is one of the features that he sometimes used. Hence my guess at it being a Lott senior.
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