1938 Garage Apartment Window Cranks

Contractor from Austin, TX

Oct 22, 2018 12:56 pm

Hello,

I'm restoring a 1938 garage apartment. These window cranks are from the original steel casements. The only distinguishing feature that I can identify is the 2 screw holes versus the traditional 4 that I've seen in other homes. The crank handle itself is also a unique shape, at least to my untrained eye. As far as I can tell there are no markings or logos on the windows and window hardware.

Look forward to hearing from you, thanks!

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Tom from SWISCO

Oct 24, 2018 12:13 pm

Thanks for writing in. These are interesting operators. Can you open the window or remove an operator to show us the arms, though? That's going to be the key feature.

Contractor from Austin, TX

Oct 24, 2018 1:16 pm

Sure! I will be back at the property later today and will do my best to take photos of the arm. Thanks.

Contractor from Austin, TX

Dec 12, 2018 8:24 pm

Better late than never!

This project sat on the back burner for a while but is back up and running.

Here are a few photos of the operator.

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Tom from SWISCO

Dec 17, 2018 9:47 am

Thanks again f or your patience. I'm afraid we couldn't find anything quite like this. It is just too old. Could you possibly use a more modern operator like our 39-044 and 39-045? Look these over and see what you think.

Contractor from Austin, TX

Dec 17, 2018 11:59 am

Those look like solid replacements.

My only concern is that the originals have 2 screw holes (one on each end). Drilling new holes would be a simple fix, but I need to go back and make sure that the hole spacing would align with the existing holes on the frames.

I'll get back to you after I take some measurements.

Thanks.

Tom from SWISCO

Dec 17, 2018 1:45 pm

Great! Let us know. We're happy to help in any way we can.