Can anyone identify this?

[DR0832]

I am trying to identify what exactly this is? The side of the bench says shop mate. I believe it has something to do with clinical chemistry but I am not sure. Does anyone know if this has a monetary value? I was thinking about putting it on ebay however I didn't know what category to list it under. My grandfather left this and a whole bunch of other stuff to me when he passed away.

[henryb]

Seems like thats the stuff they use for labs under fume hoods

[RobJim]

Looks like you've got a pretty standard set up for a bench in an organic chemistry lab, or even a general chemistry class's lab.

You've got a metal frame for attaching things to, though I don't know what the "official" name for that is. It looks like it's made of aluminum. There are a number of clamps, some with three prongs, some without. Some of them look like burette clamps:

http://orgchem.colorado.edu/equipmen.../3prclamp.html
http://www.hometrainingtools.com/cat..._ce-clamp.html

That motor underneath may be a vaccuum pump. The thing with the wire attached might be a heating mantle:

http://orgchem.colorado.edu/equipment/majequip/hm.html

I don't know what the piece of glassware is. It looks like a large test tube with a long, narrow neck attached.

This is a general site that has organic chemistry equipment and pictures:

http://orgchem.colorado.edu/equipment/equipment.html

It's hard to make out what some of that stuff is from the picture. Any chemistry department in any junior college or university should be able to help you with this kind of identification. They'll also have the prices they would pay for such things if they were to restock on them.

[BigDaddy]

From the looks of it, I'd say it's a Schlenk line. The reason I call it Schlenk is because that's the type of glassware used when you don't want air in your reaction, because of the materials' high reactivity with oxygen and/or water. It may just be a vacuum line with several ports, but with all those valves, I'd say you could use it to evacuate a flask, then back-fill it with an inert gas. The long piece of glass on the bottom near the pump is a trap, which is normally cooled, to prevent any solvents from getting into the pump oil, and to prevent pump oil fumes from going up into the vacuum line.