Illustrated
catalog given to Lamar Lyndon ca.1890. The firm was located at
North Fifteenth Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Webpage copyright © George Langford 2010
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THIRTY-EIGHT-INCH LATHE.
Swings
38 inches over shears; 26 inches over carriage; cone has 5 sections
4-1/4-inch face; back geared and geared lace plate; face plate keyed to
spindle, unless otherwise ordered; forged steel spindles; bronze metal
boxes; dead spindle clamped by adjustable conical binder; hand movement
of carriage by means of hand wheel and steel pinion engaging in rack on
bed. Steel rack put on in sections, enabling the repair of broken cogs
by supplying a new section. independent geared friction feed, cross
feed, and reverse feed motions to apron attached to carriage; turning
and screw cutting feeds cannot become engaged at same time. Carriage
has long beating (giving greater bearing surface), which are
self-oiling, decreasing the liability to wear the guides when used on
short work. Steel lead screw on front of lathe, clamped by open and
shut nut; screw threads only used for screw cutting. Countershaft;
hangers; 3 pulleys, 24x8, to run 85 turns per minute. Screw gearing;
steady rest; steel wrenches; wrought-iron handles; side block for
turning full swing of lathe, and cross feed stop included. All gearing
is cut.With 11-1/2 feet bed; 5 feet between centres; compound rest and cross feed; shipping weight lbs. $ Per extra foot of bed, $ Boxing for foreign shipment, $ |