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1894 Article-Lucius W. Pond Machine Co., Metal Turning Machine |
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Industry Magazine, Nov 1894, pg. 666 |
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12/8/2012 4:46:08 PM |
The machine shown in the drawing above, or rather the name of the company beneath, suggests two facts or circumstances that may be related here before noticing the machine itself.
Our last visit to the works of this company was in 1864, or thereabout, at which time, among other changes or extensions, a brick chimney seventy-five feet high had been moved across a block, then raised twelve feet, and a new base built under it, a feat we know no parallel for. How it was done we do not remember, but the fact was there.
The other circumstance, which has more relation to the implement shown above, was the fact of Messrs. Scoville & Son, of Oakland, Cal., about ten years ago, making for their own use a turning machine very similar in arrangement to the present one, but of cheap and crude construction. This Oakland machine was always at work, and, no doubt, earned more money in proportion to the investment in it that any machine tool on this Coast. It was arranged to turn pulleys and other work- from one to six feet in diameter, also for boring.
The machines made by the L. W. Pond Company are a refinement of the same scheme, and are in effect an inverted lathe with the advantage of a horizontal plate and chuck features of the American vertical boring machines, a type peculiar to this country down to a few years ago, but now spreading elsewhere.
The machines shown are made of several sizes, fitted up especially to turn pulleys with either fiat or convex faces, tools being applied at opposite sides, as seen in the drawing, and are rapid and accurate in performance. The top support is swung out of the way when work is put on or removed, and is clamped rigidly when in working position.
It is not easy to define the differences between mounting work on vertical and horizontal spindles. The main point is of course the convenience of the piece lying at rest on a horizontal plate, but there seems in actual practice to be many more conveniences that are not easy to describe. The machine illustrated combines all of the advantages possible, and seems a thoroughly serviceable one. |
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1894 Lucius W. Pond Machine Co., Metal Turning Machine
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