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1902 Article-J. J. McCabe, Two Spindle Lathe |
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Age of Steel, V91 #24, 14 Jun 1902, pg. 9 |
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2/15/2015 8:55:30 PM |
The Latest Improved Two-Spindle Lathe.
Some little time ago the McCabe two-spindle lathe was put on the market, and it immediately caught the eye of the practical machinist.
This much may lie said of many another tool that has been brought out, wit which was "brought out" and that was all. But back of the McCabe two-spindle lathe was the broad comprehensive business ability of J. J. McCabe. He had a good thing, he knew it and he proposed the mechanical world should know it also. The results were what could be expected, and every mechanic knows of this now famous lathe.
Not content, however, with resting on his laurels, his experienced mechanical eye soon saw improvements which would add to the value of his tool, and we have had occasion several times to illustrate these improvements as they have been made.
In the illustration which we give in this connection is shown the latest and possibly the most important of Mr. McCabe's improvements. It consists in putting the "back gears" front, as is fully shown in our engraving, so that the gears are front instead of rear. This enables a pull down on the tool, in front, instead of a push up in the rear. Theoretically and practically, this is the correct thing. It centralizes the power at the proper place, and is believed to add 25 per cent to the power applied.
This is not all, however, for it enables a change of the two spindles with relation to each other. It also enables the employment of a larger and more powerful and more rigid gear in driving the larger spindle, the spindle on which comes the very heavy work. The gear is thrown in and out by means of the slotted lever in front of the head-stock. These gears, it will be seen, are perfectly housed, thus protecting them from damage and the operator from accident.
So much has been, said in these columns regarding the capacity, and the perfect construction of this lathe that we need hardly enlarge on these points here. Persons wishing to learn more about the lathe should write to the maker, J. J. McCabe, 14 Dey street, New York City. |
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1902 J. J. McCabe, Two Spindle Lathe
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