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New Britain Machine Co.
New Britain, CT

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mortising Machine
Machine Size:	# 1
Submitted By:	Kirk Fox

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	New Britain chain mortiser
Date of Manufacturer:	1910
Serial Number:	1003
Last Updated	1/19/2010 5:07:10 PM

Comments:

I purchased this machine in 1994 from an architectural millwork company in Massachusetts. The previous owner bought this machine in the 70's from a company in Michigan. He advised running the machine for thirty minutes to warm up the belts to keep them from falling off of the machine. I was able to fix this problem by building up the outer edge of the (lower)leather pulley - that someone had filed down!- with duct tape.

The table tilts for angled work and the machine is capable of cutting a 6 1/2" deep mortise in one pass at a feed rate of 1" per second!

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Comments: I added a wooden pulley to tension the table raising belt.
Source: Kirk Fox

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