Photo Index - Tannewitz Works - Rod and dowel machine (cutterhead only)

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Tannewitz Works
Grand Rapids, MI; Jenison, MI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	5/8"
Submitted By:	Jeff Joslin

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Rod and dowel machine (cutterhead only)
Date of Manufacturer:	1920 (approx.)
Serial Number:
Last Updated	12/20/2010 2:14:39 PM

Comments:

This cutterhead, bearing patent number 887,148, is in the collection of the Lakeshore Museum Center. The patent helped us identify the machine the cutterhead belongs on: a Tannewitz rod and dowel machine. So far as I can tell, the machine uses a rotating cutterhead into which the stock is fed. The patented features of the machine allow it to use stock that is less than perfectly sized.

Normally I wouldn't bother posting one lonely picture of a small part of a machine, but I haven't heard of any surviving Tannewitz rod and dowel machines so this is all we've got.

Edit: OWWMer Jeff McVey reports that he knows of a surviving Tannewitz rod and dowel machine in Michigan. That's good news.

Edit 2: Thanks to Jeff McV's pictures of a complete machine, my Museum contact was able to identify a complete machine in their collection. I added a picture of their machine, which is not in working order.

Photo 1:

Comments:
Source: Courtesy Lakeshore Museum Center

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Photo 2:

Comments: Picture of complete machine
Source: October 1920 "The Wood-Worker"

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Photo 3:

Comments: Stock would feed into the right end of the big arbor at the back of the machine. The cutterhead goes on the arbor just left of center.
Source: Lakeshore Museum Center

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