Photo Index - Albany Hardware Specialty Manufacturing Co. - Variable Speed Drive

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Albany Hardware Specialty Manufacturing Co.
Albany, WI; Viroqua, WI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Dwight Flach

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Variable Speed Drive
Date of Manufacturer:	early 1900s
Serial Number:	N/A
Last Updated	4/14/2011 5:27:23 PM

Comments:

This AHS DP is owned by John Chadwick, formerly from the Albany, WI area and now lives in California. John's grandfather was Harris Morgan Whitcomb, who is named in several patents on this site and was brother-in-law to Dr. Saxton Morgan. Dr. Morgan was issued patent #901,635 for the unique features incorporated into the design of this variable speed DP. H.M. Whitcomb is listed on this patent as one of the witnesses. No serial number has been found on this DP to date. More information will follow after further research and approval for publication has been issued.

Photo 1:

Comments: AHS DP still in use in John Chadwick's shop in CA.
Source: Courtesy: John Chadwick

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Comments: Excellent view out shop window while drilling in John's shop.
Source: Courtesy: John Chadwick

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Comments: Close up view of AHS logo in casting.
Source: Courtesy: John Chadwick

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Comments: AHS Mfg. in its early years. Also known as the "latch factory".
Source: Courtesy: John Chadwick

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Comments: Inside the "Latch Factory".
Source: Courtesy: John Chadwick

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