Photo Index - Illinois Iron & Bolt Co. - Cincinnati (Wagon Wheel) Tire Bender #3

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Illinois Iron & Bolt Co.
Carpentersville, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Brian Kachadurian

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Cincinnati (Wagon Wheel) Tire Bender #3
Date of Manufacturer:	~1902
Serial Number:
Last Updated	8/21/2013 7:34:25 PM

Comments:

I do not own this machine.
It resides at a working blacksmith shop in Glen Haven Michigan, photographed July 2012.

Description from dirty paper:
"#3 is a double-geared machine fitted with turned rollers and bearings, is very strong and durable, and will bend 5-inch tire, or smaller, to a circle 24 inches in diameter, or larger. In bending very heavy tire, two cranks may be used on opposite sides, thus giving double power."

The dirty paper ad lists the machine with one crank for $10.50 in 1913.

In the Blacksmith section of the 1902 Sears catalog, the same machine is shown for $5.90. Catalog # 24R790.

Photo 1:

Comments: Tire bender
Source: iPhone 4S camera, existing light

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Photo 2:

Comments: Tire bender
Source: iPhone 4S camera, existing light

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