Photo Index - Silver Manufacturing Co. - No.1 (No.21)

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Silver Manufacturing Co.
Salem, OH

True Manufacturer:
Silver Manufacturing Co., Salem, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Drill Press
Machine Size:	Drills to centre of 12" circle
Submitted By:	John Vannisselroy

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No.1 (No.21)
Date of Manufacturer:	1911 on
Serial Number:	n.a.
Last Updated	10/13/2014 4:32:19 AM

Comments:

This blacksmith's post drill is located at Heritage Farm, west Auckland, New Zealand. The farm has a barn full of vintage equipment. The post drill has not yet been refurbished.

This one has me intrigued.

It looks to me like a Silver (I have a weakness for Silvers ;-) but the only markings I could find is the number "1" and two holes where a maker's plate might have once resided. It's a cute little one - a scaled down version of my Silver Advance No.14. Silver made a No.1 in a much older style. I've not seen mention that Silver ever updated the design, but I wonder if maybe they did bring out an Advance No.1.

Similarities to the Advance series that make me think it could be a Silver:
• flywheel rim cross section - round on inside, rectangular on outside;
• flywheel spokes - five, curvy;
• feed wheel ratchet on top of feed wheel (not below);
• auto-feed lever position and style;
• missing feedwheel handle (therefore more likely to be a wooden one – as was typical on Silver PDs);
• bottom of main casting has a curved, tapering "extension" of the column;
• main casting has much larger top foot than bottom foot;
• solid (not tubular) column;
• column foot has single mounting hole;
• table (although a replacement) is round in shape.

Although none of those features are exclusive to Silver, the combination has me wondering….

Owned by G & R Norton. Photographs posted with permission.

Photo 1:

Comments: Front view
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Photo 2:

Comments: Left hand side
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Photo 3:

Comments: Right hand side - here you can see two holes that may have once held a 'makers plate', and further down the number "1" cast.
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Photo 4:

Comments: Column, fork and table.
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