Photo Index - Greenlee Brothers & Co. - 227-BM Autofeed

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Greenlee Brothers & Co.
Chicago, IL and Rockford, IL

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mortising Machine
Machine Size:
Submitted By:	Kirk Poore

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	227-BM Autofeed
Date of Manufacturer:	1928
Serial Number:	(View SN Registry Entry)
Last Updated	5/21/2005 4:01:51 PM

Comments:

I bought this machine from OWWM'er Jeff Singleton on 3/25/05. It is a 227-BM, meaning it has a compound table (moves left-right, up-down, and in-out) as well as tilting 45 degrees either direction (B) and has a motorized head and feed (M). The head motor is a 4 hp direct drive with oiled ball bearings, while the feed is a 2 hp belt drive. Both motors are 3 phase General Electrics. The machine was in pretty good shape overall when purchase. Since then I've stripped the 4 layers of paint (3 green and one gray) and repainting the whole thing. A previous owner lost the front table clamp, and some barbarian cut away the slow-feed part of the feed motor's triple belt pulley, so there are only two feed speeds now. The feed clutch, when not engaged, gives a peculiar random ding-dinging sound from the clutch plates brushing up against each other. This type of clutch was pretty new in 1928--the Illinois Railroad Museum 227 (circa 1925) on this site uses belt tightening mechanism to start and stop the feed.

Photo 1:

Comments: Almost Done--Details & paint touchup only
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Photo 2:

Comments: 2 hp drive motor w/cutoff pulley. Barbarians!
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Photo 3:

Comments: Closeup of head w/original paint job
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