Photo Index - American Tool & Machine Co. - Brass Finishing Lathe - part1

Machinery Photo Index

Manufactured/Badged by:
American Tool & Machine Co.
Boston, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery & Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Wood
Machine Size:	12" swing, 5' bed
Submitted By:	Alex Tarlavsky

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Brass Finishing Lathe - part1
Date of Manufacturer:	1860s
Serial Number:	10
Last Updated	6/14/2016 8:21:25 AM

Comments:

Acquired in Dracut, MA at the beginning of 2015. I got this lathe with the underpowered motor mounted on the top of the headstock, and without proper tool rest banjo. This is the link to the VM printed article picture of this lathe :
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/imagedetail.aspx?id=7859

Photo 1:

Comments: Reinforced bottom shelf and vertical firewall are friction fit.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code

Photo 2:

Comments: This plaque has never been off the lathe for more than 150 years. Those holes are not original, but who now what this lathe was refitted to do over all of those years.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code

Photo 3:

Comments: This is what happens when one don't shim the saddle properly, plus the weight of the old motor mounted on the top of the saddeles didn't help at all.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code

Photo 4:

Comments: Nasty cast iron crack.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code

Photo 5:

Comments: Very elaborate tailstock, stock could be moved sideways.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code

Photo 6:

Comments: Sliding ramp locks, American Tool & Machine patent.
Source: iPad

Direct Link
IMG Code