Photo Index - Chase Turbine Manufacturing Co. - chair back sawing machine

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Chase Turbine Manufacturing Co.
West Concord, VT: Orange, MA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	Big
Submitted By:	Christopher Stone

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	chair back sawing machine
Date of Manufacturer:	1891, est.
Serial Number:	Unknown
Last Updated	8/23/2016 11:43:59 PM

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Looking for anybody who can tell me what this thing is and who made it.

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This highly unusual and evocative machine has engendered a lively discussion here: http://owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=174752

Preliminary results suggest that this saw was designed to cut chair backs, and was, in turn, adapted by Denison Chase from his previously invented shingle machine:

"In 1889 Mr. Chase patented the Chase shingle machine, which saws shingles by a new method, the advantage gained being not only an improvement on the old method of sawing wood, but in an increased productive capacity, which is 25,000 per day, being five times greater than any other machine. In 1891 Mr. Chase obtained additional patents on this machine, adapting it to the purpose of sawing out chair-backs. Mr. Chase is president of the Chase turbine manufacturing company, which employs about seventy –five hands."

edited 08-23-16, original post 08-20-16/RD

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