Photo Index - Myers Machine Tool Corp. - 10-inch lathe

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Myers Machine Tool Corp.
Columbia, PA

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Lathe, Metal
Machine Size:	10x42
Submitted By:	Jeff Joslin

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	10-inch lathe
Date of Manufacturer:	1921 (approx.)
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Last Updated	9/8/2017 4:55:47 PM

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Pictures posted on behalf of lathe owner Terry Wheeler. Below is what Terry told us about the lathe.

"My 10 inch metal lathe...was manufactured by the Myers Machine Tool Corporation, Columbia, PA, USA.
Bed length - 42 inches, Bed heighth - 6 inches, Bed width - 7 1/2 inches, leg length - 30 inches
With it are a 6 inch four jaw chuck, a 10 inch face plate, a six inch face plate,and a dead center in the tail stock.
It has an early quick change gear box. There are 3 gears that you can change to set it up for various threads. These gears are 16 tooth, 32 tooth, and 64 tooth. By changing thes gears on the spindle of the gear box you can cut the following threads poer inch - 52,48,46, 44,40,36,28, 26, 22, 20,18, 16, 14, 13, 12, 111/2, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, or 6. The gear box has a single shift lever with 9 holes in a diagonal arrangement from top to bottom, left to right."

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