Photo Index - Niles Tool Works - Niles Vertical Boring Mill

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Niles Tool Works
Cincinnati, OH; Hamilton, OH

True Manufacturer:
Niles Tool Works, Cincinnati, OH; Hamilton, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Other
Machine Size:	unknown
Submitted By:	Robert Lang

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	Niles Vertical Boring Mill
Date of Manufacturer:	1850's
Serial Number:	none
Last Updated	5/6/2022 1:33:54 PM

Comments:

This is a photo of a Niles & Co. Vertical Boring Mill made in the mid 1850's
At that time Niles called them Horizontal Face Plate Lathes.
Niles made their first one in 1840 of 7 foot swing and then one more in 1845 with a swiveling head.
By 1855 Niles was making five different sizes.
They were designed by Leander H. Corey, the superintendent of Niles.
The picture was taken by Fred Colvin of the American Machinist Magazine.
Shown below is an 1855 ad for the machine.

Photo 1:

Comments: Niles VBM
Source: Fred Colvin

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Photo 2:

Comments: Niles ad from 1855
Source: Robert Lang

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Photo 3:

Comments: Leander H. Corey
Source: Robert Lang

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Comments: 1855 boring machine article
Source: Robert Lang

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