Photo Index - Canada Machinery Corp., Ltd. (CMC) - #551 Chain mortiser

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Canada Machinery Corp., Ltd. (CMC)
Galt (now Cambridge), ON

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mortising Machine
Machine Size:	1/4" to 5/8" chain width
Submitted By:	Art Shaw

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	#551 Chain mortiser
Date of Manufacturer:	1949
Serial Number:	20689
Last Updated	9/30/2006 8:43:08 PM

Comments:

I bought this machine about 1975 or '76 with a few others from a local sash and door maker who was converting the shop floor to retail space. It came with an attachment for sharpening the chains and a converter to hold a hollow chisel, plus chains, chain bars, hollow chisels, operator's manual, and some corespondence from CMC. I have never used it. It retains the flat belt drive with tight and loose pulleys to belt up to a line shaft. I guessed it was older than it is, because of the babitt bearings.

Photo 1:

Comments: The adjustment wheel closest to the camera moves the table side to side. The foot peddle tightens a belt that causes the table to go up and down. There is no chain bar or chain fitted.
Source: Photo by Art Shaw

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Photo 2:

Comments: Excuse the junky background
Source: Photo by Art Shaw

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Photo 3:

Comments: Birth certificate
Source: Photo by Art Shaw

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