Photo Index - Seneca Falls Manufacturing Co. - "Diamond" Mortising Machine

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Seneca Falls Manufacturing Co.
Seneca Falls, NY

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mortising Machine
Machine Size:	N/A
Submitted By:	Keith Rucker

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	"Diamond" Mortising Machine
Date of Manufacturer:	Late 1800's - Early 1900's
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Last Updated	4/4/2005 9:13:53 PM

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This machine is located at the Georgia Agrirama Living History Museum in Tifton, GA (http://www.agrirama.org).

The machine has been modified from it's original configuration. Originally, it would have been a foot operated machine in which as you pressed down on the foot lever, a mortising chisel would have been pushed into the wood like a hammered mortising chisel. At some point, somebody converted it to a hollow chisel mortiser powered by a flat belt from an overhead line shaft. Pressing down on the foot lever will push the hollow chisel with a drill bit in the middle into the wood.

The machine is marked with a patent date of Sep. 13, 1887 which coorisponds to U.S. Patent 369,924 (http://www.datamp.org/displayPatent.php?number=369924&type=UT).

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