Identify this machine

gregoryd · Apr 27, 2021

Listed as an iron age forming machine. Looks old and cool for sure. Anybody able to identify?

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Hit Miss Engine · Apr 27, 2021

Not sure what it is or does but for some reason I really want it!

rivett608 · Apr 27, 2021

Looks like an early, very early automatic screw machine.

1yesca · Apr 28, 2021

i know its not but it makes me think of a blanchert stock carving machine

sfriedberg · Apr 28, 2021

The two large drums for mounting cams means it's an automatic something, all right. I was wondering if it might be a wire-former of some kind, like an early version of a four-slide machine.

It's too bad there isn't a better photo of the turret-like part with the apparently spring-loaded spindles.

Homebrewblob · Apr 28, 2021

sfriedberg said:
The two large drums for mounting cams means it's an automatic something, all right. I was wondering if it might be a wire-former of some kind, like an early version of a four-slide machine.

It's too bad there isn't a better photo of the turret-like part with the apparently spring-loaded spindles.

Interesting that is has 2 cams not just 1. It’s a very cool looking piece that’s for sure

L Vanice · Apr 28, 2021

One picture shows a collet holding a small part. The collet is on the end of a spindle mounted in a headstock. So automatic screw machine makes sense to me.

R. B. Phillips bought Critchley Machine Screw Co., Worcester, MA, founded by J. Verner Critchley, (1872-1975).

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I wonder if the machine was old when Critchley or Phillips bought it.

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gregoryd

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Cast Iron

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sfriedberg

Diamond

Homebrewblob

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