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Default Which tool is needed. . . ?

On Nov 25, 9:06*am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Nov 25, 7:37*am, "Denis G." wrote:

On Nov 24, 8:04*am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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Scroll down to the bottom and look at "take-up" bearings:http://www.baileynet.com/index.php?i...tegory=1000011


jsw


The picture of the "Lincoln miller" seems to have a "Pratt & Whitney"
logo on the bed.-


Here's a little of the interrelationship between the machine builders
of Hartford, which somewhat like Maudslay's group in England:http://www.hogriver.org/issues/v02n03/miracle.htm

jsw


Thanks for that interesting bit of history. I'll have to read more
when I get the time. I didn't realise that Hartford could have become
the "Motor City" and had important rivals to Henry Ford and his
ventures.