On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:33:07 -0400, Leon Fisk
wrote:

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 11:09:35 -0800 (PST)
Christopher Tidy wrote:

You remember any of the names of the best machine tool brands from that era?

You can find a lot of old catalogs on archive.com Like:

https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogof00toleuoft

https://archive.org/details/illustratedcatal00sell

Those are great. The cold saw on page 130 is a hoot. OSHA trembles.


https://archive.org/details/cataloguepriceli00frasrich

Treadle machines!

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