Identify an old machine?
 

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I'll take a stab. Thread tapping machine. The wheel at the top is a
flywheel and the threaded thing above second shaft pushes the tap down as it
goes. Not a very long travel. It winds up or down the thread as it
operates.

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Looks like a press to me.....
Marty

I'm about 98 percent sure this thing is a drill press used for drilling
accurately aligned holes in wagon tongues and that sort of thing. It is
sort of a special case of a blacksmith's post drill, probably late 19th
century. The crank on the side turns the bit. The big wheel is a flywheel.
There are a few parts missing. You will notice on the top of the small
wheel a ring of notches or teeth. There should be a pawl on the end of a
lever which engages them, the other end of the lever rides against a cam
which turns the wheel, advancing the lead screw and providing a "power"
downfeed.

Jerry

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I've got an old dril press tht looks like that. Except this one has a
couple of missing pieces.
Don't if this is any kind of special purpose drill press. It might be
just a drill press.
Pete

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I belive it to be a hand operated drill press with automatic down
feed - a few bits are missing including the pawl for the downfeed. As
the big wheel is turned, and with it the main shaft, the rachet wheel
is clicked down turning the acme down feed shaft - if you look at the
top of the smaller handwheel on the acme shaft it has the rachet
notches.

I saw one very similar (but in working condition) in a disused
blacksmiths shop in the west country 40 years ago when my parents were
looking to buy the building.

It was made by Alfred Herbert of Loughborough, England

AWEM

Appears to be a drill press with parts missing. I believe there is supposed
to be a ratchet mechanism on the top "gear" which would advance each time
the "crank" was turned.
I have what I was told was a blacksmiths' drill press like this but on a
column and with the ratcheting mechanism and also a hand crank to one side
(without the large handwheel). My kids all developed quite a bit of upper
body strength on that thing.


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