Hill, Clark & Co., 12 & 14 S. Canal St.

Flather 16 and 17-inch Swing Screw Machine

Source: Hill, Clarke and Company-dealers in iron working machine tools and machine shop supplies and Pattern Makers’ Machinery
Boston – 156 to 164 Oliver Street and
Chicago – 12 and 14 So. Canal Street
Machinery Blue Book
Catalogue of Machine Tools.
McIndoe Bros, Printers and Embossers, Boston
Dated 1897. Pictured on page 86 is the rear view Description and Price on page 87

“These screw machines are heavy and powerful tools, and are adapted for special work in iron and brass-working establishments, such as chucking, boring, facing, tapping, making screws, studs, and forming handles, nuts, hubs, etc.”

“The 16-inch screw machine is back geared. It has a three-step cone for 3 ½ inch belt and either a 2 1/16 or 2 ½ inch hole in spindle. The turret head revolves automatically, and can be furnished with power feed when desired. T he turret is 8 ¾ inches in diameter and it has six 1 ¼ inch holes. Turret slide is 24 inches long. Movement of turret slide, 10 inches. Speed of countershaft, 120 revolutions. Weight 1,900 pounds.”

“The 17-inch screw machine is not back-geared. It has a four-step cone for 3 ½ inch belt and 2 1/16-inch hole in spindle. Largest diameter of cone, 12 inches.”

“The countershafts for both these machines are furnished with two friction pulleys, 16 inches, 16 inches in diameter, 4-inch face; also a pair of tight and loose pulleys 10 inches in diameter, arranged so the operator can change from slow to quick speed, or the reverse, instantly. The above machines can be furnished, when required, with oil pumps, tank and piping etc.