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Made by Flather & Co., Nashua, N.H. The engraving above represents this lathe with flat carriage and power cross feed, and also shows the connection of the taper attachment with the cross feed screw. The back view of the lathe with taper attachment is shown here. For general description of this lathe and the patent feed, see... 15-inch swing, 6-foot bed, will take 3 feet 4 inches between centres Swing over flat
carriage, 9-1/4 inches; swing over double carriage, 7-1/2 inches.
There are four changes for feed belt, giving a range of belt feeds from 53 cuts to 123 cuts per inch; and a great many changes of gear feed (through the rod and friction), from 5 to 425 cuts to the inch. The screw has change gears to cut from 4 to 36 threads per inch. Speed of
countershaft, 130 revolutions per minute.
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