Flather 16" Screw Cutting
Engine Lathe



16 Inch Swing Screw Cutting Engine Lathe.

Made by Flather & Co., Nashua, N.H.

      Above is an engraving which represents this Lathe with flat carriage and power cross feed.
      For general description of the Lathe and patent feed arrangement, see...

      16-inch swing, 6-foot bed, will take 3 feet between centres. 
      Swing over flat carriage, 10 inches; swing over double carriage, 7-3/4 inches. 
      Hole through head spindle, 1-1/44 inches in diameter.

      There are four changes for feed belt, giving a range of belt feeds from 40 cuts to 90 cuts per inch; and a great many changes of gear feed (through the rod and friction), from 4-1/2 cuts to 400-cuts per inch.

      The screw has change gears to cut from 4 to 36 threads per inch.

      Speed of countershaft, 120 revolutions per minute. 
      Friction pulleys, 12 inches diameter, 3-1/2 inches face. 

Weight, 1,650 pounds.

Price, 16-inch swing, 6-foot bed. . . . . . . . $400.00
"      extra per foot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12.00
"      for turret head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157.50
"      taper attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.00 

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