Flather 18" Screw Cutting
Engine Lathe



18 Inch Swing Screw Cutting Engine Lathe.

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

      Above is an illustration of this Lathe with plain rest and power cross feed. A complete description of the patent feed is given here..

     18-inch swing, 8-foot bed, will take 4 feet 7 inches between centres. 
      Swing over carriage, 12 inches. 
      Hole through head spindle, 1-1/2 inches in diameter.

      There are four changes for feed belt, giving a range of belt feeds from 30 cuts to 75 cuts per inch; and a great many changes of gear feed (through the rod and friction), from 4 cuts to 320 cuts per inch.

      The screw has change gears to cut from 2 to 32 threads to the inch.

      Speed of countershaft, 110 revolutions per minute. 
      Friction pulleys, 12 inches diameter, 4 inches face. 

Weight, 2,400 pounds.

 Price, 18-inch swing, 8 foot bed. . . . . . . . $525.00
"      extra per foot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00
"      for turret head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200.00
''       "   taper attachment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.00 

Each Lathe is furnished all complete with every thing shown 
in the cut above.

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