Automatic screw-making machine, invented by Charles Vander Woerd, a superintendent at the American Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1871. This was reportedly the first automatic lathe to make watch screws. Each machine output 1200-1500 screws per day.
This nickel-plated version was likely a demonstration piece.
55-second video of it in action:
More: Automatic Screw Making Machine | National Museum of American History
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functions with all the precision of a clock works in a watch
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emu roo (May 26, 2026)
A thing of beauty. Must have been a very lucid dream to come up with that.
emu roo (May 26, 2026)
Amazing piece of history there, and beautiful workmanship.
emu roo (May 26, 2026)
The thing is a beauty to behold, even when it isn't running.
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