High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

[jimfols]

696

I like the little ship's wheel. Lower right in photo.

[Jon]

Mesta double helical gear planer.

Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...t_fullsize.jpg

[marksbug]

I saw some of those in Italy made from wood .under a Museum in the dirt where they have been for probably a few hundrad years....or more.

[Isambard]

Here's another view of the same machine.Plus an even bigger gear.

[jimfols]

702

I don't think the bolts next to the shaft are holding much.

[Isambard]

Chances are they were patterns for casting the gears, was common.

[Isambard]

What bolts? What pic?

[marksbug]

those are for adjusting back lash.

[Toolmaker51]

702

I don't think the bolts next to the shaft are holding much.

No, but they identify as fully qualified fasteners...

All that engineering and manufacturing; get a load of the counterweight to lower left of indexer, incredible sophistication.

[jimfols]

No, but they identify as fully qualified fasteners...

All that engineering and manufacturing; get a load of the counterweight to lower left of indexer, incredible sophistication.

These are the bolts I was thinking about.