Vintage Ford machinery - photos

[Altair]

Vintage machinery at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan.

Automatic screw machine, 1875.
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Gear cutter, 1895.
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Pinion cutter, 1892.
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Bridge milling machine, 1890.
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Drill press, 1855.
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Milling machine, 1895.
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Lathe, 1892.
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Metal planer, 1860.
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Milling machine, 1912.
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Gear cutter, 1850.
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High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

[metric_taper]

I believe some of those photos are of patent models which used to be made, and not of the actual machine to make the part. I think that's some of these manufacturing machines.

[Moldyjim]

Wow, it's incredible the skill, talent and shear creativity on display.

And not a single electronic component.
CNC? nah!