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Dave, the top of the main mechanism looks different on yours.
Did Swan make some different designs?

Colton

I'm not sure. Perhaps it's a Snell carriage on a Swan frame? I don't know all the different models, but the castings for the pivoting parts look the same as mine. Mine works very well with a 1.5 bit, but the 2" twists the frame a little. Bit is sharp, but may need tweaking. Some day, I'd like to get a Boss with the two gear ratios.

The one on the right is a Snell regular ( non tilting ) so I would assume that the machine that Dave shows is a Swan and the machine in Colton's pictures is a Snell. The tilting machine in my picture is an Ajax, the castings for the pivoting parts look very similar also.

Tom:
Nice pictures where did you get them?

Jim Rogers

The Antique Tool Collectors Guide to Value Click the book to Look Inside, the free look stops at Pg.6 and Pg. 7 is Augers & Boring Machines. it says the illustrations are taken from a 1903 catalog.

If you type in "Boring Machine" in the Search Inside this book Box you can view Pg.7.

I just bought a copy of that book.... thanks for the tip....