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 Re: Boring Machine Restoration
[Re: Dave Shepard]
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06/03/09 01:12 AM
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Colton Allen
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Dave, the top of the main mechanism looks different on yours.
Did Swan make some different designs?
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Re: Boring Machine Restoration
[Re: Colton Allen]
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06/03/09 01:59 AM
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Dave Shepard
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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.
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Re: Boring Machine Restoration
[Re: Dave Shepard]
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06/03/09 12:28 PM
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Tom Cundiff
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 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. 
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Re: Boring Machine Restoration
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06/03/09 04:12 PM
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Jim Rogers
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Tom:
Nice pictures where did you get them?
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Re: Boring Machine Restoration
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06/03/09 07:44 PM
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Tom Cundiff
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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.
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Re: Boring Machine Restoration
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06/04/09 02:40 AM
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Jim Rogers
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I just bought a copy of that book.... thanks for the tip....
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