I have a drill chuck with a 1874 patent date ( lathe stuff )

[JRD77VET]

On a vintage tool forum, a guy mentioned he saw an old drill chuck like the one pictured here in a display
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/work%20stuff/lathe/DCP_5617.jpg


I looked it over more closely and found this stamping on it

NO CO TMPVD
J.H.Westcott's Little Giant Patentes
Mar. 17th 1874 & April 14th 1885
Made by Westcott Chuck Co Oneida NY

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/work%20stuff/lathe/DCP_5629.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/work%20stuff/lathe/DCP_5628.jpg

Pretty cool my 1932 Atlas lathe came with old tooling

[OddBall]

That is pretty cool. Do you use it?

[Kevin_73]

I guess it was a good design if they kept manufacturing it for over 50 years. :yesnod:

[Jeff '79]

:beer:

[CertInsaneC5]

Is the Morse taper on the back of it original? Or was it added later when the standards for such things were created? Which BTW I don't know when that was. :cheers:

[BADRACR1]

Cool. An old tool is a good tool.:dance:

[JRD77VET]

That is pretty cool. Do you use it?

Not yet but I will. I still need to finish cleaning it up ( dirt/crud on the ways and give it fresh oil and grease ).

Oh yeah, a little saftey item needs to be addressed. Right now you plug it into a wall socket to turn it on. I'm going to add a switch similar to the original design. :D

Is the Morse taper on the back of it original? Or was it added later when the standards for such things were created? Which BTW I don't know when that was. :cheers:

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Morse
Morse Taper #2 (MT2)The Morse Taper was invented by Stephen A. Morse in the mid-1860s.[1] Since then, it has evolved to encompass smaller and larger sizes and has been adopted as a standard by numerous organizations, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as ISO 296 and the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) as DIN 228-1. It is one of the most widely used types.[citation needed]

[mrvette]

Not yet but I will. I still need to finish cleaning it up ( dirt/crud on the ways and give it fresh oil and grease ).

Oh yeah, a little saftey item needs to be addressed. Right now you plug it into a wall socket to turn it on. I'm going to add a switch similar to the original design. :D



Machine taper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_taper)

Morse
Morse Taper #2 (MT2)The Morse Taper was invented by Stephen A. Morse in the mid-1860s.[1] Since then, it has evolved to encompass smaller and larger sizes and has been adopted as a standard by numerous organizations, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as ISO 296 and the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) as DIN 228-1. It is one of the most widely used types.[citation needed]



Wonder why there is no standard for the taper on ball joints??

they all OVER the map on that shit, tie rods also....

:leaving::confused5:

[JRD77VET]

Wonder why there is no standard for the taper on ball joints??

they all OVER the map on that shit, tie rods also....

:leaving::confused5:

Mr Morse was busy standardizing tapers :D