We were talking about the proliferation of lathe manufacturers at the turn of the last century, this Lindsay books reprint of a 1920 South Bend booklet shows how prevalent machine tools were in society. This is an instruction book to build your own lathe at the school shop. Comprehensive instructions, full drawings and the cheater page at the end, if you can't cast these parts yourself, your implied "substandard" school can't do the process (ok, I exaggerate), South Bend can supply the rough cast parts you need.
Lindsay books used to supply reprints of long gone technical books, he closed the business in 2012.
2 comments:
Was South Bend not where the late-model Avantis were built? D.
Yes, The Studebaker Automobile Company made cars in South Bend from 1903 to 1963. The Canadian branch soldiered on till 1966. The Avanti II was built in various locations, ending up in Mexico before closing in 2006.
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