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- Lathe, Used by the Wright Brothers, circa 1895 - The Wright brothers' bicycle shop contained several large power tools primarily used for making and repairing bikes. Some were also used to build their early gliders and airplanes. The shop building did not have electricity, so the Putnam lathe, Crescent band saw and Barnes drill press were powered by overhead belts and shafts connected to a single-cylinder gas engine.
- circa 1895
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Lathe, Used by the Wright Brothers, circa 1895
The Wright brothers' bicycle shop contained several large power tools primarily used for making and repairing bikes. Some were also used to build their early gliders and airplanes. The shop building did not have electricity, so the Putnam lathe, Crescent band saw and Barnes drill press were powered by overhead belts and shafts connected to a single-cylinder gas engine.
- Metal Planer, circa 1860 -
- circa 1860
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Metal Planer, circa 1860
- Putnam Stationary Steam Engine, 1886 - This Putnam Machine Company engine ran machinery at the J.R. Torrey Razor Company in Worchester, Massachusetts. Power was transmitted to the machinery by a leather belt which ran on the outside of the flywheel. The engine's design permits the flywheel to be on either the right or left--a popular function that makes it adaptable to a variety of factory engine rooms.
- 1886
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Putnam Stationary Steam Engine, 1886
This Putnam Machine Company engine ran machinery at the J.R. Torrey Razor Company in Worchester, Massachusetts. Power was transmitted to the machinery by a leather belt which ran on the outside of the flywheel. The engine's design permits the flywheel to be on either the right or left--a popular function that makes it adaptable to a variety of factory engine rooms.