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- Miniature Drill Press, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939 - Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In a miniature machine shop in the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park.
- 1939
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Miniature Drill Press, Displayed at the New York World's Fair, 1939
Henry Ford firmly believed in the "practical educational value" of World's Fair exhibits. During the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, he highlighted the work of students attending his experimental schools. In a miniature machine shop in the Ford building, boys from Ford's Edison Institute Schools operated quarter-size replicas based on machines from Thomas Edison's Menlo Park.
- Drill Press, Used by Holland Manufacturing Company, circa 1855 -
- 1850-1860
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Drill Press, Used by Holland Manufacturing Company, circa 1855
- Drill Press, circa 1885 - Brothers William Fletcher and John Barnes of Rockford, Illinois, established the W.F. & John Barnes Company in 1869. They incorporated the business fifteen years later. The company manufactured various woodworking and metalworking tools and began specializing in drill presses about 1890. Drill presses provide power, versatility, and accuracy in controlled drilling operations. Babcock-Wilcox bought out the company in the early 1960s.
- circa 1885
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Drill Press, circa 1885
Brothers William Fletcher and John Barnes of Rockford, Illinois, established the W.F. & John Barnes Company in 1869. They incorporated the business fifteen years later. The company manufactured various woodworking and metalworking tools and began specializing in drill presses about 1890. Drill presses provide power, versatility, and accuracy in controlled drilling operations. Babcock-Wilcox bought out the company in the early 1960s.
- Three Spindle Drill Press, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1880 - The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to produce the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Workers used this type of drill press to put holes in watch face plates -- an operation later mechanized by an automatic plate drilling machine invented in 1890.
- circa 1880
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Three Spindle Drill Press, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1880
The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to produce the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Workers used this type of drill press to put holes in watch face plates -- an operation later mechanized by an automatic plate drilling machine invented in 1890.
- Drill Press, 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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Drill Press, 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.