Watchermaker's wheel cutting machine
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1830-1880
notes: label: Description
content: W. H. Samelius, the director of Elgin Watchmakers College of Elgin, Illinois donated a large collection of watchmakers tools from the period of 1830-1880, including this wheel-cutting machine. Made of brass, the machine is bow-driven with a horizontal dividing head of a 6” diameter. It features a vertical push feed with a stop screw and an adjustable depth of the tooth crank. Prior to Samelius’ use of these materials, they were used by John Proctor, a protégé of famous Danish chronometer maker Jules Jurgensen of Copenhagen, Denmark.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. H. Samelius
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.310448
label: catalog number
content: 310448
label: accession number
content: 114878
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Wheel Cutter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 8 in x 14 in; 22.86 cm x 20.32 cm x 35.56 cm