Bliss-Baldwin Lathe
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metalworking lathe was built in New Ipswich, New Hampshire in the 1820s. The lathe is remarkable because of its unusual gearing arrangement. In typical lathe construction the gearing is located near the lathe’s drive pulleys, this lathe’s gears are at floor level. Such a variation in gear placement suggests that the builder of this lathe was influenced by similarly designed textile machines of the period. The bed length on this lathe is 45.5 inches, and it has 10 inches of swing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Machine Shop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0637.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0637
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0637.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine tool, metalworking, lathe
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: cutting tool: 48 in x 12 in x 7/16 in; 121.92 cm x 30.48 cm x 1.10998 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 45 in x 60 in x 21 in; 114.3 cm x 152.4 cm x 53.34 cm
label: Measurements
content: cutting tool: 1 in x 7/16 in x 4 in; 2.54 cm x 1.11125 cm x 10.16 cm