Counter Shaft and Belt Shifter
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Since early machine tools were not individually powered, many machine shops were run from a single source. The single power source would power the main line, and by connecting counter shafts to the main line with flat leather belts, and the belts to individual machines, shops provided power for multiple machines from a single source.
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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: MC.317969
label: catalog number
content: 317969
label: accession number
content: 228785
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shafting, line
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 in x 1 in; x 106.68 cm x 2.54 cm
label: Measurements
content: shifter: 2 7/8 in; x 7.2644 cm
label: Measurements
content: cone pulley- step 1: 7 3/8 in; x 18.796 cm
label: Measurements
content: cone pulley- step 2: 9 5/16 in; x 23.622 cm
label: Measurements
content: cone pulley- step 3: 11 5/16 in; x 28.7782 cm