High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

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Aveling & Porter Road Roller at Ford Junction Aerodrome, Sussex England. October 22, 1918.

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Mesta Machine Company lathe.

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Now that's a tool post grinder...

There are so many awesome things about that machine it is difficult to choose where to even begin...

I wish there was someone standing close to it for some idea of scale.

Flat belt drive. Somewhere above this is a large power shaft.

I like the pit afterthought for the larger threading change gears.

I wonder where it is now??? thats truly awesome. I want it in my tool shed!!!

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Flat belt drive. Somewhere above this is a large power shaft.

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tin roofing dies?

I was thinking Coragated Roofing dies as well. I'm not positive though. The size of the dies makes me wonder about something heavier. The next "Lathe" behind shows a new one in begining machining stage. I marvel at the process compared to today's machines.