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The complete Ames Chicopee headstock spindle, bearings and backgear assembly

Headstock spindle end with its 13/16" x 12 t.p.i. thread and, usefully, a hole drilled the inner boss that allowed a bar to be inserted and the spindle locked for the removal of fittings

Careful cleaning has revealed the remains of the original colour and pin striping
Note the carriage-drive rack machined directly into the bed instead of being bolted on

Evidence that machining the bed involved the use of a planer - the tool marks are clearly visible

Waste not, want not: inserted bronze pads used to recover a flawed the carriage handwheel

Carriage traverse handwheel cover from the apron that contained a set of reduction gears to give a fine and steady feed to the hand feed (a system that was very unusual at the time when a quick-action, awkward-to-use crank handle would have been expected). The cover, instead of being a simple, prosaic affair was made from a casting of the very finest grain and appeared to have been either gun blued or treated to some contemporary "slow-to-rust" finish.
Note the number stampings to ensure that the "made in the factory" screws went back into the right place

The almost unworn  bronze leadscrew clasp nuts


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Parts - a Photographic Essay
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