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Patent Wheel-Tenoning and Cutting-Off Machine.

With Adjustable Taper Cups for Varying Diameter of Wheels, Adjustable Cutter-Head,

Automatic Spoke-Holder, etc.

This machine is for cutting off to exact length the felloe end of the spokesafter they are driven into the hub, and forming the round tenon, ready for thefelloe, so the wheels when finished will be perfect in diameter. Its capacity isfrom one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty sets wheels per day, ac-cording to size. It will cut tenons on light or heavy wheels of any length upto 6 ", and from 34 " to 1 %" diameter.

The machine is built on a heavy column form with broad base. The arboris 1 / 5 " diameter, lead-ground, and carefully fitted to a sleeve, with long bearings,which carries the pulley for driving it. The wheel is held by the hub betweentaper cups carried on parallel rods moved by screws and angle gearing, in bear-ings on the column. They will receive wheels from 20" up to 7'. The rods aresimultaneously adjustable to suit the height of wheel by a hand-wheel.

The cutter-head is adjustable, and provided with a concave saw for equal-izing the spokes; also adjustable cutters Set upon angle, securing a shear cuttingedge, that can be quickly changed to suit different-sized tenons. The wheel isplaced in the cup-holders, and revolved over the saw, which cuts off the spoketo the proper length.

It is then instantly grasped by geared clamps operated by a foot-lever thatcenters the spoke and presents it to the center of the cutter-head, which is thenmoved forward by a lever against a stop which governs the length, when thetenon is completed. The levers are all convenient to the operator, who has bothhands free to move forward the cutter-liead and revolve the wheel.

The countershaft has tight and loose pulleys 8"x4^", and should make 900revolutions per minute.