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W.f. & John Barnes Co. Specialized Auto Production Machinery Catalog - Original

US $40.00

Mebane, North Carolina, United States
Jan 30th

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Performance by W.F. & John Barnes Co., (a Catalogue of specialized High Production Drilling and Boring machines), originally published by W.F. & John Barnes Co., Rockford, IL. Not dated, probably 1940s or 1950s. 8 1/2 x 11 paperback, 23 pages. This ORIGINAL industrial machine tool catalog is in excellent condition. The pages are clean and the original staples are intact. The front cover is slightly soiled, and there is a small index sticker affixed to top left corner. Sometime after the end of the U.S. Civil War, young John Barnes bought a threshing machine, left his home in central New York state, and began working his way from farm to farm, moving ever westward in search of profit and a place to call his own. Just when he reached the area of northern Illinois around Rockford, is uncertain, but here Barnes and found employment with Emerson Talcott and Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery, based on his previous experience as a model maker. The tediousness of carving wooden models by hand soon led Barnes to develop a foot-power woodworking scroll saw. The interest attracted by the vastly increased productivity made possible by his machine quickly convinced John Barnes to devote full time to manufacturing these foot-power tools. He soon brought his two brothers, W. F. and B. Frank, from the east, and in 1869, Barnes incorporated the business in Rockford. as W. F. and John Barnes Co. The Barnes foot-powered scroll saw quickly found favor in the building industry for turning out intricate ornaments for cornices, ornate balustrades for stairways, and other rococo decorations. While increasing production of their scroll saw, the Barnes brothers recognized the need in their own shop for other power tools - a circular saw, a foot-power wood lathe, a foot-power former and mortiser. Almost as soon as each new machine was designed, built, and put to use in the Barnes manufactory, wider commercial interest was soon generated , and so these new tools were added to the gradually expanding Barnes line for sale to other manufacturers. By the early 1880s, the Barnes brothers had also begin developing metal-working machinery, including an open-frame single-spindle drill press, a horizontal radial drill, and an adjustable screw press. Originally intended for use in their own factory, before long the tools were being also being sold to outside customers. Over a period of years, more than 70,000 drill presses were furnished to various industries. Among the early customers was Henry Ford, who ordered a Barnes drill press in 1881 for his experimental shop. In the 1920s and 1930s, the focus of the Barnes enterprise gradually shifted to its metal-working machinery, including the development – again, for their own use – of a machine which milled, drilled, tapped and faced, much like a special production machine of today. This machine was among the very first multiple operation machine tools in the world. One result was an order from the Ford Motor Company received in 1934 for what can be considered one of the first automatic progress-through or transfer type machines in major assembly line manufacturing operations. The machine was for diamond-boring cylinders in the Ford motor block to extremely close tolerances. By 1937, the focus of the Barnes company had completely shifted to automotive assembly machinery, and their production of foot-powered machinery had ceased. After World War Two, the company underwent a series of ownership changes, with the latest being the 1998 purchase by LeBlond Ltd. of Amelia, OH. The machines and accessories pictured and described are: No. 925 Vertical Boring and Reaming Machine No. 430 Special Radiator Section Drilling Machine No. 450 Horizontal Duplex Boring Machine No. 720 3-Way Horizontal Drilling Machine No. 720 4-Way Horizontal Drilling Machine No. 430 Screw Feed Single Head Drilling, Boring, and Tapping Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Heavy-Duty Drilling and Reaming Machine No. 630 Rotary Table Horizontal Crank-Case Boring Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Cylinder-Block and Crank-Case Boring Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Axle Boring Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Axle Drilling Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Cross Boring and Tapping Machine - Screw Feed No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Drilling and Boring Machine - Oilgear Feed No. 720 4-Way Horizontal Hollow Milling and Centering Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Long-Hole Drilling Machine No. 430 Horizontal Duplex Crank-Shaft Drilling Machine No. 925 Vertical Oilgear Feed Drilling Machine The two middle pages carry eight small photos of inside views of Barnes’ offices, design department, and manufacturing facilities. Especially interesting is that this catalog provides a picture of a sample part made on each machine.

Condition	Used : An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Seller Notes	“This ORIGINAL industrial machine tool catalog is in excellent condition. The pages are clean and the original staples are intact. The front cover is slightly soiled, and there is a small index sticker affixed to top left corner.”