Unknown tapping head

[532r5]

Posted this on garage sale thread. It was in a pail of various hardware I got for 5 dollars. No markings on except for #70. Seems to work fine, just needs a chuck to hold the tap. I looked on Google can't find anything resembling it. Figured if anyone would know anything about it this would be the place to ask.

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[bonneyman]

Could it be a one-off tool somebody made for a special need at their job? Has that homemade look to it.

 

[Shiftless]

Could it be a one-off tool somebody made for a special need at their job? Has that homemade look to it.

I doubt that it is home made. The Morse taper looks pretty standard.
If a machinist made that tool from scratch I’d be extremely impressed.
The internals of a tapping head are not simple.

 

[532r5]

Thanks for the replies. Definitely not homemade. Machining of the gears is too nice. Cleaned the chuck up and found this.

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[RTM]

Looks like a circa 1920 company, couple of images of magazine pages with their name.

https://www.google.com/search?q=bic...hWSMX0KHS95CkIQ_AUoBnoECAIQBg&biw=768&bih=905

 

[532r5]

Thanks RTM. Right on the money.

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