Gear's illustrated catalogue of wood and iron working machinery (1872)
A.S. Gear, Gear, A. S · Boston : Printed at A.S. Gear's printing office, 62 Sudbury Street · leaf 56
ne it, stops. It does the work on both sides at once, at the rate of sixty mortises per minute. Thebit or burr that does the work is a very simple and cheap affair, not liable to be broken, and costs but ten cents.This machine is wholly of iron and steel, thoroughly built, easily set up and put in… … This machine drives the wiresor staples into either or both theslats and rods, witliout the necessi-ty of marking or pricking either,and drives the wire accurately inthe centre, or at any angle, as maybe required, in each lath or slat. Itspaces the rod and drives the wiresany given distance apart,…
