. Railway mechanical engineer . es FOX SENSITIVE MULTIPLE DRILL A small, inexpensive, sensitive multiple spindle drillingmachine to be used for light drilling, counter sinking, etc.,has been placed upon the market by the Fox Machine Com-pany, Jackson, Mich. It is of simple construction and wasbrought out to fill the urgent need for a machine that couldtake care of the multitude of light jol^s of drilling, countersinking, etc., for which the heavier multiple drills are notwell adapted. The machine as regularly built is shown in the illustration,but if it is desired to be used as a bench machine
. Railway mechanical engineer . es FOX SENSITIVE MULTIPLE DRILL A small, inexpensive, sensitive multiple spindle drillingmachine to be used for light drilling, counter sinking, etc.,has been placed upon the market by the Fox Machine Com-pany, Jackson, Mich. It is of simple construction and wasbrought out to fill the urgent need for a machine that couldtake care of the multitude of light jol^s of drilling, countersinking, etc., for which the heavier multiple drills are notwell adapted. The machine as regularly built is shown in the illustration,but if it is desired to be used as a bench machine, the basecan be mounted on a thin base plate. The coliunn and baseare of box construction, with the table cast separate, so thatvarious size tables or special fixtures can be placed on thebase. The table has a wide oil flange and an oil drain pocket,with T-slots in the flange to receive clamping bolts securingjig stops to the table. Hyatt roller bearings are used uponthe idler pulleys and the drive pulley on the vertical shaft. Fox Sensitive Multiple Drill runs in bronze bushed bearings, end thrusts being taken uphy ball bearings. The machines are designed to take drills up to J/2-in. indiameter and are furnished with either 9-in. or 12-in. roimdheads which can be equipped with from two to ten spindlesone-in. in diameter or from two to sixteen spindles -)4-in. indiameter. All pinions have double bearings turned integralwith the pinions and the gears run in an oil bath. The adjusting arm is of a new type which permits the ad-justment to be made very quickly and holds the bearingsecurely to the arm. The universal joints are of the Fox
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