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HOW TO OBTAIN SUCH A BORING MACHINE. 



356. If you go to the machine shop and order such a machine, 



it will cost not less than about 

 $20. I have cuts of patent bor 

 ing machines which cost from $30 

 to $50. But farmers do not wish 

 to pay $30 or $40 for a ma 

 chine which can be afforded for six 

 or seven dollars, which will sub 

 serve every good purpose, and last 

 a whole life-time. It is all folly to 

 pay mechanics an extortionate price 

 for turning, filing and polishing a 

 piece of isoarse work, which will 

 not add in the least to the dura 

 bility or efficiency of a machine. 



357. In the first place, if you 

 are not mechanic enough to make 

 the frame, employ a good joiner 

 by the day, who will be able, if he 

 can perform a faithful day's work, 

 to make all the wood-work in a 

 day and a half. 



358. Next, write Wales French, 

 68 Beekman street, New York 

 city, or to Westville, Conn., and 

 procure a patent extension-lip bit, 

 which is represented by Fig. 123, 

 with which holes of any size larger 

 than two inches may be bored with 

 one bit. A is the adjustable ex 

 tension cutter, which is adjusted 

 in the mortise of the main part of 

 the shank b by a set screw or 

 key. Two spur cutters c c cut 

 the shaving or chips, making a 



FIG. 123. 



BORING MACHINE. 



