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Early 1900s Manufactoring
Companies such as Niles Tool Works, John Steptoe & Co., Lodge & Shipley, and G. A. Gray were already producing lathes, screw-cutting lathes, boring and turning mills, shapers, gear-cutting machines, and more for the well-established bicycle, sewing machine, typewriter, railroad, and armament industries. -
Taft-Pierce Mfg
Suburban Tool, founded 1903 -
Ford Motor Co.
In 1903, Ford Motor Co. was founded, and machining support for the new company came from the Dodge Brothers. -
Kitty Hawk
Wilbur and Orville lift off at Kitty Hawk (1903). -
Engine power
On Dec. 17, 1903, however, the company began serving another industry — aviation. It was on that date that Wilbur and Orville Wright lifted off at Kitty Hawk, and the engine powering their heavier-than-air machine operated with components made of Carpenter steels. -
All around machines
n 1904, Eiichi Okuma also did government work. His company, which at the time was manufacturing noodlemaking machines, received orders from the Japanese army for lathes and slotting machines. -
The twins
This was a great honor for the company, which was founded in 1906 by twin brothers John and Miles O'Brien. The twins had a unique way of doing business. They often filled in for each other at business meetings and took turns presiding as president of the company. -
carpenter machine
South Bend Lathe; founded 1906 -
Dodge Brothers
The brothers were to receive $10,000 worth of Ford stock in exchange for manufacturing 650 chassis. Technically, the Dodge Brothers could be considered the first first-tier automotive supplier, and quickly other manufacturers followed suit. -
Machine
Bruce Frank Barnes of Rockford, Ill., founded the company in 1907 and conceived the idea of using gears for speeds and feeds. It was the first all-geared, self-oiled drilling machine. -
Landis Tool Works
From 1904 to 1908, Landis Tool Works served fledgling automakers including Peerless Motors, Buick Motors, Reo, Studebaker, Packard, Cadillac, and American Motors. -
Landis Tool Works
From 1904 to 1908, Landis Tool Works served fledgling automakers including Peerless Motors, Buick Motors, Reo, Studebaker, Packard, Cadillac, and American Motors. -
The Landin Tools Works
From 1904 to 1908, Landis Tool Works served fledgling automakers including Peerless Motors, Buick Motors, Reo, Studebaker, Packard, Cadillac, and American Motors. -
The twins work
To pump out all this work, the two Landis brothers, who founded the company, extended grinding wheel life using a simple garden hose. They determined that aiming the water flow from the hose at where wheel and workpiece made contact dramatically reduced wheel wear. -
Machinist
In 1908, machinists cut axles, gears, crankshafts, and other parts from Carpenter auto steels for the Locomobile Racer, Old 16. This "high-performance" model traveled 257 miles at an average speed of 65.5 mph to capture the Vanderbilt Cup. -
Planes and Automobiles
Automobiles and planes were considered cutting edge in the early 1900s, but one might also consider the work of John F. Queeny a little ahead of the time. Queeny, a 42-year-old high school dropout, borrowed $5,000 in 1901 and built a chemical plant on the shores of the Mississippi river in St. Louis. -
The early 20th century
In short order, machines went from being belt-driven to electrically powered. This cleared the clutter of overhead belt-and-pulley systems, but more importantly, these machines now had all-geared, constant-speed drives from independent electric motors.
