======#T=====Vintage Rare MACHINE SIGNED : WM RUNDQUIST ELGIN ILLINOIS PAT. AP'D FOR--- I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR CUTTING A JEWEL SETTING. THE RECESS AROUND A JEWEL OR SOME TYPE OF JEWELING CUTTER MACHINE 1880s. WILLIAM RUNDQUIST HAD MANY PATENTS AND THE ONES BELOW SHOW UP ON GOOGL EASILY BUT THIS ONE DID NOT SHOW UP. A SEARCH OF THE PATENT OFFICE ITSELF MIGHT TURN SOMETHING UP.
THE MACHINE IS BLACK WITH GOLD LINES LIKE THE EARLY IRON PRE 1900s tools AND STANDS 7 1/2 INCHES TALL AND THE BASE IS 2 7/8 INCHES. THE BRASS TABLE WITH THE THREADED HOLES ADJUSTS. THE IRON TWO FINGERED ARM REMOVES WITH THE BRASS SCREW ON TOP AND MOVES FROM HOLE TO HOLE, LIKELY FOR POSITIONING TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF A WATCH OR SMALL CLOCK PLATE TO HOLD STEADY-- WHILE THE DRILL OR JEWEL SETTING CUTTER DOES ITS WORK. WILLIAM RUNDQUIST HAD A PATENT FOR A JEWEL SETTING TOOL AND THE CUTTER PIECE LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THIS BUT THE MACHINE WAS MUCH MORE LARGE AND MORE RODS. BUT I AM NOT SURE JUST WHAT THIS IS AND THESE ARE MY GUESSES FROM MR GOOGL SEARCHES. SOLD AS SHOWN AS IS FOR A RARE TYPE OF EARLY AMERICAN PATEN MACHINE.
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WILLIAM RUNDQUIST,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, in the
county of Kane and State of Illinois, ... (No Model.) 4. Sheets-Sheet 2.
- W. RUNDQUIST.
JEWEL SETTING MACHINE,
No, 500,954, Patented July 4, 1893.