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Old 04-24-2012, 05:42 PM   #10
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Default Re: Dixi Brake Drum Lathe questions

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Originally Posted by Don/WI View Post
The name plate says "DIXIE MACHINE TOOL DIV. OF THENAVEY DRILLING MACHINE CO. CINCINATTI, OHIO" I looked for information on AVEY also with no luck. It seems odd that no one has any info on this Dixie Brake Lathe. Must be rather rare. Don/WI
I looked on the Ohio Secretary of State's site for this Avey Co. and it went out of business through some kind of merger or acquisition back in the mid-50s. I guess the company in Cleveland that it merged with went out of business in 1980. The information is somewhat hard to interpret. Other than trying to track down information via some kind of contemporary mechanic's handbook like Dyke's printed around when your machine was made, I'd say the Dixie Brake Lathe is consigned to the mists of time.
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