Information is mounting that the Ateliers Jaspar(Joseph Jaspar), Socit Anonyme, Liege, of Albert Jaspar was instrumental in the early Belgian milling machines and borers, possibly prior to the purchase of Pratt & Whitney machines and for sure cheaper seeing a Jaspar model for external turning was say 1200 Francs while the P&W was 5000 Francs. Albert Jaspar more than likely was about the source for machines tools in Liege. One of his staples was a 3 tube boring machine, which looks to have utilized a carriage where the tubes were fixed and then engaged into the square head borer. I don't know if this machine made it to Italy or if it was the means by which the early tubes were made & sold to the Italian makers. An image would prove educational I'm sure.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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