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Iron tube screwer

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Does anyone have any idea what this was, my gggrandfather had this down as his occupation.
 
In the dictinary of occupational terms it states

Tube Screwer

Machines screw-threads on to tubes under eight inches in diameter.
 
I wonder if they all used some sort of lathe or whether some struggled with the old stock and die - whatever, it's an interesting thread.
 
If it was under 8 inches, I would imagine it would be done with stocks and dies, killer on the wrists. :(
 
Would this be related to what my Grandmother did as an occupation??

She had Screw Turner as her occupation - I am just sort of wondering where she would have worked around Aston and what her job involved. Whether it is more to do with screw making than tubes perhaps?
 
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