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surface grinder ID
shipto:
Probably should have taken pictures before I started dismantling this surface grinder but maybe its clear enough for someone to ID it for me? I have searched through lathes.co.uk and found nothing same with internet searches and unfortunatly there are no identifying marks anywhwere on the castings.
I have had to totally rearrange my shop to make a space for this including moving my lathe to the other side (dropping it on the way :doh:) but once it has some new bearings and maybe a new coat of paint it should make a good addition to my shop.
JHovel:
I can't help ID the machine either.
However, it looks a lot like a very old production horizontal milling machine, converted to surface grinder.
The reason I'm concluding this is that I'm in the process of doing just that. I have a Whitney No2 horizontal production mill that I got for that purpose. Like the one in this photos.
It has - like yours - a rack and pinion lever operated x axis, a screw driven Y and z axis. Mine also has a counter-weighted vertical movement of the spindle carrier (unlike yours) which I intend to modify to very fine drive.
I may of course be way off the mark....
shipto:
--- Quote from: JHovel on November 05, 2022, 05:36:22 AM ---I can't help ID the machine either.
However, it looks a lot like a very old production horizontal milling machine, converted to surface grinder.
The reason I'm concluding this is that I'm in the process of doing just that. I have a Whitney No2 horizontal production mill that I got for that purpose. Like the one in this photos.
It has - like yours - a rack and pinion lever operated x axis, a screw driven Y and z axis. Mine also has a counter-weighted vertical movement of the spindle carrier (unlike yours) which I intend to modify to very fine drive.
I may of course be way off the mark....
--- End quote ---
The "Z" axis actually has the screw and a rack and pinion. I am planning to modify the screw as there is no limit on upper action but that will come later.
JHovel:
Have a look for "horizontal milling machine" to see if you can find your machine (castings) there. I suggest sometime in the late 1800 or early 1900s. Many of the construction and casting details point to that era. The castings are very stable from that time and perfectly suited to a surface grinder conversion - which is what I think you have. The lever action axis movements were for production type work in jigs and with preset stops, so unqualified workers could make identical parts without relying on measurements.
JHovel:
This one is closer... http://www.lathes.co.uk/carterhakes/
At the bottom of the page is one on a stand, that looks quite similar to the construction of yours. It's not the same, I know.
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