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| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Fergus OMore on October 08, 2012, 11:50:40 AM ---Apologies- Ade! See my boring correction. Cheers N --- End quote --- You must have been typing at the same time I was... Hmm - Slot[ting] Mach[ine] Fitt[ing] Shop? Tenuous.... it reminds me of one those Backronyms you see so often these days. PS: If it were a mould, wouldn't it need to split at the widest point to facilitate its removal? |
| andyf:
There is a misplaced "." between "MACH" and "FITT", as if whoever stamped the letters found he hadn't left quite enough room when he got to the end. Accordingly, perhaps it should begin with FITT, and be read as FITT.SHOP.SLOT.MACH. FITT: must be an abbreviation = Fitting, Fitters ? SHOP: probably a full word, rather than an abbreviation. SLOT: might be a full word, but more likely an abbreviation for something like "Slotting" MACH: probably an abbreviation for Machine or Machinery. Not that this adds much illumination. Andy. Andy |
| 90LX_Notch:
A pattern for a gear for the repair of a slotting machine (slotter) that was located in the fitting shop? That explains the lack of a part number and a manufacturer's name. |
| doubleboost:
This item is very intreging It is not a pattern for casting (the angles are all wrong for that) It is held together by a wood screw i will take it apart and report back :drool: :drool: :drool: John |
| Fergus OMore:
John, I was actually going through a routine of checking back history- I was wrong but the principle applies. I assume that your father's friend worked locally ie on the Tyne somewhere. Your Dad would know this. There are still some of us who have 'survived' and still are 'with it' to work it out. For a start, it is going to be a biggish firm to have a separate machine shop for slotters. I was thinking of Vickers intially but thought more of Churchill Gears that were at Blaydon. It sort of ties in with the type face used on wood which I have on some of my stuff from the 40's and 50's. Regards Norman |
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