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| Stilldrillin:
Nicely done VT! :clap: :clap: For many years, I worked an Archdale universal mill. (Made in 1935, I believe). The Archdale dividing head was very similar to yours. Often used to mill spirals. It was blummin heavy! :bugeye: Took 3 of us to lift it, as we had no crane........ :palm: David D |
| vtsteam:
Thanks guys! :beer: Dsquire I have a feeling I won't be using it to its full capacity on my mill drill! Amazing though what it was expected to do. I always thought of dividing heads as somewhat delicate. Driving a spindle is heavy work. StillDrillin, do you have any pics of your old mill? I've been re reading my old Gingery book on building a dividing head -- I think I will use it as a model for making the indexing pin, sector arms and fraction plates for the Kempsmith. The plates on the Gingery head were 5-3/4" -- just about right for this one, I figure. Plates can't be too big or they will interfere with clearance to the mill head when in certain positions. I figure about half the swing capacity of the dividing head -- so in this case that would be right. Since Gingery has detailed out all of th other parts, it should be a fairly easy adaptation. |
| slowcoach:
Nicely done :clap: I've got an old Archdale vertical 18" mil, its built like a brick S%£t house. It's a brute of a machine but it does a fantastic job of removing metal :thumbup: Rob :thumbup:l |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on May 08, 2013, 10:37:15 PM --- StillDrillin, do you have any pics of your old mill? --- End quote --- VT. No pics of the actual machine. It moved on, 35 years ago! Can't find any similar pics, either. :scratch: Third one, and 7th one down this page show the ancestry.... http://www.lathes.co.uk/archdale/ "Mine" was larger. With the motor on top, driving through flat belt, to the rear mounted clutch. A universal machine, also with vertical head, which mounted on the column, not on the beams. The twin beams were forehead height. I had to reach high for the clutch levers. Top gear was 500rpm...... David D |
| vtsteam:
Photos restored to thread after Photobucket broke links. |
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