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...Photo...Archdale Milling Machine...
- Thread starter lathefan
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alskdjfhg
Diamond
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That is certainly an interesting way to tilt the head.
bridgedog
Hot Rolled
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I must be getting blind in my old age. I don't see a single chip or shaving. 
Tyrone Shoelaces
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Good to see the 12" rule in his rule pocket. I never saw one of those tool room type milling machines in the field. Most " Archdale " milling machines were production type machines. They were ok build wise but a bit old fashioned in design and a bit " clunky " to use.
They made very good radial arm drills though.
Regards Tyrone.
They made very good radial arm drills though.
Regards Tyrone.
Limy Sami
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The same pic is on Tony's Lathes UK site http://www.lathes.co.uk/archdale/ and the caption reads ;- Archdale 18" Combined Sliding and Swivelling Head High Speed Vertical Milling Machine - shown in use at the Barnsley works of Beatson, Clark & Co. Ltd. makers of glass bottles. The miller is shown running at 2000 r.p.m. using a 3/32" spherical cutter to mill 60 angular flutes in a glass bottle mound.
Peter S
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That photo appears on the Archdale pages of lathes.co.uk, it comes from a 1952 catalogue.
Here is the explanatory text:
Archdale 18" Combined Sliding and Swivelling Head High Speed Vertical Milling Machine - shown in use at the Barnsley works of Beatson, Clark & Co. Ltd. makers of glass bottles. The miller is shown running at 2000 r.p.m. using a 3/32" spherical cutter to mill 60 angular flutes in a glass bottle mound.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/archdale
Here is a brochure page for a similar machine, I can't recall where this image comes from:
Here is the explanatory text:
Archdale 18" Combined Sliding and Swivelling Head High Speed Vertical Milling Machine - shown in use at the Barnsley works of Beatson, Clark & Co. Ltd. makers of glass bottles. The miller is shown running at 2000 r.p.m. using a 3/32" spherical cutter to mill 60 angular flutes in a glass bottle mound.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/archdale
Here is a brochure page for a similar machine, I can't recall where this image comes from:
Frank R
Stainless
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Can you imagine the time it took to photoshop that image, before there was Photoshop? With no "undo" button either.
Mike C.
Diamond
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"That is certainly an interesting way to tilt the head. "
Bit more rigid than the Bridgeport knuckle, eh?
Bit more rigid than the Bridgeport knuckle, eh?
Limy Sami
Diamond
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True, but that head probably weighs more than an entire Bridgeport
Seriously, when you think how many BPs were made, and the number of clones, then add in the sheer amount of work they've done, they really deserve a better press than they get.
pressbrake1
Stainless
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I hate to admit it due to my big iron fetish, but if I could have only one mill it would be a bridgeport/beaver type machine. Ok some things would take longer but I could do anything I needed. Proof being that nearly every shop has a b'port in the corner!
DocsMachine
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wawoodman
Hot Rolled
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I find it interesting that even in a "modern" shop with that kind of equipment, they still have a belt driven grinder!
Tyrone Shoelaces
Diamond
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I was thinking that but then again it looks just like my trusty 40 year old 12" rule, screwdriver, rust scraper, feeler gauge, straight edge etc.
Blow it up big and you can see the 1" graduations.
Regards Tyrone.
Tyrone Shoelaces
Diamond
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That style of OD grinder is very precise and capable of very fine finishes.
Much used in the gage industry.
Google Crystal Lake OD grinder.
jmm03
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What is the small unit on the top of the mill next to the motor? It looks like a luber of some sort. Jim
Tyrone Shoelaces
Diamond
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That's the sight glass, oil was pumped up to that large glass tube. " Archdale " liked to use a very large sight glasses on all their machines, the radial arm drills had them also at one time. In some ways it's a good idea until some fool hits them with the chains on the overhead crane hook. This one is also combined with a rotary comb type oil filter.
Regards Tyrone.
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