billmac
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 17, 2004
- Location
- Lancashire, UK
This is a scan of a photo (one of many) that our museum has acquired. The photos are all related to Hick Hargreaves, a well known Bolton company that I have mentioned in other threads. This caught my eye because it is a high quality photograph of a job set up for facing on a fairly large horizontal borer, I think Richards based on what I can see of the machine name. The Broadheath location certainly fits with this.
The job is possibly a condenser housing or part of it, but I will need to ask one of our voluteers who worked at Hick Hargreaves - they will certainly know for sure.
I particularly like the various methods used to hold down the work on the table. The chain is obvious, but I also see various bracing stays that have been used to keep it rigid.
The job is possibly a condenser housing or part of it, but I will need to ask one of our voluteers who worked at Hick Hargreaves - they will certainly know for sure.
I particularly like the various methods used to hold down the work on the table. The chain is obvious, but I also see various bracing stays that have been used to keep it rigid.