Andrewp100
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- Apr 6, 2020
Hi everybody.
New to this forum so thanks for adding me.
I have an old milling machine,that was originally from the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in NSW Australia. It is the horizontal type but has lots of attachments, such as a geared drive vertical head and a belt drive high speed head and a slotter/shaper attachment. I am trying to find out what sort of taper it would have in its vertical heads as I have nothing that goes in there. The taper looks similar to an R8 but much smaller. The machine has only a plate which reads Property of Ministry of Munitions C of A so that places it about the early 1940s. I had heard that these were made at the small arms factory but have no real information about this.
The smaller head taper cylindrical part is about 17.5 mm and the opening (big end of the tapered bit) is about 21.5 mm.
The other head has about 20.7 mm cylindrical part and about 27.2 opening. sorry I can't be more exact yet but will try to measure more accurately.
Does anyone know of where I might find a listing of old obscure standards for things like this or would they have been made specifically for this machine?
The listings of sizes I have found doesn't seem to yield any matches.
Alternately, does anyone know of a group of enthusiasts that collect these machines or information about them?
Thanks again
Andrew
New to this forum so thanks for adding me.
I have an old milling machine,that was originally from the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in NSW Australia. It is the horizontal type but has lots of attachments, such as a geared drive vertical head and a belt drive high speed head and a slotter/shaper attachment. I am trying to find out what sort of taper it would have in its vertical heads as I have nothing that goes in there. The taper looks similar to an R8 but much smaller. The machine has only a plate which reads Property of Ministry of Munitions C of A so that places it about the early 1940s. I had heard that these were made at the small arms factory but have no real information about this.
The smaller head taper cylindrical part is about 17.5 mm and the opening (big end of the tapered bit) is about 21.5 mm.
The other head has about 20.7 mm cylindrical part and about 27.2 opening. sorry I can't be more exact yet but will try to measure more accurately.
Does anyone know of where I might find a listing of old obscure standards for things like this or would they have been made specifically for this machine?
The listings of sizes I have found doesn't seem to yield any matches.
Alternately, does anyone know of a group of enthusiasts that collect these machines or information about them?
Thanks again
Andrew
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