I bought a Thompson Model B surface Grinder last week.
I've ran several surface grinders over the years, but not a Thompson.
Interestingly enough, this one doesn't seem to have a way to move the X Axis manually. Wanted to check with the folks here to see if they would tell me otherwise.
The big hand wheel on the front of the machine moves the grinding wheel head up and down.
The hand wheel up on top of the head moves the grinding wheel in and out (Y Axis)
Just seems odd that there isn't a way to manually move X Axis.
I was surprised when I went to move it out of this machine shop and I went to drain the hydraulic fluid and found out that it had 45 gallons in the reservoir (yikes) It was clean so I kept it.
Thanks,
I've ran several surface grinders over the years, but not a Thompson.
Interestingly enough, this one doesn't seem to have a way to move the X Axis manually. Wanted to check with the folks here to see if they would tell me otherwise.
The big hand wheel on the front of the machine moves the grinding wheel head up and down.
The hand wheel up on top of the head moves the grinding wheel in and out (Y Axis)
Just seems odd that there isn't a way to manually move X Axis.
I was surprised when I went to move it out of this machine shop and I went to drain the hydraulic fluid and found out that it had 45 gallons in the reservoir (yikes) It was clean so I kept it.
Thanks,