Ancient_Axeman
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2019
Hello All
I am based in the UK, went into engineering when I left school in 1985 for a couple of years in the Midlands. These days I am doing Treework and have engineering as a hobby to keep my brain working!
A while back I bought a couple of old machines for a cheap price and one of them was an old Capco [UK,Caplin Engineering] surface grinder [1940's-1960's] that had been bodged into a small vertical mill like people sometimes did in the 70's-80's.
There does seem to be a little information about the machines and so farI have not found a single photograph of the model I have which has the Z axis operated from under neath the knee area.
The machine would be perfect for me as its compact size is perfect. The problem I face is I have no drawings or photos of the spindle which is missing from the machine. From what I can gather it was one of the models that used to have a grinding wheel at the front and a tool steel cut off disc at the rear.
The old bearing seats both seem to face the rear so I am guessing that it wont take taper roller bearings. Having very little personal experience with surface grinder spindles and bearings would anyone have access to an alternative like the old hand operated Eagle, Superior or Herbert surface grinders who might possibly be able to take some photos or measurements for me to be able to get one made up?
Please feel free to let me know what you think, even if you have an idea in mind.
Thankyou in advance!
I am based in the UK, went into engineering when I left school in 1985 for a couple of years in the Midlands. These days I am doing Treework and have engineering as a hobby to keep my brain working!
A while back I bought a couple of old machines for a cheap price and one of them was an old Capco [UK,Caplin Engineering] surface grinder [1940's-1960's] that had been bodged into a small vertical mill like people sometimes did in the 70's-80's.
There does seem to be a little information about the machines and so farI have not found a single photograph of the model I have which has the Z axis operated from under neath the knee area.
The machine would be perfect for me as its compact size is perfect. The problem I face is I have no drawings or photos of the spindle which is missing from the machine. From what I can gather it was one of the models that used to have a grinding wheel at the front and a tool steel cut off disc at the rear.
The old bearing seats both seem to face the rear so I am guessing that it wont take taper roller bearings. Having very little personal experience with surface grinder spindles and bearings would anyone have access to an alternative like the old hand operated Eagle, Superior or Herbert surface grinders who might possibly be able to take some photos or measurements for me to be able to get one made up?
Please feel free to let me know what you think, even if you have an idea in mind.
Thankyou in advance!