Timothy Jones
Plastic
- Joined
- May 11, 2007
- Location
- Central Massachusetts
This grinder is serial no. 2624, so I'm guessing 1910 - 1920ish vintage. It was a line shaft machine that somebody did a very credible job of converting to motor drive. The motor mount fabrications are flame cut, but very well done, with beveled edges and rounded corners. The welding is also very neat. There are 3 motors - one each for the wheel, the workhead, and the table. The workhead motor is variable speed DC. The pump is intact but not driven.
The machine came from an optical factory in North Brookfield, MA that did important and unique work - especially during world war 2 (think 36 inch diameter optical flats, custom lenses and mirrors of all sizes).
I have two of these machines and only want one. So my plan was to scrap this one. To that end, I began to take it apart to save a few things. Once I got into it, however, I began to feel that the machine was halfway decent and maybe it was a shame to just throw it out. So instead, I cleaned it, fixed a few things (it still has a few minor issues) and put it back together. The end result is that it is still cluttering up my shop. Mission failure!
If anyone would like it, it is located in central Massachusetts and its free.
The machine came from an optical factory in North Brookfield, MA that did important and unique work - especially during world war 2 (think 36 inch diameter optical flats, custom lenses and mirrors of all sizes).
I have two of these machines and only want one. So my plan was to scrap this one. To that end, I began to take it apart to save a few things. Once I got into it, however, I began to feel that the machine was halfway decent and maybe it was a shame to just throw it out. So instead, I cleaned it, fixed a few things (it still has a few minor issues) and put it back together. The end result is that it is still cluttering up my shop. Mission failure!
If anyone would like it, it is located in central Massachusetts and its free.