Thread: Model Engineers and Surgical Tool Makers Workshop

Dale thanks for sharing these pics an enviously great workshop.

Originally Posted by Anorak Bob

Dale,

They made a range of manual mills from the tiny 11 to the not so tiny 53. They all offered a degree of flexibility not found in more conventional mills. Here's a link to a guiltily unfinished project that might illustrate some of that flexibility - https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...30#post1314230 The thread wanders somewhat.

BT

Bob, You have the universal table with yours I don't know if there is one for this mill. How would you compare the SV12 against a Deckel FP1?


Why is the chinese looking motor placed where it is? I thought they were fitted in the cast iron base?


Yes that would be a little 70 lathe, which is a fairly small and basic lathe. I guess that is why he also had the shipley.
Pity it doesn't have interchangeability like the 102.



You can get an impression of scale of the little drill from this.
George's Workshop 060.JPGGeorge's Workshop 048.JPG

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

I had 2 of the Amta turret lathes with the feeder tubes, when I had my business, bought as a job lot. fantastic machines.
Kryn

What sort of work were you doing on them??

wheelinround

Dale thanks for sharing these pics an enviously great workshop.

Yeah I'd like to stick the whole thing on the back of my bike and take it home. I think Richard will sell it all off eventually, so good to see it while it is intact.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

Bob, You have the universal table with yours I don't know if there is one for this mill. How would you compare the SV12 against a Deckel FP1?


Why is the chinese looking motor placed where it is? I thought they were fitted in the cast iron base?


Yes that would be a little 70 lathe, which is a fairly small and basic lathe. I guess that is why he also had the shipley.
Pity it doesn't have interchangeability like the 102.



You can get an impression of scale of the little drill from this.

No comparison Dale, the Deckel wins hands down. Have a look at some of Glen " BrianLara" 's posts in the Gunsmithing Forum. Glen has a Riken, the Japanese copy of an FP1. Glen is an artist.

Schaublin did supply a universal table for the 12, could be one hidden in the workshop. No idea about the motor or vertical head. They were originally side belt driven from the base mounted motor like an F3 Aciera and talking about Acieras, their miniature F1 offered some interchangeability with the 70.

Bob.

The Brierley is a drill sharpener, an exellent machine, seems to be in keeping with every thing else that's in George's workshop

Very interesting even though I dont know what a lot of them are used for.

Originally Posted by DSEL74

What sort of work were you doing on them??.

I didn't use them a great deal, from memory there were 2 of them, a large fly press and some other stuff the lot was about $1500. I was making LPG tank holding bracket bits with one of them 12 mm bar and a couple of circlip grooves. The previous owner did carburettor overhaul kits on them.
Kryn

I went out and had a look today, wow!

There are more photos here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/organi...57648642619513

There is a Waldown High Speed Sensitive drill press Model H, loveley machine and I really like the Waldown Radial Pillar drill with cross slide tables.

The Schaublin Mill doesn't have a universal table from what I could see unfortunately and seems to have the least accessories, there was a second table? slightly wider hanging on the side but I couldn't get a good look at it. Also I couldn't find a number in the casting for a model.

The small metal bandsaw has a Mc Pherson's badge but I again couldn't get at it to see if it had any other name in the casting.

The Press is a Australian Atlas.


The Schaublin lathe has 8 Draws of accessories

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130080...h/15987344764/