Thanks: 0
Likes: 0
Needs Pictures: 0
Picture(s) thanks: 0
Results 1 to 15 of 21
Thread: New Toy For Matty
-
6th February 2012, 07:46 PM #1
New Toy For Matty
What can I say other than this is a genuine barn find.....
The previous owner had made some changes and had been using it as a milling machine...
I think I will be converting it back into a grinder as I already have 2 mills.Warning Disclaimer
-
6th February 2012 07:46 PM # ADSGoogle Adsense Advertisement
- Join Date
- Always
- Location
- Advertising world
- Age
- 2010
- Posts
- Many
-
6th February 2012, 07:54 PM #2Dave J Guest
Nice find, I can never get to look in peoples barn's never mind finding something like that. Don't forget to keep us updated with your progress.
Dave
-
6th February 2012, 07:59 PM #3
Nice!
happy turning
Patrick
-
6th February 2012, 08:09 PM #4
Wow! lucky you.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
-
6th February 2012, 08:10 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Sep 2006
- Location
- Mallacoota,VIC,Australia
- Age
- 53
- Posts
- 656
HI,
A very Good Find. I wonder what Model it is ?.All The Best steran50 Stewart
The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.
-
6th February 2012, 08:21 PM #6
Stuart,
I have been searching Google for info on it so I know how to put it back into a grinder..
According to the previous owner it doubles as a surface grinder as well as a tool grinder.
Thanks all I will def keep you guys posted on progress. At the moment I have just shoved the thing inside the shed door.Warning Disclaimer
-
6th February 2012, 09:02 PM #7.
- Join Date
- Nov 2008
- Location
- Perth WA
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 5,650
Matthew,
I have a 1923 Norton Tool and Cutter Handbook containing illustrations of grinders looking mighty like yours. So you won't be expecting too much, the handbook measures 130 x 180 and some of it's 117 pages are illustrated with typical set ups, cross sections etc etc.
If you think that that you might find a use for it, send me your address via PM or email me via the forum
BTLast edited by Big Shed; 8th February 2012 at 03:27 PM. Reason: Email address removed
-
6th February 2012, 09:02 PM #8Distracted Member
- Join Date
- May 2010
- Location
- Lower Lakes SA
- Age
- 58
- Posts
- 2,557
Made in America, sold in England, modified in Australia. It's better travelled than I am. I know nothing about grinders but it doesn't look abused or rusty. Will look forward to updates.
-
6th February 2012, 09:26 PM #9
Hi Matthew,
Great looking machine, as other's have said, that looks to be in pretty good condition...
I'm not surprised BT has the handbook... nice one Bob.
Regards
Ray
-
6th February 2012, 09:41 PM #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
- Location
- Melbourne
- Age
- 54
- Posts
- 380
Nice find Matthew, I love the lines of those old school grinders and the cast iron base on yours is fantastic.
Looks like it still has a nice selection of the original tooling which is so often missing from old machines that have been adapted for other uses.
It's good to know another old machine tool will not be going to the scrappers.
Cheers,
Greg.
-
6th February 2012, 10:15 PM #11
Very nice find indeed! It looks like a well built tool and cutter grinder - many of which could do surface and cylindrical grinding (as this one seems to have the tooling for).
Hope the interim use as a milling machine hasn't done too much harm.
Joe
-
8th February 2012, 02:20 PM #12SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Location
- Canberra
- Posts
- 816
Nice one Bob on the manual. Re putting your email in the forums though - just keep in mind that spambots can search these threads and pull out email addresses such as the one you have posted, so you might want to edit your post and break up the address with a space or two or you risk an influx of offers for cheap viagra from foreign companies.
-
8th February 2012, 02:33 PM #13.
- Join Date
- Nov 2008
- Location
- Perth WA
- Age
- 71
- Posts
- 5,650
Thanks for that advice Brendan. I blindly included my address as a way of avoiding the continuous need to delete mail from my Private Messages. Too late to edit the post above.
BT
-
8th February 2012, 02:42 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Location
- Canberra
- Posts
- 816
No probs, hopefully you dont get too much rubbish as a result. If you ever see blokes spell out their emails like 'bob at bigpond dot com' this is why they do it.
-
8th February 2012, 03:12 PM #15Dave J Guest
Just contact our mod Bob and he will remove it now it's done it's job and all the spam guys have it, LOL
Dave
Similar Threads
-
Good onya Matty :(
By Gumby in forum NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH WOODWORKReplies: 88Last Post: 13th April 2006, 11:57 PM