[modeleng] Re: identity????

It is a shame when such relics cannot be preserved.

As for the model, if you do find anything, I would be interested to learn 
more about it.
The castings have no markings, apart from a couple of casting numbers, and 
the threads are BA.

Alan
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From: <john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:21 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: identity????


Alan Hi,
I went to look at a lathe two years ago in a workshop in the Hockley part of 
Birmingham, when i went in the whole of the workshop was like walking back 
to the twenties or before,the lot of machine tools were overhead belt driven 
which included Lathe,Mill,Drill,grinder,and a couple of drop presses all 
driven from the end of the workshop by a large electric motor the current 
owner who wanted to sell the lot said that his father and uncle had owned 
the bisiness for sixty years which did stampings and badges for the Jewelry 
industry in and around Birmingham.
There was a line of about fifteen flypresses and lots of very well made 
tooling finished to a very high standard all he wanted to do was to get rid 
of it so he could  convert the shop in to flats(what a waste)He had tried 
many museums but none of them were interested.
As for the model some where i have an old catalogue of my father with a 
simalar model with line shafting.
yours for now
John Burridge   Holidaying in Australia




> Message Received: Aug 23 2006, 04:55 AM
> From: "alan stepney"
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
> Subject: [modeleng] identity????
>
> A friend has inherited this board containing a lineshaft and assorted 
> model
> machinery.
> Obviously (??) it would have been driven by a steam engine at some time.
>
> (General layout)
> http://www.alanstepney.info/x0009.jpg
>
> (individual items)
> http://www.alanstepney.info/x0007.jpg
> http://www.alanstepney.info/x0005.jpg
> http://www.alanstepney.info/x0004.jpg
> http://www.alanstepney.info/x0003.jpg
>
> Has anyone any idea of make, and /or value?
>
> I suspect Bowman, but could easily be wrong.
>
> Alan
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