[modeleng] Re: identity????
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:07:58 -0700 (PDT)
WELESCO?
Al Messer
--- alan stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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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