[modeleng] Re: My personal definition of "hopeful"t in original condition cos missing bracing bars adn swtichgear
- From: Terry Lane <tel.47@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:24:02 +1000
'Super Optimist' might be a better definition! Considerably smaller than
my P&W, for which I paid $300.
On 6/06/2012 8:48 AM, Chris Crosskey wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=221016989554
>
> That's the basic version of the #1 Simplimill...a WW2 era production
> horizontal mill... not in original condition as missing the bracing bars (cos
> of the lever feeds being a tad brutal) as well as te speed changegears (which
> are internally splined).... that's the original 3HP 3-phase motor fitted
> BTW.... I've got the next model up which had handwheels and power feeds as
> well as an optional vertical head.... he appears to have misplaced the
> decimal point... I paid 50 quid for mine...... If anyone's close it might be
> fun to look at it and ask him to demonstrate the 19rpm bottom speed he
> claims... that's the changegear needed for low speed (and high speed, the
> three sets produce six speeds between them) ... bottom speed on that one is
> 224.... so it's the alloy processor, the low speed model was 50-500 and
> generally spent its life cutting gears....
>
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