Crank grinder and unknown lathe.

[decca]

Had to deliver some boards to a customer yesturday and he said "l wont be there but i'll leave the gate open, just leave them beside the old lathe".

This is what i found standing in his back yard, had to take some photos.

Plus a few other bits.

The Prince crankshaft grinder and the surface grinder are the same as ones i used to work on when i was younger. Im pretty sure they are the exact machines. I cant wait for him to come back into the shop to see if he knows their history.

 

[Pete.]

Lathe is a CVA. UK version of my 10ee. Lovely machine, crying shame to have it out in the elements. I think the last pic is a cylinder head surfacing machine.

 

[ronan]

Its a real shame to see good engineering equipment lying out in the elements like that. Needs to be covered up or sold to someone who would use it.

 

[decca]

I dont know if he is a dealer or scrap man but it is tragic.

 

[God mode restorations]

Some nice goodies there. I like the lathe

 

[pressbrake1]

I need his address so I can go and hound him!!

A few years a engine builder on same industrial estate as me chucked a prince grinder, segmental stone head grinder and other tooling in the skip.

He wouldnt sell to me as he didnt want me doing it

 

[8ob]

I need his address so I can go and hound him!!

Was thinking the same , I would like the engine block deck grinder and the parts washer. That old cylinder head grinder is very similar to my Planitor, a very useful tool.

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Bob

 

[God mode restorations]

I just want everything

 

[pressbrake1]

I just want everything

We know

 

[decca]

The Prince is missing the motor and coolant tank off the rear. Apart from that i think its complete.

 

[God mode restorations]

We know

Am going to be on it next year definitely.

 

[Rig Pig]

It's heartbreaking to see machines destroyed like that.

 

[pressbrake1]

It's heartbreaking to see machines destroyed like that.

It shows the state of the country, both in industry and mindset unfortunately.
It seems like that song line 'its cool to no nuffin' is becoming true with the snowflakes

 

[slim_boy_fat]

If those were children, someone would have contacted Social Services by now.

 

[ronan]

It shows the state of the country, both in industry and mindset unfortunately.
It seems like that song line 'its cool to no nuffin' is becoming true with the snowflakes

Absolutely.

 

[Rig Pig]

Daft letting them go like that, they could have sold for reasonable money.

 

[Rannsachair]

Lathe looks like an American Monarch 10EE, a real thing of beauty.

 

[Pete.]

Lathe looks like an American Monarch 10EE, a real thing of beauty.

It's definitely a CVA - a copy of the 10EE built in the UK under license. The give-away is the handwheel which is the speed adjuster for the sundstrand hydraulic drive. The very earliest 10EE's had that same drive but this isn't one of them. Another tell-tale is the metric threading plate because the CVA commonly came with those change-gears. The only odd thing is that it's a 20" model where the CVA often came at 30" - a length which is rare for the 10ee.

EDIT: Just spotted that it has CVA cast into the base.

 

[Rannsachair]

It's definitely a CVA - a copy of the 10EE built in the UK under license. The give-away is the handwheel which is the speed adjuster for the sundstrand hydraulic drive. The very earliest 10EE's had that same drive but this isn't one of them. Another tell-tale is the metric threading plate because the CVA commonly came with those change-gears. The only odd thing is that it's a 20" model where the CVA often came at 30" - a length which is rare for the 10ee.

EDIT: Just spotted that it has CVA cast into the base.

Thanks - I had seen a Monarch in the US some time ago, so made the assumption.

 

[pressbrake1]

It's definitely a CVA - a copy of the 10EE built in the UK under license. The give-away is the handwheel which is the speed adjuster for the sundstrand hydraulic drive. The very earliest 10EE's had that same drive but this isn't one of them. Another tell-tale is the metric threading plate because the CVA commonly came with those change-gears. The only odd thing is that it's a 20" model where the CVA often came at 30" - a length which is rare for the 10ee.

EDIT: Just spotted that it has CVA cast into the base.

I believe cva were american owned(kearney and trecker) by this point
Holbrook and hendey could almost be brothers