Maldon museum of power

[pressbrake1]

They claim that lathe is 1930's. No way I reckon thats turn of the century, lathes were modern pattern by the late teens

 

[pcwizme]

I popped in yesterday but as it was late didnt have time to go inside but had a look round the outside for the first time, what an amazing place! I am planning on going to the next open day with steam for sure! (considered going to day but had other things on)

 

[God mode restorations]

I popped in yesterday but as it was late didnt have time to go inside but had a look round the outside for the first time, what an amazing place! I am planning on going to the next open day with steam for sure! (considered going to day but had other things on)

It's a fantastic place. One of them places I wouldn't get board of visiting.

 

[pressbrake1]

I thought my daughters would be bored but they loved it. £42 for a sandwich and drink for us hurt though! Dont mind as its all fundraising

 

[God mode restorations]

I thought my daughters would be bored but they loved it. £42 for a sandwich and drink for us hurt though! Dont mind as its all fundraising

Yes it's a nice place. The couple of pots of tea I had was nice to. An unusual machine i noticed was the three bank camel back drill. Never seen one.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

An unusual machine i noticed was the three bank camel back drill. Never seen one.

What would that have been used for? The equivalent of production line stuff?

 

[pressbrake1]

What would that have been used for? The equivalent of production line stuff?

Almost maybe repeat holes.
I have a modern 1950s geared head equivalent which I used on a production job. I had 12mm 14mm 18mm set up with a forth head with a countersinking bit.
Also useful for long stuff due to the long table.
These days I leave it set with a countersink, a jacobs chuck with the others free for morse taper work

 

[Carl Wilson]

Is the lathe outside a Dean Smith and Grace?

 

[pressbrake1]

Is the lathe outside a Dean Smith and Grace?

No markings but the workmanship is beautiful

 

[Carl Wilson]

Seen a DSG exactly like that.

 

[Migmac]

Would be a fantastic place to visit even though I wouldn’t have a clue as to what 99% of the stuff was used for

 

[Seadog]

Seen a DSG exactly like that.

Where?

 

[Seadog]

Heading up the A12 to Maldon, yesterday, we overtook the Flying Millyard which was chugging along at 50ish.

 

[God mode restorations]

Seen a DSG exactly like that.

This is the information regarding the lathe

 

[Carl Wilson]

Saw a DSG like this one in a book. Trying to find it.