Note the close attention being given safety notice instructions. A standard version of the popular and widely-sold Archdale 18' Vertical Milling Machine. Using a 3/32' spherical cutter to mill 60 angular flutes in a glass bottle mound. The miller is shown running at 2000 r.p.m. Judging by the footwear, this operator must have been brought down from Accounts to strike a suitable pose Archdale 18' Combined Sliding and Swivelling Head High Speed Vertical Milling Machine - shown in use at the Barnsley works of Beatson, Clark & Co. Beans made a wide variety of components for internal combustion engines and combined harvesters, etc Archdale 20' Horizontal Milling Machine. For an Archdale Archdale 4' 0' Medium Duty Radial Arm Drilling Machine being used in the factory of Coventry Climax Engines Ltd., Coventry in 1951 Archdale 3' 6' Light Type Centralised Control Radial Arm Drilling Machines in use during 1951 at Beans Industries Ltd., Tipton, Staffordshire. The pictures below are from a 1952 catalogue - one that was unusual for the time in having a number of full-colour illustrations.
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With their head office and 'Manchester Works' originally in Ledsam Street, after WW2 a move was made to a new factory in Blackpole, Worcestershire.Īrchdale never gave their milling machines model numbers or names, simply designating them by their function and table travel - the 18' High-speed vertical Milling Machine 24' Production Milling machine and Heavy-duty Hydraulic Control Full Pre-select Radial Drilling Machines 5' 0' to 12' 0' being typical examples. After 1917, and almost certainly under pressure to delivery on Government contracts as WW1 came to its climax, they concentrated solely on milling machines and radial-arm and conventional drilling machines. They could also set up manufacturing plants, make one-off machine tools and undertake commissions to develop patents and improvements for other makers.
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SW Utah, Mdl Nowhe.Īll I could find, sorry no specifics on controls.Īrchdale Machine Tools email: Archdale Machine Tools Manuals and Catalogues for Archdale Machine Tools Founded in 1868 by James Archdale, by 1917 the Company was making (or had made, like most of its competitors) a wide variety of machine tools, including drills, milling machine, shapers, planers,borers, lathes, hand and power presses and the usual miscellany of general engineering equipment such as surface plates and cutters. Operating instructions and parts breakdown would be beneficial as would anything that can be aquired. And what does the handle on the topRH side of the head do?įounded in 1868 by James Archdale, by 1917 the Company was making (or had made, like most of its competitors) a wide variety of machine tools, including drills, milling machine, shapers, planers,borers, lathes, hand and power presses and the usual miscellany of general engineering equipment such as surface plates and cutters. I require info on the gear and handle positions.
Anyone here have any intel on a british version Archdale radial-arm drill press this one was built between 19 and has 5ft travel on the arm.