Thread: Guessing Game Mk III : What Engineering Marvel is this.?

It was made in the 1930s by my grandfather.
He did the patterns,the casting and machining from scratch himself.
No money during the depression.
He made a vertical mill and alot of other stuff.
He went on the make the band saw machines for the Musqutio plywood planes of WW2 in Australia.
He made turbular knitting machines for a living for many years.......Again patterns,casting,case hardening,machining ,even screw and bolt cutting all in his small workshop.
If you blokes are interested I can post pics tomorrow.

Looks like a clamp for slotted table and I would like any pics any of the old blokes gadjets

Thanks
AM

No its to do with automotive.

My Grandfathers business closed in the late 1960s and most of his stuff got sold off, but some of his knitting machines are still in use.
Japanese knitting machine imports and the first computer controlled machines stopped manufacturing.
Also all the sons went different ways as my Grandfather was a hard man to work for.
He was a great machinest , but a poor business man.
He would build a knitting machine to a customer's requirements and personally set the machine up on site and hope he would get paid .

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

Would like to see the gear train on the shaper doing a planetary gear



Just for RB

The gear train would be the same as any other setup for the given number of teeth, but the cutting tool would be working inside the blank instead of outside.
Unless you wanted a helical planetary gear- now that would be a challenge.

Ron photos of your dad's creations would be great. Especially some detail on the drill and mill.

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

Ok I am still at work and ratted around a bit and found this.

What is it.

I though this would have been easy..............It looks like POD was the only one who had seen the answer .
Another clue..........Automotive tool mostly not used now.
It could save alot of money and time.

Would still fit about 90% of light automotive vehicles today.
Tends to be thought of as DIY device..

Research shows me extremely large modern versions of this device is in use on ships to save costs.
People used to pay to have some one use this device at home garage or small workshop as a last ditch repair to save big money.