My Engineering Projects

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Project pages are listed at the bottom of this page.

THE WORKSHOP...

My lovely Boxford 5" vari-speed lathe in its new home. It's a late model machine and is in excellent condition.

 

The Bridgeport 48" bed, vertical mill. My favourite machine.

 

My 1968 Colchester Student lathe, with gap-bed for large diameter work. It is a much
sturdier machine than the Boxford and is a dream to operate. Despite its age, all of its
functions still operate fully. On the wall behind can be seen the distribution panels for single and three phase power. The three phase is created with a rotary converter.

 

The Meddings pillar drill, another eBay purchase, it was fully stripped and re-built with a nice coat of paint and a new chuck, it is still very accurate despite its age.

Following a house move, my equipment is now housed in a double garage, a model engineers paradise :-)
I had to arrange a lorry to deliver the machines and hire lifting equipment to get them off the pallets.

MY PROJECTS.....

Stuart Turner 10v Steam Engine - 1980 - 1981

Stuart Turner Beam Engine - 2006

A Keyway Cutter For The Lathe - 2006

A Digital Readout For The Old Milling Machine - 2006

Savage's 'Little Samson' Traction Engine in 3" Scale - 2006 - ?
(updates to these pages are currently on hold as I am busy writing a book on the same subject, see My Books)