Wheel Moulding Machine

Wheel Moulding Machine, 1866. This machine and 1967-474 found disassembled and stored together; neither is fully understood and items allocated to one may belong to ther other. Registered papers not seen

Details

Category:
Hand and Machine Tools
Object Number:
1967-473
type:
moulding machine
credit:
Bodley Bros. & Co. Ltd.

Parts

Column (to fit socket in floor plate)

Column (to fit socket in floor plate)

Column (to fit socket in floor plate)

Object Number:
1967-473/1
type:
column
Radial arm on socket

Radial arm on socket

Radial arm on socket, with worm and wheel division apparatus and radial adjustment, and moulding arm with vertical slide

Measurements:
overall: 870 mm x 1550 mm x 2000 mm, 649 kg
Object Number:
1967-473/2
type:
radial arm
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bracket carrying latch plate and spur wheel

Bracket carrying latch plate and spur wheel

Bracket carrying latch plate and spur wheel for division apparatus

Measurements:
overall: 240 mm x 300 mm x 380 mm, 29.5 kg
Object Number:
1967-473/3
type:
bracket
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
An iron bracket to fit item 1 with 2 bolts

An iron bracket to fit item 1 with 2 bolts

An iron bracket to fit item 1 with 2 bolts, nuts and keepers

Measurements:
overall: 200 mm x 510 mm x 310 mm,
Object Number:
1967-473/4
type:
bracket
Wooden board

Wooden board

Wooden board, probably to be bolted to item 4, bearing 5 studs etc one of which carries a spur wheel; and 2 sleeves and 3 change wheels of the same pitch. Purpose unknown

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
1967-473/5
type:
board
Two wooden moulding boxes

Two wooden moulding boxes

Two wooden moulding boxes (one in pieces, lacking 2 rod bolts), a bench top (?) of 2 pieces with an iron eye block and 3 other wooden pieces, all found associated with the machine parts

Object Number:
1967-473/6
type:
box - container