Cunliffe & Croom horizontal milling machine
- Made:
- 1880 - 1920 in Manchester
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Horizontal milling machine made by Cunliffe and Croom, Manchester.
This is a horizontal milling machine made by the Manchester machine tool company of Cunliffe and Croom. Machines of this design were usually used for cutting ‘keyways’. These are slot-shapes cut into wheel-shafts to hold wedges or ‘keys’, which stabilise the rotation of the wheel.
Details
- Category:
- Hand and Machine Tools
- Object Number:
- Y1976.21.1
- Materials:
- cast iron and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
Overall: 1425 mm x 900 mm x 1330 mm,
- type:
- milling machine
- credit:
- Gift of Protector Lamp & Lighting Co. Ltd
