Posted on March 1, 2018March 2, 2018 by Grungy Machinist — Leave a commentWard Capstan Lathes. These look like nice capstan lathes. . Post navigationPrevious post: Model “NH” Plano Surface Grinder by The Churchill Machine Tool Co. of Manchester, England. The NH uses a periphery wheel mounted on a horizontal spindle. A vertical spindle attachment carrying a ring or segmental wheel is optional. These were made with table widths up to 60 inches and bed lengths up to 14 feet.Next post: The Wheel Shop at the Vulcan Foundry. Here we can see axles being turned on a relatively small Craven centre lathe ready for assembly. Cast wheels and their steel tyres lying stacked all around the man working the lathe.Craven Brothers was a British engineering firm started in 1853 by brothers William and John Craven that built large machine tools for railway and engineering workshops and later workshop and railway cranes. Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website
