Diagrams of Vintage Machining Equipment

[chicopee]

Is anyone famliar with a web site that shows diagrams of vintage machining equipment(1940's thru 1970's)such as planars, surface grinders, vertical milling machines, lathes, screw machines.

 

[tomwalz]

Try the antigue group at practicalmachinist.com

Tom

Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.

http://www.carbideprocessors.com

 

[arunmrao]

Try getting Worksop Technology by Chapman . You can get all you need.

 

[randi]

sometime ASME has published some articles in its regular magazine Mechanical Engineering - specially the 100 years anniversary issue etc. check with them:

http://www.asme.org

others

http://www.sme.org

http://www.astme.org

Also try machine shop publications:

Blue book
Modern Machine shop etc.

Also you may want to try library books on History of Engineering

 

[Jordonlaw]

The best one I know is at

http://www.lathes.co.uk.

Enjoy !