Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,717 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Sharp, Roberts and Co: 1835 Slotting Machine: Difference between revisions

From Graces Guide
JohnD (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
JohnD (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 6: Line 6:
[[Image:JD Roberts Slotter05.jpg|thumb|]]
[[Image:JD Roberts Slotter05.jpg|thumb|]]
[[Image:JD Roberts Slotter06.jpg|thumb|Detent for rotary table]]
[[Image:JD Roberts Slotter06.jpg|thumb|Detent for rotary table]]
''Note: This is a sub-section of [[Sharp, Roberts and Co]]


[[Richard Roberts]] of [[Sharp, Roberts and Co]] is regarded as having developed the first slotting machines, a type of metal-cutting machine tool which came to play a vital role in engineering manufacture.
[[Richard Roberts]] of [[Sharp, Roberts and Co]] is regarded as having developed the first slotting machines, a type of metal-cutting machine tool which came to play a vital role in engineering manufacture.
Line 20: Line 22:
[[Category: Town - Manchester]]
[[Category: Town - Manchester]]
[[Category: Machine Tools]]
[[Category: Machine Tools]]
[[Category: Machine Tools - Greater Manchester]]

Latest revision as of 08:33, 27 January 2021

Note the multi-vee guides on the vertical ram, the adjustable crank, and the cam for working the automatic incremental feed for moving the table in the X or Y axis
The small vertical rod is worked by the cam to operate the pawl and ratchet feed device
The table can be pivoted for cutting keyways, say, at an angle
Detent for rotary table

Note: This is a sub-section of Sharp, Roberts and Co

Richard Roberts of Sharp, Roberts and Co is regarded as having developed the first slotting machines, a type of metal-cutting machine tool which came to play a vital role in engineering manufacture.

An 1835 example is prominently displayed at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry.


See Also

Loading...

Sources of information