Old Steam Powered Machine Shop 61 Horizontal Boring Mill Work 

The seem problem over here

I've been turning things on this one since I was about 8 years old and it sure had a lot of use before my time....Dave

Amen to that brother!

Both great machines Mike, I always thought that the Lucas might take a little getting use to because it seems "left handed".....Dave

Thanks Herb, I'm glad you find the channel interesting. Get well soon......Dave

have to try that...Dave

Thanks Mike, glad you took the time to comment....Dave

Oh, and a little bit of know-how. That too!

Great career James, not many left with that kind of experience. One of the guys I know from the Florida Flywheelers club machine shop retired out of a Ford engine plant as a tool maker...Dave

I was just thinking about all the BB gun fights we got involved it at the old barn. How did we live to be this old?....Dave

@@davidrichards5594 It was a miracle that we were able to grow and be "OLD"

The 25s were older than WW2 I thought, the 330T had replaced that series by 1935 probably earlier? I'd have to look at some books. I might be misremembering though. I used to work for Giddings and Lewis, and then later a rebuilder/retrofitter that did alot of GL machines.

I would like to know how to date mine....Dave

@@davidrichards5594 you got a serial number? The early revisions of the 25 design had 250rpm on the main spindle, later revisions this would been boosted upto around 400. I believe the auxiliary spindle would have been 1200 rpm and then 1400rpm respectively. Alot of this is foggy memories, I have only come across a couple 25s, most of the older machines I worked on or rebuilt were the 300 series or stuff from later in the timeline. If you have a serial we can cross reference that with a build date though, or atleast get a best guess. Not sure when they started tracking that closely.

Here we go 1925.....14 1926.....23 1927.....27 1928.....37 1929.....41 1940...115 1941...293 1942...519 1943...621 1944...641 1945...706 1946...714 1947...741 1948...749

They apparently made them much longer then I had said! That's a serial reference, they didnt keep good records during the Depression and the recovery.

Thanks Christian, there are a lot of ways to do it....Dave

Those small ones are getting scarce. It's a very versatile machine if you have the tooling...Dave

@@davidrichards5594 I'm fairly set up for tooling to do my typical projects. I made my own facemill holders and boring bars and been quite able since. I have the luxury of working for a machine shop with large machines and all the tooling I could ever need. So when I get stuck at home shop I can usually bring my project to work and do what is needed.

That definitely works too....Dave

Good to hear from Tasmania again.....Dave

Hi Brian: Good chance the crank isn't where it should be either if it's been re-poured. My mill doesn't have automatic anything. The hone is a Sunnen AN111, it will get out to 6 1/2" with extensions....Dave

Agreed....Dave

Just trying to help a fellow machinist. Good day fella.

Thanks for the encouragement. Some viewers complain about it. I like it....go figure.....Dave