K&T Vertical Head for Adcock & Shipley(Textron/Bridgeport) 1esg

[tmoskwin]

Hi all,

I’ve been told and am starting to believe that finding an OEM vertical head for this machine is impossible. I have seen/heard people adapting a BP J head for vertical milling but was wondering if anyone knows if a vertical head from another manufacturer would bolt right on? I’ve seen K&T and Cincinnati #2 heads that LOOK like they’d work, but not sure how to go about figuring that out without buying one that may or may not line up. Thoughts, advice and criticisms all welcome.

Thanks!
Teddy

Edit: Thanks for the suggestion johnoder. Added a photo of the current setup. She’s a work in progress, but some good bones. Also forgot to mention it takes CAT40

 

[johnoder]

Hi all,

I’ve been told and am starting to believe that finding an OEM vertical head for this machine is impossible. I have seen/heard people adapting a BP J head for vertical milling but was wondering if anyone knows if a vertical head from another manufacturer would bolt right on? I’ve seen K&T and Cincinnati #2 heads that LOOK like they’d work, but not sure how to go about figuring that out without buying one that may or may not line up. Thoughts, advice and criticisms all welcome.

Thanks!
Teddy

Might help to say if the AS is a horizontal with the usual horizontal spindle?

 

[johnoder]

K&T for sure raised the input to the VH simply to have more room between cutter and table. This involved either 1 to 1 gearing or speed up gearing - all of which on the K&T were high class helical gearing made for each other and to cut down on NOISE

Thanks to member ramsay1, we have this.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2098/28180.pdf

 

[marka12161]

If it were me, i owuld just look for another mill with the vertical head. It'll be less trouble and you'll likely end up with a better set up.

 

[wood2steel]

Teddy,
I agree with Mark,
I've only run across one Adcock Shipley 1ES in 25 yrs, and I own it now. Move on to a true vertical mill and keep that fine machine set up for what it was intended for. Accessories for these older machines were out there 50 yrs ago but are nonexistent these days. Will send a PM sometime to see how things are going with your rehab project.
Johnny

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

When I was serving my time in the 1960’s the training school I attended had the milling section fully equipped with “ Adcock & Shipley “ machines. Nice machines, some of them even had the optical positioning systems.

Regards Tyrone