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Thread: What is this designed to do
10/05/2016 08:42:35

There are a couple of clues that suggest to me that it is not military (qualification - 37 years in RAF):

The label lacks any stores reference number/stock number. The DTI would have calibration information. It might have a "crow's foot", but not necessarilly.

The use of the word "PLEASE" - this would never happen in a military instruction!

Aircraft machine gun/canon spent cases are not reused.

The gap between the button and the anvil is clearly too large for measuring thin-walled ammo cases.

The anvil has a flat, which would negate measuring material thickness of a parallel tube.

Just random thoughts - doesn't help much - sorry.

MP

Thread: Town Bent Engineering Rotary Table
14/12/2011 11:07:14
I'm sorry that I can't contribute information to the original request, but I also love my Sharp MkIII (serial No. 920) - I have the full horizontal/vertical and slotting head. I added a DRO which has made a very useful machine.
 
Sadly, the Town Bent "Sharp" was doomed to fail - it was very expensive! I still have the original invoice; 25 years after mine was built the purchase price would still buy a very good Bridgeport!
 
My machine was supplied with a rotary table, but I am fairly certain that at that time the item was bought-in, probably Chinese.
 
Martin.

Edited By Martin Paffett on 14/12/2011 11:09:38

Edited By Martin Paffett on 14/12/2011 11:19:19

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