Quorn Castings

That man gets everywhere...

N.

Hi Duncan,

Like you I couldn't get your first link to work. This Link to Bonelle drawings seems to work.

Thor

Excellent, Thor

... Downloaded in seconds on my iPad; and I've saved it to GoodReader, to study at leisure.

Thanks

MichaelG.

That's cheating.

Where's the kudo is aging a pile of stock materials?

It's traditional to age Quorn castings for 30-40 years in a cardboard box as a rite of passage!

Neil

Alan, set on ebay at the moment;

**LINK**

Bill

Then sell the lovingly aged castings to someone else for them to machine!

Clive

Don't machine them, it spoils the mojo, just turn them over occasionally ...

Thanks Thor; used your link to download & save in my downloads folder, 93 pages hmm, whether I'll have enough years left to build one, that's another kettle of fish...

George.

Hi Peak 4, thanks for the heads up. I am very interested and will make an offer. Also thanks to Duncan Webster for the link. I have downloaded the drawings and if I don't get the Quorn castings I will build a unit from scratch.

Alan.

Michael and George,

I am glad I could be of some help. When I made my simple Cutter Grinder I just used ideas from the Bonelle/Quorn and combined it with what I had at hand. Did take a few years from the fist machining until I had sharpened the first slot drill.

Thor

Has anybody got any up to date information on Quorn castings and Model Engineering Services?

I hope to find out more at Doncaster.

Neil

I have for sale ( when I sort them out ) a complete set of unused Quorn castings , thread milled coloum , Parvalux motor ,drawings , book and grinding wheels from MES from 2005 .

Neil , If you feel this in wrong place.please move to classifieds .

Trevor.

Trevor, you have a PM

I hope Neil can update us with news about the availability of quorn castings. I think there is a demand for getting a set of quorn castings, if only just to sit and watch them "mature" for several years ,as is tradition!

Regards

Del

If all else fails, at least Martin Models are still carrying the torch. They have a couple of useful options as well, a 5C/R8 capable toolholder casting and a 2 1/2" centre height option for the tool holder/ spiraling head/tailstock instead of the original 2".

Usual disclaimers etc.

With the low cost of new HSS milling cutters these days, the case for extended ageing of the Quorn castings would seem stronger than ever.

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 07/05/2018 15:07:17

In case Douglas is right I have disabled the link in his post.

Douglas - I would suggest scanning sooner rather than later...

Neil