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			I picked up this milling machine on the weekend .. a local clearance sale ..lots of stuff at giveaway prices  
		
		
		
			Anyway .. turns out is was made by CASH engineering in Richmond , Melbourne . They designed and made these during WW2 as a contract for the US forces here in Australia . Reverse LEND LEASE again . I don't have the vertical head attachment , this transforms the mill into a vertical mill ..very neat . Its single phase . Table power feed . The company still exists today . amazing but true . This info came from the grandson of the founder of the business Some big and heavy machines sold for almost nil.. the deceased estate of a live steam train enthusiast ..... bargain bonanza time MIKE 
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	1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad  | 
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			This lathe sold for 200 bucks ....  
		
		
		
			the shaper 50 bucks the large grinder 50 bucks 
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			ADVERT from a MARCH 1945 Melbourne newspaper ..ARGUS i think
		 
		
		
		
			
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			There is a Lathe ON E-BAY at the moment which is a 1940 war effort piece. 
		
		
		
			Still fitted with a brass plate stating: "THIS EQUIPMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA" An essential item, I would think, to make the most authentic reproduction 25pdr projectiles!  | 
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 I never get anything like those sales up this way.....well, not anything worth going to see. I am looking for a metal lathe, too! 
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	Ford CMP, 115" WB,1942 (Under Restoration...still) Medium sized, half fake, artillery piece project. (The 1/4 Pounder)  | 
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			Im kicking myself that i didn't go!  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	 
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 http://www.lathes.co.uk/purcell/ The spindle speeds are rather slow with very low top speed . Looks like it has plain spindle bearings too, not ideal . Mike 
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			1940 cab 11 C8 1940 Morris-Commercial PU 1941 Morris-Commercial CS8 1940 Chev. 15cwt GS Van ( Aust.) 1942-45 Jeep salad Last edited by Mike K; 18-06-12 at 12:23.  | 
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