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    Default F W H milling jack

    I came into this milling machine jack on Friday. Closer inspection gives clues to its origin. Has anyone else come across one of these?

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    Best Regards:
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    At a guess I would say it might a trade college project from around the 60's and 70's.
    The letters maybe the initials of the student who cast it.

    When I was at college as an apprentice they had a small foundry and I was always jealous of their projects like mini anvils and the like, that the foundry apprentices
    made and were allowed to take home.

    For me as a boilermaker, a fabricated rolled segmented pipe bend didn't seem all that useful.

    Grahame

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    Default f w h milling jack

    hi
    would it be for f w hercus
    steve

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    Quote Originally Posted by shaper07 View Post
    hi
    would it be for f w hercus
    steve
    That is what I think, There was an early Hercus mill at the auction this stuff came from and a Hercus tool and cutter grinder and several unmachined Hercus castings.

    Eric

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    I lean towards it being a Hercus part too, just because the jack screw is not a standard V form. While not impossible, I would have thought that most places would not have access to a suitable tap, and unlikely for a simple apprentice project.

    Michael

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