Ten minutes with Photoshop should do the trick

MichaelG.

Definitely looks worth the effort, even if you have to do it the hard way, Mark

MichaelG.

"The type a die sinker might use" I spent most of my working life as a "Die Miller" The rest working spark erosion machines where the die milling skills where needed to produce the electrodes.

Good luck, a nice looking bit of kit, I only found a single entry in my database for Trident gear from June 1958

MADE IN GERMANY '2
SIR,—~—I have recently purchased
second-hand a 6% in. Trident lathe No
22033/17, manufactured by or for
B. Elliot and Co., Willesden. I have
written to this firm for any informa-
tion regarding the lathe–date of
manufacture, spares situation, etc.,
and they have replied that they could
not tell me when it was built and also
that they had no spares.
Perhaps some of your readers may
know something of these machines,
and also whether anyone has any
spare gears for the gearbox in the
headstock pedestal—-they appear to be
module system gears. The shafts are
dimensioned in millimetres which
seems to point to German manu-
facture for B. Elliot, but all threads
are Whitworth! Can anyone help
me, please ‘?

Contact the army or similar and tell them you have a challenge for one of their larger helicopters.

Reminds me of a machine being developed that after it was built couldn't be got out of the building. A director oddly known as Bomber Harris said no problem I will get the army in to remove a section of roof and we will air lift it out. As it turned out the machine couldn't be used in practice so I have no idea what happened to it might still be there. The engineer in charge must have spent 8 years working on it with pretty obvious flaws even with the concept yet was still promoted to a very high position afterwards. One of his designs also set fire to a factory.

John

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"Contact the army or similar and tell them you have a challenge for one of their larger helicopters."

Yes, well mmm?!

Story from times past, possibly apocryphal …

One of our 'sister' S&R flights was based on an ex WW2 airfield which retained the reinforced blast walls of the time. The operational Standby aircraft (Whirlwinds) were parked in these areas and had had rotor start-up problems (blade-sailing) in windy conditions. Local permission was granted to get 'Works and Bricks' to remove the walls. Local Boss had a whizz idea – get the local TA chaps to blow them up as a training exercise – they were obviously good with noise makers and stuff!! Duly arranged and LB asked TA Chief if they wanted aircraft moved during exercise. Not necessary, says TA Chief

Holes drilled in walls, explosives inserted, packing to complete etc. , retire to safe distance, BANG!! … Wall remains intact, S&R Standby aircraft, now with broken oleo, mucho collapso

It WAS a long time ago and nobody would do such a thing nowadays, would they??

rgds

Bill

Congratulations!

Looks like a good piece of kit to have. If the original pictures of the miller are anything to go by then the table looked in excellent condition. No obvious dings or other damage, so it has been well looked after. Things like slideways etc can always be fettled, but those generation of machines were built to last. As long as no cracks etc then all it should need is some TLC and it will run for another 50 or so years!

Looks like a very nice bit of kit.

An archeological dig to the bottom of that 5mm of paint might reveal the original color.

Great work. It's good to find bearings in them and probably will be worth replacing them. I looked at one once but it turned out to run in cast iron. It was a bit smaller too.

What is the damage – all looks intentional to me ?

John

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