Universal – usually shorthand for “doesn’t do any particular function very well” !

Nigel B.

It’s Swiss made, and oozes quality … I would love one !

MichaelG.

On 7 November 2024 at 22:52 duncan webster 1 Said:

Much better to have dedicated machines.

If you have the room for them. if I had one of these I would have more bench space, and the option of horizontal milling, slotting and even a power hacksaw – I’d certainly sacrifice a little set-up time for that (I think one of its claimed advantages was fast switching modes). Of course you can’t have two machines set up simultaneously, but there we go, life isn’t perfect.

Out of experience the Adock and Shipley Universal Machine Tool does not need to hide behind the Swiss quipment.

For a Universal it does a lot of things well without much trouble. The lathe, Mill and Drill need no conversion, the only thing that does need a conversion is to set up the grinder which indeed needs a lot of cleaning after use especially the lathe area.

I have the mill and Lathe in Daily use and am really pleased with the performance.