MYSTERY DORE WESTBURY MILLING MACHINE
OVER TWO YEARS AGO I BOUGHT WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A DORE WESTBURY MK1 MILLING MACHINE FROM THE 1960`S. IT HAS BEEN IN STORAGE SINCE BUT WHEN I BROUGHT IT OVER TO MY NEW WORKSHOP AND EXAMINED IT MORE CLOSELY, I NOTICED THAT IT HAD SEVERAL UNUSUAL FEATURES THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PLACE IN THE CORRECT CATEGORY.
ABOVE IS THE PHOTO OF THE MYSTERY MACHINE
ON THE LEFT IS A COPY OF THE PAGE IN THE MODEL ENGINEER FROM APRIL 1964 THAT THE FAMOUS MODEL ENGINEER EDGAR T WESTBURY ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF HIS HISTORIC DESIGN OF A "LIGHT VERTICAL MILLING MACHINE" THAT FILLED THE GAP IN THE MARKET FOR THIS TYPE OF MACHINE.
IN THE PHOTO ABOVE THERE ARE THE UNMACHINED HEAD AND THE TEE CASTINGS FROM A WESTBURY THAT I MANAGED TO ACQUIRE RECENTLY. |
ABOVE ARE TWO VIEWS OF THE DORE WESTBURY MK1 MILL.THAT WAS BASED ON THE WESTBURY DESIGN AND UPDATED BY WESTBURY, IVAN LAW. ARNOLD THROPP AND PETER SOUTHWORTH.