Three-Column, Three-Mould Slab Press, views taken in 1971, O/No. K79190, c.1970

Order K79190 for Establissements Sobepre, France, c.1970

D7338/14/5/18/7350
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/5/18/7351
Gloucestershire Archives

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  • Hi – I also turned the split nuts you see on the ends of the columns of these presses; it was a buttress thread, all turned on a VDF lathe in the new light machine shop.  

    By Brian Jay (03/11/2015)
  • Hi - I turned the centre drive from a solid billet using a Vickers drill. 

    By Brian Jay (01/11/2015)

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