Do a search over on Youtube for 'What's in my tent' and 'What's in my tent part 2' posted by Bruce Whitham. Yes it's far outside this forums usual machine tools. But I had no idea the development of purely manual machine tools got to this level of sophistication and accuracy in 1960. I now know what must have made some of the parts for the SR-71 Blackbird and maybe NASA parts for the moon landings. Harold you might have even seen or operated one of these considering who you used to work for.There's no indication of what the current owner uses it for, and it's a depressing video to see a machine of this caliber slowly degrading because the owners too cheap, too stupid, or just doesn't care enough to put it in a proper climate controlled building.Part 2 is the tooling that came with the machine.

Oct 21, 2004  The first Moore jig borer, the #1, was first made in 1932. It looks, by comparison with their later machines, fairly lightweight. In terms of massiveness-looking, its construction looks less robust than a Bridgeport. Moore Tools Jig Borer Tooling. Endmill Holders, Boring Heads, Indicator Holders, Thraded Shanks, 30 taper machine tooling.

These videos make my little Bridgeport clone look positively stone age. Yet my mill was built over 40 years after this one. At one time I thought the Deckel 1,2, or 3 models of mills, or the same for all 3 versions of the Moore manual jig borers were the ultimate.

Not any more.I couldn't even begin to guess what these were worth new and fully tooled up. One of the most amazing machine tools I've ever seen including today's multi axis CNC machines.Pete. Very rigid looking machine Harold. Did Fosdick build more conventional type mills with a very rounded shape, and especially so at the top surfaces? If so I've seen a few pictures of those. And your picture was a long time ago.

I was only 4 years old then. I was really hoping you knew something about the hydraulic powered Jig Borer in those two videos though. Sheep brain dissection analysis guide with answers worksheet. I've never seen one of them before, and there couldn't have been very many built.

In fact I doubt there's many machines being built today that could equal it's accuracy, never mind exceed it.Pete. And your picture was a long time ago. I was only 4 years old then.Heh! Tell me about it!I was a very cocky and positive 19 year old. By that time, I had my feet on the ground and was experiencing success in my training.Of interest (to me, especially) is the fine gentleman on the left hand side of the machine. That's the person to whom I owe everything. His name was Jay Dobson, and was the reason I was not fired early in my apprenticeship.

He had faith in me that I could make the grade, although I have no clue what he was seeing, as my early performance was abysmal.The fellow on the right was the operator of that machine, a guy named Brent Leishman.It's a shame that close up pictures were not taken of this machine. The scraping was phenomenal, with a great deal of it exposed to the eye (the vertical ways in particular).Harold.

The Moore Tool Company manufactures a complete line of jig grinders and has a precision manufacturing business certified to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C. The company is ITAR registered.Moore’s machine tool business builds fully automated and highly productive CNC Continuous Path jig grinders. We offer a complete line of machine accessories, including our ProGrind system which includes electric grinding spindles, flood coolant enclosures, as well as advanced sensor-based systems such as Moore Autogrind and the patented Moore Autosize®.Moore’s precision manufacturing business specializes in aerospace and defense related machining including 5-axis milling and precision jig grinding. Moore also designs and manufactures tooling for the food packaging, metal stamping and plastics forming industries. The company operates out of a 100,000 SF, temperature-controlled facility in Bridgeport, CT and through a subsidiary, Moore Special Tool AG, located in Switzerland.The Moore Tool Company has a long history of providing precision machine tools and measuring machines to the world's most demanding customers – people who need to machine and measure parts to increasingly tighter tolerances.Founded in 1924 in Bridgeport, Connecticut by Richard F. Moore, the Company has remained true to his standards of mechanical excellence. In 1974, the American Machinist magazine awarded Richard Moore their prestigious AM Award and described him as the man who 'gave the world’s industry an additional decimal place of accuracy!'

Moore started out as a tool & die company, but soon, Mr. Moore realized that the machinery he needed to work to close tolerances was not available. Early in the 1930’s, Mr.

Moore developed a jig borer for his own work and that of fellow die makers; these machines were the first to utilize the famous Moore lead screw and double-vee construction. As tool and die making progressed in the 1940’s, the Company added the jig grinder to grind hardened steel components. Before long, measuring machines were added to the product line to inspect the higher accuracy parts manufactured on Moore jig borers and jig grinders.Mr. Moore understood the underlying engineering principles necessary to build high precision equipment. He collaborated with a wide range of University researchers, as well as government and private laboratory scientists around the world to refine these mechanical design principles.

Perhaps most importantly, he was able to train others to use these principles and apply the craft skills necessary to generate the geometry that was so uniquely ' Moore Quality.' Over the years, many different machine applications were developed that took advantage of the superior Moore geometry and stability. Ruling engines and diamond turning machines were two prominent examples of Moore geometry. Over 6,000 jig borers and 8,000 jig grinders have been manufactured, most of which are still in use today. In addition, several hundred ultra-precision special machines have been designed and built by the Moore to serve a wide range of industries including optics, aerospace, and defense.In 1994, the Moore Special Tool Company and its European subsidiary, Moore Special Tool AG were acquired and became part of the PMT Group. The PMT Group is the parent of three operating companies – Moore Tool Company, Inc., Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC, and the Producto Corporation.Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC. Is dedicated to the development of ultra-precision machinery for diamond turning, deterministic grinding systems and glass press molding equipment, in the production of advanced plano, spherical, aspheric, conformal, and freeform optics.

Sectors primarily include consumer electronics, defense, aerospace, lighting, medical, and automotive. In 2009, construction of a new 36,000 state-of-the-art facility was completed in Swanzey, New Hampshire and all operations from the original Keene facility were successfully transferred in December of that same year.Producto Corporation is an industry leader in precision tooling and services for the metals forming, plastics forming and original equipment manufacturing industries. Ring Precision, a part of Producto Corporation, manufactures precision hardened and ground parts from various tool and stainless steels, powdered metals, as well as carbide.

Typical parts include die and mold components and precision-machined OEM components. Ring Precision is located in Jamestown, New York.Producto Corporation also has locations in Ohio, Producto Dieco, and in Toronto and Montreal Canada, Producto Diemakers Supplies, LTD, supplying die and special springs as well as other die mold accessories to North American customers.The PMT Group, through its three operating companies, remains dedicated to maintaining world leadership in precision engineering and applying measurement science to develop machinery, systems and precision tooling components that exceed our customer’s expectations.