Haighton Major

[BillTodd]

It's looking great Bill. How come you get it done so quick?

Low standards! :naughty:

I always rush and later regret it (I keep telling myself it's only a machine tool)

I finished the 'universal head' the other day, I now need to work out what to do with the 1ph/3ph conversion.

[Robin Hewitt]

Way to go Bill

Just by cleaning it up it starts to look like a really useful machine.

Love the splined shaft for the table feed.

[BillTodd]

I've been digging up the history of the firm:

http://haighton.webhop.net/

Bill

[irving2008]

its interesting this research lark... you seemed to have more luck with detail than I with mine

[BillTodd]

I'm finding the research as interesting as the restoration work. The real shame though is that this machine was sitting in my mates workshop while Jack K Haighton was still alive, if I'd have spotted it then I'd have the whole story :( Once things have passed from living memory they are often lost forever.

How many Relms have you been able to trace? (apart from the picture of the prototype on the lorry, I haven't seen another Major.)

[irving2008]

I'm finding the research as interesting as the restoration work. The real shame though is that this machine was sitting in my mates workshop while Jack K Haighton was still alive, if I'd have spotted it then I'd have the whole story :( Once things have passed from living memory they are often lost forever.

How many Relms have you been able to trace? (apart from the picture of the prototype on the lorry, I haven't seen another Major.)

Only the ones on my website plus one other I am still waiting on pictures for.

[BillTodd]

Added a site with pictures and description of the milling machine

http://haighton.webhop.net/ (history is link from here)