I have a mk 2 version but mainly use it for drilling and tapping as I use a larger mill with a DRO for main milling work.

Not sure about a build series in ME sure someone else will know, think I may have the drawings etc for mine some where if they have not gone awol in the recent house move.

see **LINK** for information

I built a Mark 1 about 1980 and still use it even though I have a Tom Senior mill as well. The kit of parts came with a very thorough set of instructions and full size drawings.

I don't believe it was ever serialised in Model Engineer. I have taken ME since the late 1960s and it has definitely not been in since then.

Andrew M

Kevin,

It may be worth looking for ME articles written by Artificer

MichaelG.

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Correction:  Search here  for  … Westbury light vertical milling

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 18/04/2014 17:15:22

Hi All,

I would recommend anyone that has a Westbury or DW MK1 & MK2 to join the DW MILL Yahoo group. I recently uploaded the slow feed drawings and the DW MK1 drawings into the group files.

A couple of years ago I bought what I thought was a DW MK1 which had to go into storage before I could get it to my workshop in Norway. Last week I started to examine this machine and found some anomalies which made it difficult to actually decide exactly what model it is. I`m hoping that some DW expert will have a look at the photos that I`ve posted in an album entitled "Mystery DW Mill" and tell us what it is.

This mill has 3" diameter column and cross tubes and the quill is also 3" in diameter. The head casting is very similar to the DW1 but is larger to accommodate the large tubes. (All Westbury and DW1 &2 had 2.5" diameter tubes). The base is similar to the DW1 but with integral machined guideways. The tee casting is also DW1 style but again beefed up to take the larger tube. the table has dovetail slides and has three tee slots in it.

The spindle is interesting as it has been bored out to take what seem to be home made collets which are closed by a nut which screws onto a 1.5" diameter by 8tpi thread machined onto the spindle nose. There is no through hole.

I spoke to Ivan Law and described the machine to him, his comment was that it is a hybrid but I`m not so sure about this.

I would be grateful for any information about this mill.

Alan

My references for the Dore Westbury mill show the following:

Building the DW mk 2, ME 1997/98, Nos 4054, thru to 4072.

Modifications to a DW Mk 1, ME Nos 4015/17&19

'My milling machine, building the DW Mk 2, ME 1989 Nos 3851, thru to 3865.

Colin

Mt DW Mk1 has a 4 step pulley. I have a feeing that is what the drawings show as well. I would have to ask my "filling assistant" where the #### they have been put to check.

It also has the "back gear" but I feel that the need for that may be a little back dated now. There would be a need to get into similar arguments some watchmakers have about the relative actual sharpness that can be achieved on gravers made of different materials. Even worse if old tool steels from various sources that were made in witches cauldrons are considered. These days steels have standards. Different brands once ruled and no one really knows what methods were used to produce them.

John

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