This is a small version. I visited a shop circa 1972 that had a giant version making threaded hex nuts from 8-10 inch diameter stock. It was scary (and loud) and awesome and a bit intimidating.
When you turned on this machine and we saw the Screw machine cutting oil start to flow I can to this day remember that smell., what a great machine and a fine pleasure to get to watch it run, thank you for the share, Lance & Patrick.
Da gebe ich dir Recht, wenn der Geruch des Kühlöl sich in den Anziehsachen eingenistet hat, den wurde man ewig nicht los, nichtmal nach dem waschen. 1968 habe ich als 14 Jähriger Schüler im UdP, Untericht in der Produktion, war in der DDR Pflicht, an den Drehautomaten die Drehspäne entfernen und die Werkstücke auf Maßhaltigkeit prüfen Since I agree with you, if the smell of cooling oil has taken root in the clothes, you would not get rid of forever, not even after washing. In 1968, as a 14-year-old pupil of the UdP, I was a lecturer in production. In the GDR, I was obliged to remove the turnings from the automatic lathes and inspect the workpieces for dimensional accuracy
This tool has a swing stop, since there are only 3 operations on the turret, it would be more economical to re-cut cams to double index the turret obviating the need for a turret stop. This would increase cycle time and part production.
Brown & Sharpe was a solid, well run company. Unfortunately, a protracted and terribly violent strike by the union employees, did irreversible damage to the company and its reputation. The strike lasted 10 years (the longest strike in American Manufacturing history) and the once renowned company died in the early 1990s.
That vid instantly took me back to 1967 and Canadian Arsenals Ltd in Long Branch Ontario Canada to a line of four of those machines all operated by women employed there during WWII and myself fresh out of an ERA machinist apprenticeship with the RCN being their newbie young set-up and toolproving guy. Glory days indeed. Those and huge Acme-Gridley' s were all run by ladies who could tell instantly when a tool bit was failing.
I ran a couple of these back in the 90's. the last one left our shop in 2008 as it was a safety hazard (according to our safety committee) And needed to be guarded. LoL no one ever got hurt on them you just had to be aware of what you were doing. Great video.
My first job was operating Brown & Sharpe screw machines for the jewelry and shoe industries. The shop I worked at in Providence had about 12 machines a 0,00 and number 2. This shop ran mostly brass rods anywhere from .062 diameter to .750 of an inch with cross drilling and tapping. There were a couple of old machines that were cone. drives I believe the drive unit was called Turner unidrive. This was in the early 1970’s
Hi, curious young machinist here in RI. Where was the shop you worked in? Just curious, I love machining and Providence history. What a powerhouse of American manufacturing
That brings back some memories working in a factory full of those 00s and their bigger version making lock components .First job in the morning. Flick all the trips up and warm the machines up .
Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine Do you know who could make us some brass woodscrews? Thanks for Your Help,
I always wanted to learn how to run one of these. Most of my experience is with milling, grinding and basic manual lathe. I worked at one shop that had Swiss lathes but got laid off in 2009.
Worst job of my life, first job of my life, was operating these. Always cut up with metal chips and my boss was too cheap to buy new oil, so hot chips would come flying off the machine wrapping up into my arm hairs and scorching me... started shaving my arms so the brass would slip off my arms and not burn me.
Yup, these things were made back in the good old days. That’s back when men were men and sheep were scared. This was essentially a computer and a milling machine and the people who knew how to program them were a different breed. My uncle Ernie, who passed away at Christmas a year ago, had one of these and told me so much about it. He was a master machinist. Died December 16th. Amazing man. He worked with my company continuously and was such an amazing guy. Brilliant machines though! Wonder how many World War I and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam war machines, aircraft, tanks, ships, bombs and other devices of war, went through these things? We could very well owe America’s entire dominance of war, on these very machines and the master machinists who ran, built and designed parts on the old Brown and Sharpes screw machine.
@@poppabear9279 Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine Do you know who could make us some brass wood screws? Thanks for Your Help,
fred, can I pick your brain about setting up a screw machine? I have a good book but there are some questions that the book doesn't address, or is not clear.
I notice he has a solid stop probably has a delayed feed out intentionally to prevent the dwell of the stop from marking the face of the part. I’ve had to do this before
This 00 (1/2 dia cap), I believe has a chain-drive spindle and is known as a square-base machine. Older models were belt driven. This machine has the capability for auto screw-head slotting and/or or c/o burr removal. The attachment isn't on the machine. The slotting doesn't slow down the cycle. I even did straddle-milling of 2 flats on the head of a 10-32 screw. I also modified a 2G Brownie (1 1/4 dia cap) to do cross-drilling and tapping on the OD of a 7/8 dia alum disc, 3/16 thick with a .156 dia ID. Cycle was about 18 sec. This 00 machine probably dates to the 50's.
@@algirdpatrick5048 RE: DOOR SCREWS Project: Vintage
Beverly and I own a 1901 home here in Atlanta. In the process of refinishing a group of heart pine doors, we had some #9 X ¾ slotted flat head brass screws made to hang the solid wood doors. We offered the balance to others who were interested in this item and are now looking to make some additional screws.
I’d like to make some 9 X 1 and possibly several other #9 wood screw sizes. My previous order was for (1000) 9 X ¾ screws. I’m looking for Made in USA screws. Thanks for Your Help,
@@algirdpatrick5048 Our previous order was for (1000) 9 X ¾ screws. I’d like to make some 9 X 1 and possibly several other #9 screw sizes. The idea was to make a number of different screws from the same brass rod or wire. What quantity works best for you?
Yup, these things were made back in the good old days. That’s back when men were men and sheep were scared. This was essentially a computer and a milling machine and the people who knew how to program them were a different breed. My uncle Ernie, who passed away at Christmas a year ago, had one of these and told me so much about it. He was a master machinist. Died December 16th. Amazing man. He worked with my company continuously and was such an amazing guy. Brilliant machines though! Wonder how many World War I and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam war machines, aircraft, tanks, ships, bombs and other devices of war, went through these things? We could very well owe America’s entire dominance of war, on these very machines and the master machinists who ran, built and designed parts on the old Brown and Sharpes screw machine.
Wait, essentially a computer? It looks mechanical/cam operated to me. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I am trying to make sure I'm understanding what I'm seeing correctly. I know that punch-card or tape "computers" had been in use in the 50's, but I was under the impression that mechanical automation was still more popular at the time. Then again, I'm not sure what year this machine was made, so I'm admittedly not an expert here, especially since I've never touched, let alone used, a machine tool. That's why my question may come off uninformed or naive, because I more or less am just a layman observer lol
@@andrewyork3869 Depends on how you define CNC. Early numerical control, or NC (the precursor to computer numerical control, or CNC) relied on magnetic tape or punch cards. Screw machines existed for quite some time before NC became viable after WWII.
@@carbidegrd1 Yes. How you control what action happens at what time and to what distances. I'd imagine it involves a series of cams and limit stops, among other things.
@@bvcxzgt5451 the cam on the right makes the turret feed, the drum in front of it have dogs that make it index. Another three cams make the three slides move. The drum on the left makes it open the collet and push the stock in. If I remember correctly the cam on the left is the one that makes the top slide come down, it was mainly used for the cutoff. On and one drum trips it from high to low speed but you can set up one to be low speed reverse. That same drum has a cam to make the parts shute come up.
The motions of the turret and cross slides are governed by plate cams which are individually made for each job. (It's possible to use the same cams on similar jobs, but this will usually add to the cycle time). The turret slide moves the six station indexing turret. Each position can take an end working tool mounted in a tool holder, either floating or fixed. The tool holders on the machine above have, from memory, a 5/8" Dia. shank which is inserted onto the Turret holes and clamped using the Hex. Bolts. Typical tools include: drills, taps, die-heads, reamers, swing recessing tools, roller boxes etc.. On the rear of the machine, there a Back-shaft with various Dog Clutches which are tripped by the trip dogs on the Front-shaft. These trips activate the mechanism to trip the turret to the next position and open the collet and advance the bar-feed mechanism as required (see at 2:00 mins). Between the Rear shaft and the Front shaft, is the Turret Cam Shaft which advances and retracts the turret tooling for each operation. Designing the cams for the turret mechanism can be quite challenging and the task is often done by specialists, but we used to make our own. The cross-slides are actuated by simpler plate cams which mostly move the slides back and forth, for plunge forming / parting-off or, as in the video, knurling. These machines are very productive and even now, out perform CNC machines on small diameter simple parts. Our shop has gone completely CNC, but I have still kept a couple of Index Machines in storage in case I ever need them. Unfortunately, I'm one of a dying breed who actually knows how the set and run them but I'm not sure if I ever want to get that dirty again! I used to make all of the form tools we needed, and even now have to grind drills for my employees, who have never learned these skills.
Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine Do you know who could make us some brass woodscrews? Thanks for Your Help,
CNC machines don't turn out parts any faster than this old timer. Plus you get to see all the parts working. Only drawback I remember is having to make cam sets for different jobs.
I AM 75 YEARS OLD👍👍👍👍👍I AM MANUFACTURINGS ENGINER👍👍BROWN AND SHARP THE INVERTER OF SINGLE SPEED SCREW MACHINE😱😱😱😱😱😱and MULTIPLE SPINDLE SCREW MACHINE NEW BRITAIN,ACME
I did a GoogleSearch for (Brown and Sharpe 00 screw machine). at the bottom of the page was an icon for manuals. I clicked this an was presented with an entire page manuals from different resellers
I worked in a machine shop and we had numerous BS, BSA, and Index machines, the trouble was you had to design and make new cams for a lot of jobs. We also had about 50 multi spindle machines ,Wickman mostly but a few Acme Gridley. The noise was incredible but nothing can come close to the cycle time of a multi spindle machine.
Oh yeah, the smell of sulfur cutting oil.. It would linger on you all day!! Yup alot of right responses. The stock feed could of be set quicker and some indexing settings could of been better. They did take alot of parts of the front as the spindle cover and tray up front to show the workings. Not to many attachments on this run or machine and to be honest it was just easier to do 2nd operations on some parts than invest the time and pay huge money for some attachments.
@@johnfetner5443 Not sure if this question is for real but wood screws seem to be cast or cold formed and have a very tapered thread starting from the tip back which I have never seen a a threading tool made for a Browne and Sharpe. I guess it could be done but these are more for machine type screws.. Just curious if you want a custom brass wood screw?
@@petereconomakis149 RE: DOOR SCREWS Project: Vintage
The videos that I have watched on You Tube of a screw machine factory in China appeared to do this with a coil of wire overhead feeding into a pre-straightening machine that feeds into a Cold Heading machine that feeds into a tread rolling machine. ruclips.net/video/NUme6FXkw24/видео.html I had some 9X3/4 slotted flat head brass screws made to use in our home. I’m trying to have some additional sizes made…. Let me know if you have any suggestions
I have drill and parting off job of 47mm round bar with 18mm drill and 26mm face collar. Someone pls guide me to the best option with 50mm spindle passage. Pls guide me the best option between index, b&s, bsa or any else. Kind Regards Hasan
awesome, is this thing "programmed" by using different geometry attachments to the various spinning shafts? never seen one in operation before, pretty cool
1:39 you can see the cams spinning and hear corresponding sounds. Most cams can be replaced based on the part being made and they can easily be made on a standard lathe
@@anastaziamarcy3952 The blanks are easily made on a lathe. We bought our cam blanks. The best were OEM- they had 100 graduations (each graduation therefore was 3.6 degrees) That helped with laying out the cam shape. They could be be cut out then taken to final dimension various ways. Nicest in my opinion was the cam cutter from B&S.
I spent 6 months 30 years ago running and setting them up. I watched this video and wondered if the collet was closed before the feed stop dropped off. Looks like it indexes to a support while still on the feed lobe. PS when I say I feel like I misindexed I'm relating to this machine crashing.
@@fanplantBest I can tell, there is not a single manufacturer in the US who is making wood screws! I’m not convinced there is a market, but I’m trying to put some product out there to test the response. Peter, One of the guys that I am communicating with on You Tube has recommended that we look for a small family owned shop that would be willing to take on this project. Any recommendations? Thanks for Your Help,
eine schöne alte Drehmaschine mit Revolverkopf und Kurvenscheibensteuerung, 1968 mußte ich als Schüler im UdP die Späne raus angeln, war eine fettige Angelegenheit. a beautiful old lathe with turret and cam control, 1968 I had to fish out the chips as a student in the UdP was a greasy affair.
diffearant ones stay away from. old belt drives go for a 1 1/2 square base check clutchs and chains check how far gibs are up on adjustement..can prob find to start 3,000 with tooling and up if you find a PTC get rid of allen bradly control put a fanuc..and all you will need is crosslide cams..some PTCs have tracer attachement
Camilo Perez nobody who owns one is letting them go unless they’re beyond repair. If you do find one... you gotta find a guy to make a cam for it... better off buying a CNC version. Swiss Turn lathe. Like a Citizen, Tsugami, star, nexturn... something.
Of course now of days, this is all done on a CNC machine. So much easier to program and set up. Perhaps just a bit slower but so much more flexible. Still there are some applications where this sort of machine is hard to beat, this one is one of those applications.
Not all. There are a lot of B&S and others out there. In addition to our own work, we took some of the work from the CNCs when they got behind, because our cycle times were so much shorter. Nothing against CNCs, but they shine with very complex parts and very high precision. On more mundane parts, we kicked their butts.
Screw machines are so dang cool. Wish i knew where there was one running around me to go see haha.
Engineers were built different from this time. This is incredible
This is mesmerizing to watch. Probably could sit and watch this machine for hours and be entertained.
they are mesmerizing sure, but trust me they are nasty sons of bitches to work with
This is a small version. I visited a shop circa 1972 that had a giant version making threaded hex nuts from 8-10 inch diameter stock. It was scary (and loud) and awesome and a bit intimidating.
Yeah, this is the baby. Laid out a little differently from the larger machines.
When you turned on this machine and we saw the Screw machine cutting oil start to flow I can to this day remember that smell., what a great machine and a fine pleasure to get to watch it run, thank you for the share, Lance & Patrick.
Oh no ~ that was some rancid shit ~ almost as bad as the old radial arm drill ~
Da gebe ich dir Recht, wenn der Geruch des Kühlöl sich in den Anziehsachen eingenistet hat, den wurde man ewig nicht los, nichtmal nach dem waschen. 1968 habe ich als 14 Jähriger Schüler im UdP, Untericht in der Produktion, war in der DDR Pflicht, an den Drehautomaten die Drehspäne entfernen und die Werkstücke auf Maßhaltigkeit prüfen
Since I agree with you, if the smell of cooling oil has taken root in the clothes, you would not get rid of forever, not even after washing. In 1968, as a 14-year-old pupil of the UdP, I was a lecturer in production. In the GDR, I was obliged to remove the turnings from the automatic lathes and inspect the workpieces for dimensional accuracy
I miss that smell in my career 😭
Things have changed drastically
First machine shop I worked in had 24 brownies.
This tool has a swing stop, since there are only 3 operations on the turret, it would be more economical to re-cut cams to double index the turret obviating the need for a turret stop. This would increase cycle time and part production.
Brown & Sharpe was a solid, well run company. Unfortunately, a protracted and terribly violent strike by the union
employees, did irreversible damage to the company and its reputation. The strike lasted 10 years (the longest
strike in American Manufacturing history) and the once renowned company died in the early 1990s.
That vid instantly took me back to 1967 and Canadian Arsenals Ltd in Long Branch Ontario Canada to a line of four of those machines all operated by women employed there during WWII and myself fresh out of an ERA machinist apprenticeship with the RCN being their newbie young set-up and toolproving guy. Glory days indeed. Those and huge Acme-Gridley' s were all run by ladies who could tell instantly when a tool bit was failing.
Nice video. We have over 50 of them in our shop. I run 8 of them every day in my area
Anyone there know how to design the cams for them?
We buy all of ours already done
And then you go home and watch them on RUclips!? 😜
Dear bro , have you b&S machine for sale
How do i contact you abut a job?
I ran a couple of these back in the 90's. the last one left our shop in 2008 as it was a safety hazard (according to our safety committee) And needed to be guarded. LoL no one ever got hurt on them you just had to be aware of what you were doing. Great video.
Know anyone who could make us some brass wood screws?
I was a journeyman machinist in the 80s & 90s. I never had the opportunity to set up a B&S screw machine, but they are truly a marvel of engineering.
I made a lot of blender drive shafts on a B and S
My first job was operating Brown & Sharpe screw machines for the jewelry and shoe industries. The shop I worked at in Providence had about 12 machines a 0,00 and number 2. This shop ran mostly brass rods anywhere from .062 diameter to .750 of an inch with cross drilling and tapping. There were a couple of old machines that were cone. drives I believe the drive unit was called Turner unidrive. This was in the early 1970’s
Hi, curious young machinist here in RI. Where was the shop you worked in? Just curious, I love machining and Providence history. What a powerhouse of American manufacturing
That brings back some memories working in a factory full of those 00s and their bigger version making lock components .First job in the morning. Flick all the trips up and warm the machines up .
Yup about 15 minutes of warm up was good..
Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine
Do you know who could make us some brass woodscrews?
Thanks for Your Help,
John
@@johnfetner5443 Just what size screws are you looking for?
I always wanted to learn how to run one of these. Most of my experience is with milling, grinding and basic manual lathe. I worked at one shop that had Swiss lathes but got laid off in 2009.
That's Good Stuff
Worst job of my life, first job of my life, was operating these. Always cut up with metal chips and my boss was too cheap to buy new oil, so hot chips would come flying off the machine wrapping up into my arm hairs and scorching me... started shaving my arms so the brass would slip off my arms and not burn me.
Some parts just make hot chips, whether the oil is new or old..
Yup, these things were made back in the good old days. That’s back when men were men and sheep were scared.
This was essentially a computer and a milling machine and the people who knew how to program them were a different breed.
My uncle Ernie, who passed away at Christmas a year ago, had one of these and told me so much about it. He was a master machinist.
Died December 16th. Amazing man. He worked with my company continuously and was such an amazing guy.
Brilliant machines though! Wonder how many World War I and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam war machines, aircraft, tanks, ships, bombs and other devices of war, went through these things?
We could very well owe America’s entire dominance of war, on these very machines and the master machinists who ran, built and designed parts on the old Brown and Sharpes screw machine.
@@poppabear9279 Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine
Do you know who could make us some brass wood screws?
Thanks for Your Help,
John
It looks like your feed trip dog could be advanced about 1 or 2 hundredths. Was setup man on b&s for 40 years.
fred, can I pick your brain about setting up a screw machine? I have a good book but there are some questions that the book doesn't address, or is not clear.
I agree. That kind of jumped out at me. Why wait till the last moment?
Hah! I thought similar and I only had 6 months.
I notice he has a solid stop probably has a delayed feed out intentionally to prevent the dwell of the stop from marking the face of the part. I’ve had to do this before
Thought that was a bit to close off the stop.
I once bought two #00s ,new in crates ,exWW2 lend lease.....sadly I just scrapped them ,as you couldnt give away Brownies .
They purchased the IP for the CVA Autos in about 1974, the machine looks very similar!
This 00 (1/2 dia cap), I believe has a chain-drive spindle and is known as a square-base machine. Older models were belt driven. This machine has the capability for auto screw-head slotting and/or or c/o burr removal. The attachment isn't on the machine. The slotting doesn't slow down the cycle. I even did straddle-milling of 2 flats on the head of a 10-32 screw.
I also modified a 2G Brownie (1 1/4 dia cap) to do cross-drilling and tapping on the OD of a 7/8 dia alum disc, 3/16 thick with a .156 dia ID. Cycle was about 18 sec.
This 00 machine probably dates to the 50's.
Who can i contact to make me some screws?
@@johnfetner5443 How many screws & where do you live ?
@@algirdpatrick5048 RE: DOOR SCREWS
Project: Vintage
Beverly and I own a 1901 home here in Atlanta. In the process of refinishing a group of heart pine doors, we had some #9 X ¾ slotted flat head brass screws made to hang the solid wood doors. We offered the balance to others who were interested in this item and are now looking to make some additional screws.
I’d like to make some 9 X 1 and possibly several other #9 wood screw sizes.
My previous order was for (1000) 9 X ¾ screws.
I’m looking for Made in USA screws.
Thanks for Your Help,
John
E-address johnwaldfetner@zoho.com
@@algirdpatrick5048 Our previous order was for (1000) 9 X ¾ screws.
I’d like to make some 9 X 1 and possibly several other #9 screw sizes.
The idea was to make a number of different screws from the same brass rod or wire.
What quantity works best for you?
Yup, these things were made back in the good old days. That’s back when men were men and sheep were scared.
This was essentially a computer and a milling machine and the people who knew how to program them were a different breed.
My uncle Ernie, who passed away at Christmas a year ago, had one of these and told me so much about it. He was a master machinist.
Died December 16th. Amazing man. He worked with my company continuously and was such an amazing guy.
Brilliant machines though! Wonder how many World War I and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam war machines, aircraft, tanks, ships, bombs and other devices of war, went through these things?
We could very well owe America’s entire dominance of war, on these very machines and the master machinists who ran, built and designed parts on the old Brown and Sharpes screw machine.
Wait, essentially a computer? It looks mechanical/cam operated to me. I'm not saying that you're wrong, but I am trying to make sure I'm understanding what I'm seeing correctly. I know that punch-card or tape "computers" had been in use in the 50's, but I was under the impression that mechanical automation was still more popular at the time. Then again, I'm not sure what year this machine was made, so I'm admittedly not an expert here, especially since I've never touched, let alone used, a machine tool. That's why my question may come off uninformed or naive, because I more or less am just a layman observer lol
@@benbird2100 these machines where a early type of CNC, and regardless of how narrowly where infact programmable.
@@andrewyork3869 Depends on how you define CNC. Early numerical control, or NC (the precursor to computer numerical control, or CNC) relied on magnetic tape or punch cards. Screw machines existed for quite some time before NC became viable after WWII.
@@benbird2100 I look at this alot like an old mechanical calculator, or an analog tide prediction machine.
The oil pump has failed in this machine. The evidence is the Dry Oil Drip cup visible in the video. That spindle will soon start to growl.
i'm training on one of these from 1942. fun and involving, but not really designed for fast turn-over.
I would love an overview of how a machine like this is programmed.
Programmed?
@@carbidegrd1 Yes. How you control what action happens at what time and to what distances. I'd imagine it involves a series of cams and limit stops, among other things.
@@bvcxzgt5451 the cam on the right makes the turret feed, the drum in front of it have dogs that make it index. Another three cams make the three slides move. The drum on the left makes it open the collet and push the stock in. If I remember correctly the cam on the left is the one that makes the top slide come down, it was mainly used for the cutoff. On and one drum trips it from high to low speed but you can set up one to be low speed reverse. That same drum has a cam to make the parts shute come up.
@@fanplant Awsome and cool. Thanks.
The motions of the turret and cross slides are governed by plate cams which are individually made for each job. (It's possible to use the same cams on similar jobs, but this will usually add to the cycle time).
The turret slide moves the six station indexing turret. Each position can take an end working tool mounted in a tool holder, either floating or fixed. The tool holders on the machine above have, from memory, a 5/8" Dia. shank which is inserted onto the Turret holes and clamped using the Hex. Bolts. Typical tools include: drills, taps, die-heads, reamers, swing recessing tools, roller boxes etc..
On the rear of the machine, there a Back-shaft with various Dog Clutches which are tripped by the trip dogs on the Front-shaft. These trips activate the mechanism to trip the turret to the next position and open the collet and advance the bar-feed mechanism as required (see at 2:00 mins). Between the Rear shaft and the Front shaft, is the Turret Cam Shaft which advances and retracts the turret tooling for each operation. Designing the cams for the turret mechanism can be quite challenging and the task is often done by specialists, but we used to make our own. The cross-slides are actuated by simpler plate cams which mostly move the slides back and forth, for plunge forming / parting-off or, as in the video, knurling.
These machines are very productive and even now, out perform CNC machines on small diameter simple parts.
Our shop has gone completely CNC, but I have still kept a couple of Index Machines in storage in case I ever need them. Unfortunately, I'm one of a dying breed who actually knows how the set and run them but I'm not sure if I ever want to get that dirty again! I used to make all of the form tools we needed, and even now have to grind drills for my employees, who have never learned these skills.
Such a cool machine.
Just saw your Comment on a You Tube video of a Brown and Sharpe screw making machine
Do you know who could make us some brass woodscrews?
Thanks for Your Help,
John
CNC machines don't turn out parts any faster than this old timer. Plus you get to see all the parts working. Only drawback I remember is having to make cam sets for different jobs.
Know anyone who could make su some brass wood screws?
Yes but the setup times are much faster with cnc machines, for large volume orders screw machines are still the way to go. They all have their place.
Beat that CNC.
I ran Davenports for 25 years, never seen a Brownie till right now. Pretty cool.
I AM 75 YEARS OLD👍👍👍👍👍I AM MANUFACTURINGS ENGINER👍👍BROWN AND SHARP THE INVERTER OF SINGLE SPEED SCREW MACHINE😱😱😱😱😱😱and MULTIPLE SPINDLE SCREW MACHINE NEW BRITAIN,ACME
I hear Davenports hard to run...I run Brown and Sharpes
I want to used Automatic production turret lathe screw machine BSA
Where could I get the manual for this machine
I did a GoogleSearch for (Brown and Sharpe 00 screw machine). at the bottom of the page was an icon for manuals. I clicked this an was presented with an entire page manuals from different resellers
I worked in a machine shop and we had numerous BS, BSA, and Index machines, the trouble was you had to design and make new cams for a lot of jobs. We also had about 50 multi spindle machines ,Wickman mostly but a few Acme Gridley. The noise was incredible but nothing can come close to the cycle time of a multi spindle machine.
Oh yeah, the smell of sulfur cutting oil.. It would linger on you all day!! Yup alot of right responses. The stock feed could of be set quicker and some indexing settings could of been better. They did take alot of parts of the front as the spindle cover and tray up front to show the workings. Not to many attachments on this run or machine and to be honest it was just easier to do 2nd operations on some parts than invest the time and pay huge money for some attachments.
pick up arm you can deburr or slot..you can cross drill also mill off turrent...you can build i did
@@miguelcastaneda7236 know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
@@johnfetner5443 Not sure if this question is for real but wood screws seem to be cast or cold formed and have a very tapered thread starting from the tip back which I have never seen a a threading tool made for a Browne and Sharpe. I guess it could be done but these are more for machine type screws..
Just curious if you want a custom brass wood screw?
@@petereconomakis149 RE: DOOR SCREWS
Project: Vintage
The videos that I have watched on You Tube of a screw machine factory in China appeared to do this with a coil of wire overhead feeding into a pre-straightening machine that feeds into a Cold Heading machine that feeds into a tread rolling machine.
ruclips.net/video/NUme6FXkw24/видео.html
I had some 9X3/4 slotted flat head brass screws made to use in our home.
I’m trying to have some additional sizes made….
Let me know if you have any suggestions
Thanks for Your Help,
John
E-address johnwaldfetner@zoho.com
Looks the machine was set up very well, what a nice quick action. A part every few seconds!
I have drill and parting off job of 47mm round bar with 18mm drill and 26mm face collar. Someone pls guide me to the best option with 50mm spindle passage. Pls guide me the best option between index, b&s, bsa or any else.
Kind Regards
Hasan
awesome, is this thing "programmed" by using different geometry attachments to the various spinning shafts? never seen one in operation before, pretty cool
I guess you could say "programmed". They're called cams.
1:39 you can see the cams spinning and hear corresponding sounds. Most cams can be replaced based on the part being made and they can easily be made on a standard lathe
@@anastaziamarcy3952 The blanks are easily made on a lathe. We bought our cam blanks. The best were OEM- they had 100 graduations (each graduation therefore was 3.6 degrees) That helped with laying out the cam shape. They could be be cut out then taken to final dimension various ways. Nicest in my opinion was the cam cutter from B&S.
Is this career worth it?
I'm looking for a length of 1/4-20 DOUBLE LEAD brass screw stock. Does anybody have a contact for me ?
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I spent 6 months 30 years ago running and setting them up. I watched this video and wondered if the collet was closed before the feed stop dropped off. Looks like it indexes to a support while still on the feed lobe.
PS when I say I feel like I misindexed I'm relating to this machine crashing.
Know anyone who could make us some brass wood screws?
@@johnfetner5443 sadly the owner of the shop I worked at passed 2 years ago.
@@fanplantBest I can tell, there is not a single manufacturer in the US who is making wood screws!
I’m not convinced there is a market, but I’m trying to put some product out there to test the response.
Peter, One of the guys that I am communicating with on You Tube has recommended that we look for a small family owned shop that would be willing to take on this project.
Any recommendations?
Thanks for Your Help,
John
E-address johnwaldfetner@zoho.com
chains need adjusting can hear them and go to the 240 backshaft its easier on mach..feed out low speed
eine schöne alte Drehmaschine mit Revolverkopf und Kurvenscheibensteuerung, 1968 mußte ich als Schüler im UdP die Späne raus angeln, war eine fettige Angelegenheit.
a beautiful old lathe with turret and cam control, 1968 I had to fish out the chips as a student in the UdP was a greasy affair.
Does anyone have an accurate idea of what a 00G weighs?
Set 4 off these 00 with screw cutting attachment 60.00mm cap with double grip collets happy days
know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
The cleverness of man never ceases to amaze.
Cycle time?
The demo showed knurled fasteners being machined at around 12s per piece.
Pure engineering. ❤
wow. so the feedstock must stop spinning for the knurl operation?
No.
what flavor of Gcode does that thing use? (kidding, i ran some of them 30 years ago)
I just got a job three weeks ago running a machine that looks almost exactly like this
@@THEMAX00000 nice! Enjoy!
@@THEMAX00000 know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
Know anyone who could make us some brass wood screws?
Detail about machine and price of this machine & how and from where i can buy this machine??
www.ebay.com/itm/USED-Brown-and-Sharpe-00-Screw-Machine/292190009688?hash=item4407e1b958:g:eEUAAOSwzVhZcMlz
diffearant ones stay away from. old belt drives go for a 1 1/2 square base check clutchs and chains check how far gibs are up on adjustement..can prob find to start 3,000 with tooling and up if you find a PTC get rid of allen bradly control put a fanuc..and all you will need is crosslide cams..some PTCs have tracer attachement
We have this type of machine and tornos m7 and tornos R10 screw machine
in mumbai india
contact
sachinmauryamo8@gmail.com
7977340213
I need a machine like that where I can buy it
Camilo Perez nobody who owns one is letting them go unless they’re beyond repair. If you do find one... you gotta find a guy to make a cam for it... better off buying a CNC version. Swiss Turn lathe. Like a Citizen, Tsugami, star, nexturn... something.
Still want one? I own a few i'm willing to be rid of.
Call 900312351 i am having machin brown and sharpe 15 dai and 40 dai
We have this type of machine as well as tornos m7 and tornos R10 machine.
in mumbai india
contact
sachinmauryamo8@gmail.com
7977340213
@@machineshopworkantiquemach6370 Know anyone who could make us some brass wood screws?
How often does the machine oil have to be changed?
When the pump won't push it anymore.
If I recall it took 2 5 gallon trips so somewhere around 10. Oh sorry, when my boss told me to change it,lol. But it used to stay for quite a while.
@@brustar5152 know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
Hello, I want to use your expertise to answer my questions, what kind of product this machine does?
I THI?NK I HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN THE GARAGE, mine says vise grip on it. I could be wrong about the model.lol Nice machine
know anyone who can make us some brass wood screws?
@@johnfetner5443 I know it's been a few months, but did you find someone to make your screws?
Of course now of days, this is all done on a CNC machine. So much easier to program and set up. Perhaps just a bit slower but so much more flexible. Still there are some applications where this sort of machine is hard to beat, this one is one of those applications.
Not all. There are a lot of B&S and others out there. In addition to our own work, we took some of the work from the CNCs when they got behind, because our cycle times were so much shorter. Nothing against CNCs, but they shine with very complex parts and very high precision. On more mundane parts, we kicked their butts.