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Identification of literature about various cutter grinding machines by the George Gorton company and its successors. See also the (manual has information on using the Gorton 375-2 and on cutter shapes (pp. 31-40) and the (which show various cutters) in the -Notebook. (Although the P1-2 is a general-purpose machine tool, I acquired mine because I wanted to make typefounding matrices.) See also the and the. The Gorton 375 (and 265) cutter grinder(s) employ type 4NS collets. For information on these, see -.

click image to go to page Form 1580 replaced form 1321 in 1940. It went by several titles, including Pantograph Engraving Machines (1580-A, 1940, which did not cover cutter grinders), Tracer-Controlled Pantograph Engraving Machines (1580-I, 1954, which did not cover cutter grinders), and Tracer-Controlled Pantomill Engraving Machines (1580-N, which covered the 265-7 and 375-3, 1580-R & -S, which covered the 265-7 and 375-4). The link here is 'up-and-over' to the entry for this brochure in -Or see directly for this Form. Current (2008-2011.) Model 375 Manual Model 375 Universal Cutter Grinder Service Manual. (Kenosha, WI: Famco Machine Division of Belco Industries, 2008.) I obtained my copy of this manual directly from Famco as the current version of the manual, in July 2011. The cost was $75. It is a substantial revision of the former manual.

Jul 11, 2016 Hi all, I have a very nice Gorton single lip grinder, model 375-2, which i picked up at auction a while back. I finally got around to cleaning it up and. Feb 18, 2009 I am picking up a Gorton 375-2 cutter grinder and wondering where I could g. Thread Tools. Show Printable. Gorton 375-2 cutter grinder manual?

Hi all, I have a very nice Gorton single lip grinder, model 375-2, which i picked up at auction a while back. I finally got around to cleaning it up and.

It does not bear a Gorton-style 4-digit 'form number'; it is identifiable only by its title, its copyright dates (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) and its length (v + 42 pages). The version supplied by Famco appears to be a printout of a scan of the manual. (They offered to supply it either electronically or on paper; in retrospect I should have chosen the electronic version and simply printed it out myself.) This is both a grinding instruction manual and a nominally illustrated parts list. It is much better than the earlier 'Form 2006-A' (see below), but it still has issues. It does name the parts in the parts list (2006-A does not), but the drawings (clearly scans of copies of old drawings that were probably very nice when drawn decades ago) are murky at best; important parts on them cannot be distinguished. It does not give instructions for the disassembly of the workholding head. It does not give specifications of the tapers used for the wheel spindle or the workholding head.

(In fact, despite its title, it provides little real service instruction at all.) The names used for parts in the instruction section do not necessarily correspond to the names of those parts in the parts list. It does, however, briefly discuss lubrication, which is nice. It shows the 717-7 workholding head and a guard-mounted diamond dressing attachment (which was not present on machines the vintage of mine).

This manual is in copyright and is not reprinted here. (The icon-size reproduction of its cover for purposes of identification should, I think, be within the limits of 'fair use' under US copyright law.).

Instructions, Cutter Grinder 375 Grinding Instructions for Gorton 375 Cutter Grinder. (Famco Division of Belco Industries) This document seems to have been developed by Lars Machine, Inc. (inside the covers, there is no reference to any company beyond Lars), which would place its composition in the period 1974/5 - 1987.

The copy I have, though, seems to have been published later, in new covers, after Lars was acquired by the Famco division of Belco in 1987. It is not a very good manual.

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This manual is in copyright and is not reprinted here. (The icon-size reproduction of its cover for purposes of identification should, I think, be within the limits of 'fair use' under US copyright law.).

Gorton Form 1385 is the basic instruction book and parts catalog for their pantograph engraver line before its re-engineering as the 'Pn-d' models. (However, it remained useful with, and was indeed supplied with, 'Pn-d' models such as the P1-2.) The various editions of these manuals also contain information on using Gorton cutter grinders and on cutter shapes.

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Often this information is very well-presented (though of course it covers only cutters appropriate for engraving machines). It differs (at least) between the original Form 1385 (1935) and the 1385-E revision (1950/1956). Gorton Forms 1385 and 1385-E are pesently in the public domain due to the expiration without renewal of copyright. The digital reprints of them here remain in the public domain. Gorton Forms 2006-A as published by the Famco division of Belco Industries and the 2008 revision of the Model 375 service manual by Famco are in copyright. The reproduction of their covers here at a reduced size for the purposes of identifying this document should be within 'Fair Use' under US copyright law. The material on www.gorton-machine.org is not reproduced here, but simply linked to.

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