C. Redman and Sons
C. Redman and Sons of Parkinson Lane, Halifax were makers of machine tools.
1876 Company established by Cornelius Redman.
1910 Key-seating machines.
1911 Issued catalogue on rapid machine tools including planing machines, drilling machines, lathes and shaping machines. [1]
1914 Machine tool makers. Specialities: lathes, planing machines, drilling machines and shaping machines. Employees 200. [2]
1929 Description of planing machine with Redman-Binns toolholders. The tool holder is pivoted above the centre, and is swung over from the forward to the return position by the movement of a solenoid. The solenoid operates positively in both directions, and is energised at each end of the stroke by switches attached to the planer bed. The pivots are relieved of all load while the tool is cutting. This is effected by forming projections in front of, and behind, the tool holder at the bottom. The upper surface of these projections form part of a circle with the pivot as centre, and they engage with corresponding surfaces on the stationary part of the tool box when the holder is inclined. At the same time, the outer face of the projections come into contact with fixed stops, so that the whole reaction of the cut is taken by the curved and flat surfaces of the projection. See photos.[3]
1934 Charles Churchill and Co took over Cornelius Redman & Sons, renaming it Churchill-Redman Ltd.
See Also
Sources of Information
- Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham