Kearney Trecker serial number registry

johnoder · Oct 15, 2020

JPD said:
rj1939 I just acquired 2CHL 1-7235... bought in northern New Jersey and now located in Rhode Island.

Lot of 15 verticals completed December 1953

zamboni2354 · Oct 17, 2020

Hey guys. Glad to find this thread and links to the VM site. I just picked up this 2ch at auction recently. Looks like the machine is November 1957 and the vert head in march of 57. Cool info.

Brought it home. Still haven't got it in the garage but i test ran it and it all seems to be in good working order:
Kearney & Trecker mill test run - YouTube

Jeff in long beach

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ramsay1 · Oct 17, 2020

Nice machine! Now, that is a std hi speed universal milling head.. When you take it off or put it on, you will discover that there is a trick to it...Do not just loosen the clamps and try to pull it off with the overarms still engaged in the head assembly... There are spacer discs on the gears that will interfere with one another....Bring the head all the way to the column, bring the overarms flush with the column so they are disengaged with the head then you can lift the unit off... Cheers; Ramsay 1

zamboni2354 · Oct 17, 2020

ramsay1 said:
Nice machine! Now, that is a std hi speed universal milling head.. When you take it off or put it on, you will discover that there is a trick to it...Do not just loosen the clamps and try to pull it off with the overarms still engaged in the head assembly... There are spacer discs on the gears that will interfere with one another....Bring the head all the way to the column, bring the overarms flush with the column so they are disengaged with the head then you can lift the unit off... Cheers; Ramsay 1

Thank you for that info!!!
Jeff

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ramsay1 · Oct 17, 2020

YVW! Enjoy... Ramsay 1

zamboni2354 · Oct 17, 2020

ramsay1 said:
YVW! Enjoy... Ramsay 1

I will, once i figure out how to shoe horn it in the garage [emoji38]

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zamboni2354 · Oct 17, 2020

ramsay1 said:
YVW! Enjoy... Ramsay 1

Ramsay, is the aluminum looking part a cover for the spline shaft and is it factory? I don't see how it slide the head back with it on there. Any thoughts? Thanks

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ramsay1 · Oct 18, 2020

Someone must have added that aluminum section.. Maybe they used it in that position all the time..On my 2h, you can see the turning shaft. You're going to have to remove the overarms from the head and retract the arms flush with the column before you can remove the unit....If you want, you can just separate the two sections or at least on mine you can...You had better have something to lift the unit with as it is very heavy.. I have a parking bracket on my machine.... You have to be able to lift the drive bracket to remove it so the spacer discs clear....That is my experience with this type of unit on my 2h...Cheers; Ramsay 1

ramsay1 · Oct 18, 2020

zamboni2354 said:
I will, once i figure out how to shoe horn it in the garage [emoji38]

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Get it up on some pipe rollers if you have a concrete floor that is pretty smooth.. Pinch bar will roll it where you need to go...Cheers.. Ramsay 1

zamboni2354 · Oct 18, 2020

ramsay1 said:
Get it up on some pipe rollers if you have a concrete floor that is pretty smooth.. Pinch bar will roll it where you need to go...Cheers.. Ramsay 1

I got it close and then used the pry bar to slide it off the forks.

Thanks again
Jeff

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gtermini · Nov 27, 2020

That's a good looking machine Mr zamboni.

Here is my 2H Universal. Serial 9-4358. Lot of 25, March 1943 (WEST) -whatever WEST means

It did time at Textron and I'm assuming went through rebuild at some point where the overarms and handles were chromed. I have a lot of the original accessories, including a rotab drive housing (but no rotab). Sadly the change gears for spiral indexing parted ways with the machine long before I got it. Overall a very nice machine to use.

ramsay1 · Nov 27, 2020

West = Westinghouse.. They made a lot of them during the war...Some of the parts differed from the standard 2h machines.I see you have a vertical head.. Is there a drive gear that fits? Cheers; Ramsay 1

Kearney & Trecker Co. - Publication Reprints - Model 2H Lot Number Record Including Those Made By Westinghouse During WW2 | VintageMachinery.org

gtermini · Nov 27, 2020

Ramsay,

Thank you for the info. I'll put that note in the manual and take a look if I'm ever in the knee on it.

I have a drive gear and original drawbar for the vert head. I knew about the rarity of them and made sure it was in the tooling lot before I talked myself into the rest of the mill. I'd love a parking attachment, but I think that'll take finding a parts machine to rob, and those are in short supply here in the Pacific Northwest.

zamboni2354 · Nov 27, 2020

gtermini said:
That's a good looking machine Mr zamboni.

Here is my 2H Universal. Serial 9-4358. Lot of 25, March 1943 (WEST) -whatever WEST means

It did time at Textron and I'm assuming went through rebuild at some point where the overarms and handles were chromed. I have a lot of the original accessories, including a rotab drive housing (but no rotab). Sadly the change gears for spiral indexing parted ways with the machine long before I got it. Overall a very nice machine to use.

Nice looking machine with a good amount of goodies to go with it!! Yeah, I figure ill probably end up having to get lucky or buy a whole machine to find parking attachment set up.

Jeff

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Dan323 · Mar 19, 2022

Just bought this Kearney Trecker 307 S12 vertical. Serial 16/9261

Is someone able to give me year and approximate weight of this unit?

https://i.imgur.com/Z2KE1Tq.png

Ohio Mike · Mar 19, 2022

Dan323 said:
Just bought this Kearney Trecker 307 S12 vertical. Serial 16/9261

Is someone able to give me year and approximate weight of this unit?

https://i.imgur.com/Z2KE1Tq.png

Your machine is #16 of 40 units in lot 9261 from December 1962. Weight would exceed 6400 pounds.

Model S-12 Knee Type Milling Machine - Catalog - Bulletin S-60
Kearney & Trecker Co. - Publication Reprints - Model S-12 Knee Type Milling Machine - Catalog - Bulletin S-60 | VintageMachinery.org
Model 205 S-12 & 307 S-12 Milling Machines - Parts Manual
Kearney & Trecker Co. - Publication Reprints - Model 205 S-12 & 307 S-12 Milling Machines - Parts Manual | VintageMachinery.org
Maintenance Manual No. SM-66 - S-12 and S-15 Plain, Universal, and Vertical
Kearney & Trecker Co. - Publication Reprints - Maintenance Manual No. SM-66 - S-12 and S-15 Plain, Universal, and Vertical | VintageMachinery.org

kmac651 · Mar 19, 2022

I have a what I was told is a K&T 2CH Horizontal/Vertical Mill. SN: 9-8943
There aren't any markings on it to confirm which model it is.
5HP motor. 50"X 12" bed.
It's in excellent shape. Just starting to clean it up.

MyLilMule · Mar 19, 2022

#9 of a lot of 40 2CH machines completed in December 1961.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/2098/6773.pdf

kmac651 · Mar 19, 2022

Thank You Very Much!!!!!!

M.Swazey · Mar 28, 2022

New here.
I picked up a K&T 1H serial 21-2711 last fall and I'm finally getting around to setting it up. Can anyone tell me the year it was made? Also any clue on where to get a manual for it?
Thanks

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