Rockford

Manuals and Catalogues

Print code: MR2334Z

This collection consists of all the catalogues in our collection that we have by  Rockford. There were no manuals for these early machines but these catalogues (circa 1900) include various dimensions and other technical specifications.
Includes information on:

  • Hand Millers No. 2 and 3
  • Plain Miller No. 1
  • Light Universal Miller No. 2
  • Heavy Duty Universal Miller No. 2C
  • Economy Lathes 12, 14, 18 and 22-inch
Print code: MR515

Rockford (USA) Shaper 14-inch Instruction Manual, Maintenance Manual and Parts Manual as Exploded Assembly Diagrams.

Print code: MR515A

Rockford (USA) Shaper 16-inch Instruction Manual, Maintenance Manual and Parts Manual as Exploded Assembly Diagrams.

Print code: MR515B

Rockford (USA) No. 1 Rigidmill Installation, Operator's Instruction and Maintenance Manual with Parts Manual as Detailed Sectional Drawings.

Print code: MS51

SHAPER WORK - Work on the Shaping machine - a complete, highly detailed and well-illustrated 333-page book on how to use and get the best from any shaper. Titled: "For Beginners in Machine Shop Practice" it features a larger machine - but the methods and principles involved apply to all makes and types. This is the very best manual on shaper work ever published. A very heavy publication, bound in two volumes and printed on a heavy, high-quality 120g paper

 

Print code: R234D

Rockford (Rockford Lathe & Drill Company) Catalog 1920: 12-inch, 14-inch, 18-inch & 22-inch lathes. 7 pages.

Print code: R234E

Rockford "Economy" lathes (USA) 12", 14" and 16" Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue (2 different versions circa late 1930s and early 1940s). 10 pages.

Print code: R234F

Rockford General catalog 1956 including details of the last version of the "Economy" lathe and the company's hydraulically powered ram-type shapers, conventional and open-sided planers, a combination Shaper-planer, slotters and the Kopy-Kat duplicator

Print code: R234F

Rockford General catalog 1956 including details of the last version of the "Economy" lathe and the company's hydraulically powered ram-type shapers, conventional and open-sided planers, a combination Shaper-planer, slotters and the Kopy-Kat duplicator