BECKER mill (info needeed)

Hi all,

I'm new on this group, motorbike enthusiast, member of some mailing list like "mc-chassis-design" talking about how-to built your own bike frame.

I've got the project to built a frame for a classic racer based on a

Here is the question of the day : Here in France, a friend of mine recently had a present : a (very old) BECKER mill given by a friend of him.

This mill :

- is in cast iron

- got 4 speeds for the tool and for the table,

- all the speeds are given by belt and pulleys,

- the table is around 80 x 20 cm (31.5" x 8") with 3 T-slots,

- the strokes are approximately 20cm (X), 60 to 80 cm (Y) and 80 cm (Z),

- on the right side, it is marked "BECKER - N°25 - Milling machine company - Hyde PArk - Massachussets (USA) - Patented April 24, 1888".

My questions will be simple : is there any informations on this machine on the net, or does someone knows this kind of machine ?

Please send your answers directly to : snipped-for-privacy@wanadoo.fr

Thanks for all.

-- Stéphane