Description

A 1/5th scale exhibition model of an Archdale MH50 Radial Arm Drilling Machine, built in 1998 by Barry Jordan of Derby, England.

Height: 65 cm.

Width: 51 cm.

Depth: 27.5 cm. 

With purpose build transport case.

With 12 volt power supply.

Barry J. Jordan was born in Derby, England in 1945. He left Joseph Wright Art School at 15, and secured an apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Division, Derby, in the experimental department. After developing a range of ultrasonic crack detection equipment used in non-destructive testing, he formed his own company in 1977 to manufacture this equipment.

In 1994 Barry was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. He sold his business to Rolls-Royce and Associates, bought a Myford Super 7 lathe and a Raglan milling machine, built himself a workshop, and went back to his boyhood love of model engineering.

In 2003 Barry Jordan was awarded the Martin Foundation’s Metalworking Craftsman of the Year by North American Model Engineering Society (NAMES) for his models.