Our Workshop | Neptune Custom Engineering Ltd.

It's hard to know if we're the solution for you if you don't know our capabilities. Take a look here to see what our machines can do.

What Our Workshop Produces

We offer two things here at Neptune Custom Engineering, solutions and products! You might think they're the same thing but our solutions are solutions to problems we've encountered and our products are things we produce for our clients and for specific markets. Take a look at them by clicking on the respective link below.

Our Solutions

We've come up with some pretty clever solutions to problems here at Neptune Custom Engineering and we're quite proud of the way we've solved them. Go here to see which solutions we've produced and how you can get your hands on them or ask us to solve a problem for you!

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Our Products

We have a growing range of products we're producing here, including for our clients and for our own range of parts. Our selection ranges from RC buggy parts to light fittings for art. Visit this page to see what we've been producing and what we're looking to produce in the future!

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Hardinge-Bridgeport XR760 CNC Mill (Added Dec 2014)

This Bridgeport XR760 is our most modern machine, which we mainly use for the production of larger items. With a roomy interior for plenty of space to machine, it is capable of machining pretty much any size item to our maximum size. It is better suited for the removal of stock aluminium, so it is also used for profiling work.

  • Number of Axes: 3
  • X Axis Travel: 760mm
  • Y Axis Travel: 610mm
  • Z Axis Travel: 610mm
  • Tool Stations: 30, with BT40 BIG PLUS tool-holders for increased rigidity.
  • Motor Power: 21 kW
  • Spindle Speed: 12000 rpm

Full machine specifications are available here: The XR760.

Bridgeport VMC460 CNC Mill

The Bridgeport VMC 460 is our smaller mill, mainly intended for production work of smaller, longer run items. Capable of machining a range of materials and a variety of small to medium sizes. It can handle some larger items, though we favour our larger mill for such tasks.

  • Number of Axes: 3
  • X Axis Travel: 460mm
  • Y Axis Travel: 350mm
  • Z Axis Travel: 480mm
  • Tool Stations: 16
  • Motor Power: 7.5 kW
  • Spindle Speed: 7000 rpm

Colchester Tornado A50 CNC Lathe

Our main workhorse lathe, this machine until recently was our only CNC lathe. Due to the need to increase capacity, our A90 was added. This lathe primarily does our smaller diameter parts work and is set up to bar feed for hands-off production.

  • Number of Axes: 2
  • X Axis Travel: 170mm
  • Z Axis Travel: 350mm
  • Loading Types: Manual, Bar-fed
  • Tool Stations: 12
  • Pipe Capacity: 1.3/4" (44mm) diameter
  • Collet Chuck Capacity: 1.5/8" (152mm) diameter
  • 3-Jaw Chuck Capacity: 6" diameter
  • Motor Power: 5.5 kW
  • Spindle Speed: 4000rpm

Manual Machines

Although we vastly favour CNC lathes and mills for our work, occasionally there isn't any need to program or set up a machine for production. We also use manual mills and lathes for modification work, which allows us to easily perform low volume modifications on produced parts. So far, we have two manual turret mills and two manual lathes of various sizes. Of particular note is our Dean, Smith and Grace Type 13 Lathe, first produced in the 1970s and a genuine vintage machine.

If you would like to see what machines we are currently running for our manual work, then feel free to browse below to see what we have!

Kondia Powermill FV-1 VS

The Kondia Powermill FV-1 is a Spanish made manual mill that was made between 1960 and 1980, though the variable speed version we have is the later model. The main difference between the FV-1 and the FV-1 VS is that the VS version has a variable speed capability and can go up to 4000rpm, higher than the standard 2500rpm. It is also capable of running in a low gear and a high gear, as well as being capable of running in reverse, making this a very versatile manual mill for various purposes. The low gear allows higher torque at the sacrifice of RPM, whereas the high gear is more suitable for higher speed machining. As for the reverse gear, this allows certain operations such as cutting a left handed thread without the need for a CNC Mill. This mill is usually used for one-off and low-run machine work that doesn't usually require significant work to produce.

  • Number of Axes: 2
  • X Axis Travel: 762mm
  • Y Axis Travel: 350mm
  • Loading Types: Manual
  • Motor Power: 2.2 kW
  • Spindle Speed: 4000rpm

Adcock-Shipley Bridgeport Type J

Utilising the Bridgeport Type J motor head, this manual mill by Adcock-Shipley was made in Leicester in 1974. Providing a small variety of features, this manual mill can run at a minimum of

  • Number of Axes: 2
  • X Axis Travel: 762mm
  • Y Axis Travel: 350mm
  • Loading Types: Manual
  • Motor Power: 2.2 kW
  • Spindle Speed: 4000rpm