[modeleng] Re: Lathe for sale

Alan,

Does that bag of 'taters go with the lathe or is that a separate item?? 
Just curious.

Jesse in Troy, TN USA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:34 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Lathe for sale


> As some of you may recall, a couple of years ago I bought an old lathe.
> Having cleaned it off and given it a coat of paint, I then tried to 
> identify
> it.
> As far as I can discover, it was made under a joint Colchester + Britannia
> project for the Royal Navy.
> This one was probably on a destroyer,
>
> Since giving it its initial clean, I havent had the chance to do anything
> more.
> It is stored in a pals garage, and he will be moving shortly, so it must 
> go.
>
> Picture at: http://www.alanstepney.info/lathe.jpg
> To give an indication of scale, the cast iron drip tray is 54" long.
>
> It comes with faceplate and 3 and 4 jaw chucks, (But these dont have
> backplates), and a Carter hydraulic variable speed drive. All one needs to
> do is add a motor.
> The gears are worn, but apart from that, it is so solid that it will 
> outlast
> most of us!
>
> It will have to be collected (from Nr Bournemouth), and weighs close to a
> ton. To move it, it will need to be dismantled which I am happy to do.
>
> Price? £100 ono.
>
> More details + photos on request.
>
>
>
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