[modeleng] Re: Lathe for sale

Jesse,

I thought you would know that most lathes made "chips" :-)

Cheers

Peter
(Freezing Trowbridge)

Jesse Livingston wrote:
> 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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