Ahhh, that is a very good question. Tony Griffiths ( lathes.co.uk) and I are bath unsure, but there are good reasons for suspecting that it may well have been made for the Admiralty, for use on a destroyer just pre-WW1. It will swing 18" in the gap, but to show how solid it is, the bottom of the drip tray is 1" thick. Threads shown on the chart are 1 tpi to 12 tpi (inclusive) then even threads up to 28 tpi. Alan Stepney http://www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering & steam engine information pages ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Wade" <hww@xxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:45 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: You can still find a bargain! At 02:38 PM 2/8/07 -0000, you wrote: >"Old lathe, dismantled but believed complete. Buyer must collect, . . " Well . . . wot izzit? Regards, Harry MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.