Asking price: £250.00
This Ward 2A Capstan Lathe is an old but useful machine in very good working order. It was used regularly in my engineering business and, more recently, in my retired workshop With the lathe are many of the essential Ward accessories including roller boxes, collets, chucks, etc. The catalogue extracts below give the lathe's full specification. Please contact me on 07968-808353 for further information. I also have many additional engineering items for sale as well.
Location: West Wickham, United Kingdom
Asking price: £3,500.00
A pair of unused André Bechler Swiss "Simplex" Gear and Pinion Engines. Priced for sale as a pair - but would split. The two machines were originally obtained still with their manufacturer's packing grease. One was commissioned by having a professionally-made motorised stand made, with pulleys and electrical equipment to run it. That machine was cleaned and overhauled in preparation for the semi-automated production of horological (watch) pinions. The second machine still has all its protective grease in place.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,775.00
Myford ML7 Lathe 3.5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Included are many useful accessories and a range of associated tooling - all collected over many years and shown in the photographs. £1775 - offers invited.
Location: Near Whitby, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,900.00
Myford ML7RB lathe 3.5" x 19". The ML7RB is, in effect, a Super 7 less the clutch unit. Fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and mounted on a good metal stand with a tool tray, levelling blocks, chip tray and a light unit. In superb, lightly-used condition, this example has had just two careful owners from new in 1982/83.
Location: Lincoln, United Kingdom
Asking price: £195.00
Drummond Round Bed Lathe - a classic very early model with bronze cap spindle bearings. In fine original condition and complete with the maker's treadle-type foot motor, a period 3-jaw chuck, Drummond angle plate, faceplate, tailstock chuck, Morse centres and a full set of screwcutting changewheels and their correct mounting studs. £350 or offers. Full details of these interesting lathes here
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Asking price: £550.00
Amolco Vertical Miller. This is the complete, stand-alone unit - and seldom found as it was so expensive new. Very compact, fitted with a single-phase motor and a No.2 Morse taper spindle that also has a standard Myford thread to mount chucks and other fittings. In lovely condition and ready to use - my only reason for selling is that I now have a larger miller. Details of these millers here
Location: Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
Victoria Elliott Horizontal Milling Machine. 3-phase with some tooling. £350 or any offers considered.
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £600.00
Startrite 20RF Vertical Bandsaw. A powerful, 3-wheel model with a 1.5 h.p. 3-phase motor, a 20-inch throat and weighing 363 kg. Currently in use.
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
Antique Norton Hand-operated Surface Grinder, 3-phase. Complete and original. £350
Hand-operated folder £250
Hand-operated rollers £250
Heavy, treadle-operated shears. £350
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,500.00
Kondia Powermill Vertical Turret mill. Fitted with the variable-speed head, a 3-axis DRO and complete with a good quality machine vice, a light unit and some tooling. 3-phase electrics.
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Colchester Mascot 1600 Lathe. 3-phase. Full specification details below.
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £550.00
Fobco 7/8 "backgeared" pillar drill with 10 speeds from 51 to 2650 r.p.m. A heavy-duty drill with a reputation for reliability. 3-phase electrics. Full technical specifications in the pictures. £600
Norton No.66 Fly Press. £500
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,995.00
Colchester Master 2500 Lathe. 6.5" x 30" with a hardened bed, spindle clutch, coolant, a full-length splashback to the stand and a top speed of 2500 r.p.m. It appears to be sound - and as the deceased owner last operated it. Accessories include: a quick-set toolpost with 6 tool holders, the correct 4-jaw independent chuck, a multi-position rotating carriage stop, light unit, thread-dial indicator, a tailstock rotating centre, a faceplate and a chuck guard.
Location: Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £950.00
Antique Milnes Lathe with Ornamental Turning Attachments 4.5" x 30" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting and with power cross feed. One-family ownership from new - my great-grandfather bought it - and in beautiful condition. Complete on the maker's treadle stand and fitted with the correct "overhead" to drive toolpost-mounted high-speed grinding and milling spindles. In addition to the treadle drive, a well-engineered electric drive is fitted (though I have only ever used the treadle and never tried the electric - so I cannot comment on its state).
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Asking price: £850.00
Boxford BUD lathe 4.5" x16" Mk.2 with single-lever engagement of backgear. An all-metric machine on the maker's compact underdrive stand (just 45 inches long) on castors for ease of movement and fitted with power cross feed, a T-slotted cross slide, a new 1 h.p. single-phase motor, rewired (wiring diagram supplied) and all-new V-belts including the link belt to the spindle. Serial number DEM 8656/1/38 (probably 1977) and purchased 2010 direct from a school. It still has the maintenance sticker from Bowerhill (tel. 01225 705 321) dated "2/12/10, next service due – 8/12/11".
Location: Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom
Asking price: £450.00
Manchester Rapidor Hacksaw. A low-hours, late-model, ex-university machine with the speed-reduction gearbox built into the motor. Fitted with coolant amd in full working order. 3-phase motor. £450 or offers. Details of Manchester Rapidor hacksaws here
Location: Otley near Leeds, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Meddings Type F14 Pillar Drill with backgear. The F.14 is the top-of-the-range version of this high-quality drill with a solid column and the articulated, swing head - the latter, combined with the rotating table, allows a great variety of work to be undertaken. The low-speed backgear to the head combined with the direct V-belt drive provides eight speeds from 80 to 1500 r.p.m. Rack and pinion rise to the 20" x 20" T-slotted table. An ex-university machine, little used from new and in superb condition and perfect working order. A high-quality machine vice is included.
Location: Otley near Leeds, United Kingdom
Asking price: £850.00
Holbrook Edgar Lathe - a superb example of this high-class antique, swing-bed lathe. Fully restored and in lovely condition. All the beds have been professionally re-scraped by hand and the bearings are in excellent condition. The lathe can be powered by treadle but has all the overhead gearing and a motor with new bearings fitted.
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
Asking price: £250.00
Potter Precision plain-turning bench lathe 3.6" x 16" - probably catalogued as the "No.5". Complete with a countershaft unit, single-phase motor with push-button starter, screw-feed compound slide rest, 3-jaw chuck, a 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, and a catchplate. Stored unused for many years, it needs a good clean £250 or offers. Full details of Potter precision lathes here
Location: Salisbury, United Kingdom
Asking price: £250.00
Enbeeco 3-axis Binocular Collimator manufactured by Newbold and Bulford in London. this 3-axis unit takes the axle into consideration and allows collimation at every position of the IPD. In full working order. £250
Powerful V-twin 1-phase compressor. £125 or offers
Location: Ripley, United Kingdom
Asking price: £375.00
Carstens/Swiston Lathe and Ajax Mini Drill. The "Swiston" is a German-made machine around 4" x 20" with backgear and screwcutting. Complete with a good 6-speed belt-drive countershaft that, together with backgear, provides 12 spindle speeds. 4-way toolpost, 3-jaw chuck, a precision keyless tailstock chuck and a large collection of screwcutting changewheels. Single-phase motor. £375 or offers. Details of Carstens/Swisten lathes here
Location: Ripley, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,500.00
Warco WM18 Vertical Miller - an excellent specification and an all-geared head. Fitted with a 3-axis DRO on the table and main head travel - and with an independent DRO on the quill feed. The spindle taper is an R8 (giving access to inexpensive Bridgeport tooling) and runs in taper roller bearings. The head tilts 90 degrees on each side of the vertical and the quill has 70 mm of travel by both a fine-feed by handwheel and a rack-and-pinion quick-lever feed for drilling.
Location: Kendal, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,900.00
SIP SP-4 Jig borer / milling machine. When bought, this fine jig borer had been converted to a coordinate measuring machine but is now back to its original function using a Warco ZX-15 3 Morse spindle. No modifications were necessary to the borer save for the removal of the measuring probes holder (which is supplied) and using the original bolt holes to carry the head on the cross beam saddle. The 19" x 27" T-slotted table is unblemished, and a longitudinal travel of around 25“.
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Harrison L5A Lathe 5.5" x 24" with an induction-hardened bed with a detachable gap piece, a full screwcutting gearbox with 36 changes of threads and feeds, power cross feed and a spindle clutch. This is an ex-education machine maintained in full working order. Fitted with a top-quality Newton-Tesla Mitsubishi variable-speed inverter running from a household 1-phase supply. The inverter gives both higher and lower speeds than the standard 40 to 1000 r.p.m.
Location: Monmouth, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,750.00
Boxford AUD Mk. 2 lathe Serial 16580 4.5" x 21" and manufactured 1964/5. 1-phase. Mounted on the maker's compact underdrive stand just 45” x 18” overall with a splashback. Bought November 2004 through this site, from an engineer in whose hobby was making clocks. I've used it for motorcycle restoration and workshop components. It was well equipped but I have added such as a rear tool post, a Bison chuck and steadies, etc. Metric dials, but an Imperial lead screw. Gearbox set for British threads with a metric transposing 100/127t changewheel included.
Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom
Asking price: £4,850.00
Myford Super 7B lathe 3.5” x 19” gap-bed with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, hardened bedways, mounted on the maker’s industrial cabinet stand and driven by an expensive Newton-Tesla infinitely-variable speed drive.
Location: Croydon, United Kingdom
Asking price: £5,500.00
Syil X4 Plus CNC milling machine with Masso CNC controller and monitor. Bought new by me for light hobby use only in my heated workshop. The miller is fully functional and has proven to be very reliable - needing just one air strut for the Z axis in the years I've owned it. It is possible to control the machine using a PC and Mach3 rather than the Masso controller if preferred. This is a robust light industrial machine, a model that has acquired a good reputation in recent years.
Basic machine specs:
Location: Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Cuttermaster MG-30 Tool & Cutter Grinder with Attachments and Accessories. Serial No. 5474 and bought new by me from Brierley Grinders. Very light hobby use in my heated workshop. Specifications: Air Bearing Stroke: 9.5”. Cutting Tool Cap. Shank 1", Cutting Tool Cap., O.D. 3", Max. flute Length 9". X-axis table travel 6". Y-axis travel 3" plus a motor slide of 6". X-axis working space 16.5" x 5.5". Y-axis working space 13" x 5.5". Grinding wheels 5" cup or 6" dish with various arbors included. Motor head tilt +35/-8 degrees.
Location: Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,500.00
Boxford STS 10.20 Geared-head all-metric Lathe with a screwcutting and feeds gearbox and power cross feed. Centre height 132 mm and admitting 500 mm between centres (5.2" x 20") with a spindle bore of 35 mm (1.375"). An ex-education machine running on an infinitely variable speed 1-phase to 3-phase inverter. The original spindle speed range was 40 to 2240 r.p.m. but the inverter expands this to higher and lower r.p.m. The lathe is in really good condition with no chips or gouges in the bed, nor any wear marks - although some staining is visible in the photos.
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Asking price: £6,500.00
Myford Connoisseur Super 7B "Big Bore" Lathe 3.5" x 19". This is the final and top-of-the-range version of the Super 7. Fitted with infinitely variable-speed drive, 1-inch bore spindle, a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand. I have had this lathe from new, used it only for light hobby work and kept it in my heated home workshop.
Location: Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Cowells 90ME Precision Miniature Lathe. One owner from new and in perfect working order. Backgeared, screwcutting and well equipped with a collet set, milling slide, ring-scroll 3-jaw chuck, quick-set toolpost, fixed steady, travelling steady, a G.F.C.Watts quartering jig, large and small tailstock chucks, tailstock V-pad, V-block with clamp, a set of turning tools, and spare drive belts. Details of Cowells 90 lathes here
Location: Totnes, United Kingdom
Asking price: £250.00
All the major copying parts from a stripped-down Myford Nini-Kop lathe. The first two pictures show the before and after. All the parts were recovered from a previously working machine dating to the 1970s with unified threads. The hydraulic tank pump motor fan cooling and terminal block have sustained some (repairable) damage during storage. I haven't been able to check the 3-phase motor windings for continuity readings but the windings, when viewed from an access cover, do not smell or appear to have been overheated.
Location: Thetford, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Emco Emcomat 7 machining centre - an Emco 7 lathe complete with the 4-speed vertical milling head. This compact and versatile assembly has 3.5" (90 mm) centre height and 17.5" (450 mm) between centres. Two very useful features are the excellent spread of speeds - 65 to 2800 r.p.m. - and the ease of changing them. There no belts to move, only two headstock-mounted levers and the 2-speed, 1-phase electric motor push buttons. The 4-speed vertical head is self-contained with its own motor and control from push buttons on the headstock.
Location: Bromley South London, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1.00
A collection of micrometers, height gauges, calipers, magnetic base, dial indicator and associated items. Offers invited
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £1.00
Workshop clearance - a collection of items for disposal. Offers on the following are invited - as well as those items illustrated but not named. Please phone to discuss.
STARTRITE Bandit bandsaw, tall light green, £450
Surface plate £75
CORNER NOTCHER Blue, floor standing, £150
GABRO folder. A nice item £600
GABRO 3M2 GUILLOTINE / NOTCHER - offers
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £450.00
Elliott - Alba 10M Shaping Machine. Compact but strongly built, this example is in fine original condition and appears to have had only light use. 3-phase electrics Alba shapers were made from the 1930s until the 1970s, the smallest model in the range being the 10-inch stroke 1A - a machine that was to become the well-known and very successful Elliott 10M, a machine sold widely to schools and colleges in the UK. A full specification sheet is reproduced below.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Myford VMC vertical milling machine. Single-phase electrics and fitted with a 2-axis DRO and a number of cutter holders and various items of tooling that surround the machine and shown in the photographs. Table 6" x 24" (150 x 620mm) with a longitudinal travel of 16.625" (422mm), across of 6" (150mm) and Vertically 12.375" (315mm). Full details of the specification can be found below and details of these Myford milling machines here
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Harrison vertical and horizontal "universal" milling machine. This is a rare, top-of-the-range example equipped with all the options: a swivelling "universal" table, power-feed to the table, a clutch to the spindle drive, "step-up" vertical head, a vertical and horizontal rotary table fitted with a 3-jaw chuck, coolant, Low-Vo light unit and swivel-base and standard machine vices. This is a workshop clearance and there may be a quantity of tooling included as well. 3-phase electrics.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £850.00
Colchester Student Mk. 2 Lathe 6.5 " x 24" still in its maker's paint finish. Hardened bed with a detachable gap piece and fitted with the safety apron with single-lever engagement of the sliding and surfacing feeds - the automatic throwout being adjustable by rotating the lever.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,450.00
Myford 280 Lathe 5.5" x 23.625. A compact, very high-quality lathe with an all-geared-headstock holding Reishauer ground gears in a hardened steel and with a very comprehensive specification that includes an induction-hardened bed, a fully-enclosed screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and 16 spindle speeds from 30 to 2000 r.p.m. The spindle runs in super-precision Gamet bearings, and is bored clear 1-inch. T-slotted cross slide to carry a milling slide; double-walled apron with a torque-limiting, safety-engagement clutch; 3-morse taper tailstock.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £375.00
Portass Model S lathe 3" x 16" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the maker's stand with the original and rather unusual "compound drive" from a new 1.1 kW single-phase motor with a starter switch. A restoration of the lathe has been undertaken and it's now in full working order. As an example of the work undertaken, one arm of the casting supporting the back gear shaft was damaged; a new arm was grafted on (aircraft standard) then line bored and new bearings installed. New headstock bearings, oil pots, drive belts, 1.1Kw electric motor and starter switch.
Location: Preston, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,750.00
MYFORD SUPER 7B LATHE 3.5" x 19" (serial No. SK160527M) with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and a spindle clutch. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with levelling blocks and a deep chip tray. Purchased by me direct from Myford, Nottingham in 1983 or 4. It was once stored unused for ten years between house moves and has been used only for light work on model engineering. I believe this was one of the last Super 7Bs to be sold by Myford and was built entirely ‘in-house’, i.e. with no dumbing down with imported castings.
Location: Worthing, United Kingdom
Asking price: £950.00
Hayes Diemaster precision vertical milling machine Type 21a Serial Number 161. Table 21" x 6.5" with a reground top. No. 2 Morse spindle taper with speeds from 50-2400 r.p.m. run from the original three-phase motor and includes a high-quality Transwave one-phase to 3-phase 3.7KW converter. This is a very clean example of a robust, well-built and easy-to-use machine. All the sideways are good with smooth movements and pleasant to use. All spindle bearings and the drive gearbox are in good order.
Location: Exmouth, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,650.00
Myford Super 7 Lathe 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. In its original maker's finish, although the cabinet has been repainted.
Location: Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
Asking price: £3,250.00
A new watch/instrument maker's milling machine by John Stevens. Complete with drilling quill, horological 8mm spindle and ER collet spindle, machine vice and all the necessary tee bolts, allen keys, chuck key, spare drive belt, adjustable 24volt power supply and various other parts. There is a movable and flexible light system also included. The machine comes with a 5C collet indexable headstock that can be driven via a rear pulley to enable turning when mounted on the rear table. Standard 5c collets (not included) of up to 1” can be used for turning or gear cutting, etc.
Location: London, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Myford Super 7 lathe 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with chip tray and levelling blocks. In excellent condition, an ex-college machine and used by me occasionally for light model engineering. Complete with a 3-jaw chuck, the correct 6-inch half-depth body Burnerd 4-jaw chuck, tailstock chuck, faceplate, a new halogen work light and a chuck guard. 3-phase motor so ideal for conversion to infinitely-variable speed drive from a 1-phase to 3-phase inverter.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £7,850.00
Schaublin 102N - a late-model example and mounted on the correct maker's cabinet stand with storage. The bench top measures 150cm x 80cm and the height 85 cm. Overall bed length is one metre.
Location: Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Asking price: £950.00
Quick-Step Milling Adapter (by John Payne Engineering). The Quick-Step is a powered spindle that can be mounted in the toolpost of most lathes with a centre height of at least 3.25".* High torque, reversible DC motor (runs on 240V or 110V mains), 9-speed drive from 100 to 4000 r.p.m., ER20 spindle/collet chuck system and a vertical slide accurate to 0.001" over 1.5" of travel. Very little used. £950. Also available: an 18" x 18" surface plate for £75
Location: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Asking price: £75.00
ANVIL - double-horned type. Please phone for more details. £75 or offers.
Location: Bury, Lancs., United Kingdom
Asking price: £475.00
Rapidor Mechanical Hacksaw - this is a heavier-duty, 6-inch capacity version. Runs from a high-quality 1-phase to 3-phase converter by Transwave. Mounted on a wheeled trolly for ease of moving about. £475 (which includes the converter). Details of Rapidor saws here
Location: Bury, Lancs., United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
South Bend Heavy 10 Toolroom Lathe. 5-inch centre height, 21 inches between centres, a 1-3/8" spindle bore, a 1-inch collet capacity and driven by a variable-speed 1-phase to 3-phase inverter that extends the range of the standard 12 spindle speeds. This is the genuine Toolroom version, mounted on the maker's rigid cast-iron underdrive stand and fitted with a taper turning, a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and a full collet set on an integrated mounting board.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Centec 2B Milling Machine. A top-of-the-range Centec, this example is fitted with a third-party double swivel vertical head. A DRO system if fitted to the X and Y travels and the longitudinal travels retains both its screw and quick-action lever feeds. The vertical head has a full collet set and the horizontal overarm and drop are included, but there is no cutter holding arbor. Full details of Centec milling machines here
Location: Warrington, United Kingdom
Asking price: £250.00
Duro Pillar Drill. A high-quality, American-made machine of especially sound construction. Fitted with a genuine Jacobs 1/2" capacity drill chuck and the original motor with a built-in switch.
Location: Bromsgrove, United Kingdom
Asking price: £375.00
Antique Holbrook Lathe. About 5" x 30" backgeared and screwcutting and with a removable gap bed section. Holbrook had a reputation for making very high-quality machine tools and this older lathe is no exception. Included is: a set of screwcutting changewheels, two 3-jaw chucks, fixed steady, 4-jaw independent chuck, 4-way toolpost, faceplate, catchplate, 4-way toolpost and a set of imperial taps and dies. The single-phase motor has a geared end, obviating the need for a countershaft. £375 or offers.
Location: East Grinstead, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
John Stevens high-precision miniature lathe. 50 mm centre height and about 100 mm between centres. This is a unique lathe, built as a one-off by the renowned builder of small milling machines, John Stevens. Complete with two powered vertical milling and drilling attachments, 3-jaw ring-scroll precision 3-jaw chuck. tailstock chuck and all the small parts are shown in the photographs. Variable-speed DC motors with a single-phase control box. Milling machines by John Stevens can be seen here
Location: High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Asking price: £450.00
Worden Tool & Cutter Grinder. Further developed by an experienced engineer to be a more effective unit - this example includes several very useful accessories. Single-phase motor and ready to use. £450
The bench press is £65
Location: Southsea, United Kingdom
Asking price: £650.00
Astra L2/L4 Milling Machine for sale with the maker's (very expensive) powered vertical head with 60mm of travel to the No. 2 Morse spindle, 1-phase motor with reversing switch. The miller was built in the 1970s but is still a current model - the motor for the horizontal drive is 1-phase.
Table 430 mm x 130 mm. Traverse 300 mm x 115 mm. Arbor to table 220 mm max. Arbor diameter 25.4 mm. Weight 140 - 155 kg. Reversing switch. MT2 spindle
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom
Asking price: £550.00
Henry Milnes Hand-operated planning machine. A beautiful, classic machine in perfectly original condition. Fully functional with the bed and slideway scraping marks visible. Details of Milnes planers can be found here.
Location: Kent, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Myford ML7 lathe 3.5" x 20" gap bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Bought new by my father in 1952 (Serial No K24436) and has been well-maintained over the years and kept in c/heated rooms - the paint finish is the original. Mounted on a Myford cabinet stand Single-phase 1/3 hp motor with a reversing switch.
Location: Chiltington, Pulborough, United Kingdom
Asking price: £850.00
Myford ML7 lathe serial no. K 64382.
Location: Loughborough, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,450.00
A special and immaculate Boxford Model C lathe 4.5" x 24" backgeared and screwcutting. This lathe has been restored, over 400 hours, to the highest standards by an ex-Dean-Smith & Grace machine tool fitter with the bed and slideways have all hand scraped back into perfect alignment. Comes with a 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch 4-jaw chuck, a set of screwcutting changewheels including an inch-to-metric 127/100t transposing gear, genuine Boxford 4-way toolpost, thread-dial indicator faceplate, and a catchplate. The lathe’s first owner was Mr.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,150.00
Colchester Student Lathe Mk.2 6.5" x 24". Detachable gap bed model in fine original condition, well equipped and in perfect running order.
Location: Tonbridge (Kent), United Kingdom
Asking price: £450.00
Elliott Progress 10-speed Drilling Machine Model 2G with a No.2 Morse taper spindle. Fitted with a slow-speed "backgear", the Progress No. 2G has ten speeds that span around 36 to 2750 r.p.m. so allowing a very wide variety of work to be undertaken. Single-phase motor and in full working order. Full details of these drills can be found here.
Location: Tonbridge (Kent), United Kingdom
Asking price: £150.00
Three Workshop Clearance Lathes and a milling machine. Long-term stored and in need of some TLC.
1) SOLD: Boxford precision plain-turning lathe 3.3" x 9.5" with 3 and 4-jaw chucks, 4-way toolpost, motor and countershaft. £150 or any offer. Full details of these lathe here
Location: Sheffield (Mosborough), United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,750.00
Sharp Universal Vertical and Horizontal Milling Machine. In perfect condition and full working order. Backgeared for gear-driven low speeds when horizontal milling and fitted with variable-speed drive using a 3-phase .55 kw motor controlled by a VFD (replacing the original .3KW single-phase motor which is included). This drive system has transformed the miller by making it bi-directional with speed controlled by just turning a knob. Table 16'' x 4.5'' with two T-slots able to be swung 25° in either direction from central.
Location: Tiverton, Devon, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
For Sale: Myford ML10 lathe 3.25" x 13" backgeared and screwcutting. This is later models fitted with taper-roller spindle bearings but also updated to the top-of-the-range "Diamond 10 Speed Ten" specification using original Myford - this giving 10 speeds from 48 to 2000 r.p.m. Mounted on a stand on with castors, a custom-made drip/swarf tray which in turn is supported on a 10 mm thick flash ground steel plate allowing set-up alignment to be maintained on a bench or stand via 3 x12 mm bolts.
Location: Daventry (Northants), United Kingdom
Asking price: £295.00
Boley Model 3L or 4L backgeared and screwcutting lathe - for restoration. Long-term stored but with a mass of equipment including a set of screwcutting changewheels, spare chuck backplates - and everything shown in the photograph. Complete with a single-phase motor (untested), push-button starter and a "fast-and-loose" clutch-type countershaft. £295 or offers Full details of these lathes and their specification can be found here.
Location: Horley (near Gatwick), United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Rishton Vertical Milling Machine. UK-made, all-geared head, single-phase electrics. An ex-school machine with very little use, smooth running and in full working order. Includes a Clarkson Autolock collet chuck - and more than one set of both inch and metric collets - and a set of top-quality "Presto" brand cutters. The miller has been dismantled into large sections for transport and is all carefully packed in plastic boxes - hence it's possible to confirm the stated condition.
Location: Buxton, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,250.00
Emco FB2 Vertical Milling Machine. A well-made, compact and versatile machine with a table 25" x 6", longitudinal travel of 15 inches, cross travel of 5.5" and 14.5" of vertical travel on the head. The quill travel is 1.6 inches and the spindle bored with a No.2 Morse taper. Single-phase motor with six spindle speeds from 120 to 2000 r.p.m. Complete with comprehensive equipment including four genuine Emco accessories: a rotary table, a collet chuck with a set of collets, a boring head and machine vice.
Location: GL14 1JN, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,450.00
Myford Super 7B with screwcutting gearbox, spindle clutch, quick-change toolpost and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with levelling blocks and a deep chip tray. Previously owned by three model engineers in Banbury - who also had bigger lathes - so has had only light use. Hence, it's in good all-round condition with no obvious bed wear. Comes with a single-phase motor, push-button starter and a reversing switch, 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, catchplate, a precision keyless tailstock drill chuck, thread-dial indicator and a good selection of cutting tools.
Location: Banbury, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,500.00
Myford VM-B Vari-speed milling and drilling machine - a compact but versatile machine. Single-phase and complete with many useful accessories including a collet chuck with collets, the maker's swivel-base machine vice, a clamping set, tooling and the maker's operation manuals. In excellent original condition having had very little use by one private owner from new. Fully tested. Year of Manufacture 2000. Serial No 87136. Details of the Myford VM-B miller can be found here:
Location: Northallerton, United Kingdom
Asking price: £950.00
Simonet Precision Swiss Capstan Lathe. This is a high-quality, Swiss-made compact machine of Myford/Boxford size in full working order. It's driven by a 2-speed, reversible 3-phase motor (complete with a 3-phase variable-speed inverter) through an intermediate 2-speed gearbox with integral countershaft fitted with a 3-step pulley that gives 24 spindle speeds. It has very substantial headstock bearings (and a T-slot above the front bearing that allows the fitting of a tool slide).
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,750.00
Cowells 90ME Precision Miniature Lathe. The lathe is exceptionally well equipped with a range of genuine maker's accessories that include: a milling slide with machine vice, a Burnerd precision ring-scroll 3-jaw chuck, a Burnerd 4-jaw chuck, another 3-jaw chuck, a dividing attachment, fixed steady, travelling steady, a quick-change toolpost with 4 tool holders, a 4-way toolpost, a set of collets and a collet holder, a set of screwcutting changewheels, faceplate, two angle plates, four die holders, a rear toolpost for parting off, a tailstock chuck and revolving tailstock ce
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Asking price: £3,750.00
Deckel FP1 Universal Precision Milling Machine equipped with the essential "all-angles" table. This is a very late-model example in splendid condition. The original unreliable drive system has been replaced by two infinitely variable speed, 3-phase motors with two suitable inverters to control them. One motor provides the spindle speeds (that now extend below and above the original 160 to 2000 r.p.m.) and the other the power feeds.
Location: Canterbury, United Kingdom
Asking price: £450.00
Pultra 1590 Precision Bench Lathe - this was the largest of the Pultra lathes made with a 90 mm (3.5") centre height and a 20 mm bore spindle. Complete with a screw-feed compound slide rest, 3-jaw chuck, a number of collets and the lever-action collet closer. Power is provided by a single-phase to 3-phase infinitely-variable speed inverter. £450 or offers. Full details of Pultra1590 lathes here
Location: Ripley Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
Lorch LLV precision plain turning lathe. 65 mm centre height and 225 mm between centres. Complete with a high-precision Burnerd 3-inch adjustable 3-jaw chuck. Also included is a compound slide rest (complete with the lathe from which it came) that could be adjusted to the Lorch bed and a choice of single-phase motors. £350 or offers. Details of Lorch LLV lathes here
Location: Ripley, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
For Sale: Amolco Vertical Milling Machine. A very tidy example mounted on a solid, inch-thick steel plate on top of a cabinet stand. This compact miller has seen little use in my ownership as it was always a little small for my needs. I've now a bigger miller, so this one is surplus to requirements. Comes with a single-phase motor, a Clarke table, a good-quality swivel-base machine vice, a Jacobs drill chuck and a little MT1 flycutter. Details of Amolco Millers here
Location: Westerham, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
A Horological-class precision "sensitive" drill press by the Swiss maker Ed.Luthy & Co. of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Fitted with its original, high-quality Albrecht 0 to 5 mm drill chuck and a single phase motor and switchgear. A notable future of these drills is the inclusion of built-in "oil cups" on the upper and lower bearings. £350 or offers. Details of Luthy machine tools here
Location: Salisbury, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
Drummond Vintage Lathe circa 1910 - complete, original and in full working order. 3.5" x 15" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the original maker's stand that has been motorised but retains the correct treadle-driven flywheel assembly. Complete with all the extensive tools and extras used by the last long-term owner.
Location: Bury, Junction 2 M66, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Hayes Diemaster Precision Vertical Milling Machine - a compact, high-class machine tool in full working order. Retrofitted with an infinitely variable speed motor drive. Table 21 x 6.5 inches. The swivelling vertical head has a No.2 Morse taper and fine down-feed through a worm-and-wheel gearing. Complete with a machine vice, an ER25 collet set and a clamping kit. I now urgently need the room, so the price has been reduced to a bargain £750 or offers.
Location: Southsea, United Kingdom
Asking price: £3,450.00
Colchester Chipmaster Lathe. A very low-hours 5.5" x 23" lathe with speeds from 35 to 3000 r.p.m. Just fitted with a top-of-the-range Newton-Tesla inverter at a cost of £520. The lathe is in perfect working order, having only been used in a research and development department. I bought the lathe in 2017 - but it's been unused since 2019 due to back trouble.
Location: Southsea, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,650.00
An exceptionally fine, one-owner-from-new Myford ML7 lathe, 3.5" x 20 backgeared and screwcutting and in its original maker's finish. Very carefully used and fitted with an excellent range of accessories including a Cowells quick-feed capstan tailstock handle (and the standard screw-feed spindle), the correct half-depth body Burnerd 6-inch 4-jaw chuck, 7 "Norman Patent" quick-set toolposts, two Burnerd 3-jaw chucks, 3 sizes of tailstock chuck, tailstock rotating centre, graduated handle to the leadscrew end, tailstock sliding die holders, a handle to turn the spindle manual
Location: Downham Market, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,400.00
Boxford Lathe 4.5" x 22" backgeared and fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and 16-speed drive from a single-phase motor with a Dewhurst reversing switch. Owned by a retired Bristol Aerospace engineer and used in a hobby workshop for thirty years making clocks and steam engines - cutting mainly brass and alloy. It's well-maintained and in good condition. The indexing toolpost is mounted directly on the cross slide but the normal tool-holding top slide is, of course, included. Mounted on a metal bench with shelves. Accessories include:
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Asking price: £370.00
Lodge & Shipley Lathe circa 1905. Fitted with a full screwcutting and feeds gearbox of the Norton "Quick-change" type, long-T-slotted saddle wings to act as a boring table. For its age this is an exceptionally heavily-built lathe with a deep bed casting, a 8-inch centre height and in fair condition. Has a 3-jaw chuck, 4-way toolpost, a micrometer-adjustable carriage stop and very strong tailstock. Power drive to the carriage - however I do not know if this works. Fitted with a 230-volt, single-phase 1 .hp.
Location: Worthing, United Kingdom
Asking price: $5,000.00
Hommel UWG1 multi-function machine tool. It appears to be largely complete and with a number of accessories as shown in the photographs including a large number of screwcutting changewheels and collets. The only fault appears to be a broken bracket on the motor mount. More pictures available if requested. The machine is in the USA but I am happy to pack securely and ship worldwide at the buyer's cost. US$5000 or offers. Full details of the Hommel UWG1 can be found here
Location: Boise, United States
Asking price: £2,750.00
Colchester Bantam Lathe with a maximum capacity of 5.75" centre height and 23" between centres. Mounted on the maker's stand with a full-length splashback and fitted with a top-quality Newton-Tesla variable-speed drive system working from a household 1-phase supply.
Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,000.00
Elliott Mini Jig Borer. A compact, high-accuracy machine in super condition with very little light use. Single-phase phase motor, all feeds working, a lovely quiet, smooth machine tool. Supplied with collets as in photo Can be transported in a van or trailer and we can help load. There is easy access to the workshop. Full details of these high-class jig borers here
Location: Cheddar, United Kingdom
Asking price: £350.00
CAPCO manually-operated surface grinder complete with an Eclipse magnetic chuck. A robust, compact and reliable little surface grinder. It's supplied with new single-phase motor which requires mounting and switch gear. Easily transported in an estate car, van or trailer. We can help load - and there is easy access to the workshop. A bargain at £350. Details of Capco surface grinders here
Location: Cheddar, United Kingdom
Asking price: £200.00
Britannia Colchester Lathe c.1900. Mounted on the maker's treadle stand, backgeared and screwcutting with a gap bed and a complete set of screwcutting changewheels (there is also a tailstock but not shown in the first phtographs). Bought new and has remained in the same family ever since since. The lathe was in regular use until the 1980s - and then kept in dry storage. Can be delivered to any part of UK. For details of Britannia lathes see: http://www.lathes.co.uk/britannia/
Location: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Asking price: £950.00
Location: Torquay Devon, United Kingdom
Asking price: £895.00
Simonet Precision Swiss Capstan Lathe. This is a high-quality, Swiss-made compact machine of Myford/Boxford size in full working order. It's driven by a 2-speed, reversible 3-phase motor (complete with a 3-phase variable-speed inverter) through an intermediate 2-speed gearbox with integral countershaft fitted with a 3-step pulley that gives 24 spindle speeds. It has very substantial headstock bearings (and a T-slot above the front bearing that allows the fitting of a tool slide).
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Asking price: £1,650.00
Boxford ME10 single-phase imperial lathe 5" x 22". This late-model ME10 has the same mechanical specification as the AUD with a screwcutting gearbox and power sliding and surfacing feeds. The motor, though, is mounted behind the headstock using a very compact arrangement that allows (if required) the lathe to be bench-mounted.
Location: Stroud, United Kingdom
Asking price: £4,300.00
MYFORD SUPER 7BPXF LATHE 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and fitted with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and coolant. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with levelling blocks, a deep chip tray, a full-length (maker's) splash back with a tool tray and cork mats. In superb order as rebuilt by the original Myford company to as-new condition.
Location: North Kent, United Kingdom
Asking price: £850.00
Toyo ML-1 Miniature Precision Lathe 2" centre height and 10" between centres. 590mm long, 260mm wide and 175mm high (23.5" x 10.25" x 7"). I bought this lathe in the early 80’s to use for prototypes in my precision turned-parts company where we ran cam-operated auto lathes. I'm the only person to have operated the Toyo and, after the company closed in 1998, I brought it home for my clock-repairing hobby. It has been used for fewer than 100 hours since new.
Location: United Kingdom
Asking price: £3,250.00
Wabeco D6000 (German) lathe in hardly-used condition. Complete with the maker's stand, coolant tray and pump, a high-quality quick-change Swiss toolpost and tool holders, a Newall DP 700 2-axis DRO, a transposing changewheel set for generating metric pitches, precision keyless tailstock chuck, tailstock rotating centre and some tooling as shown in the photos. The spindle bore is a useful 30mm spindle bore and the lathe has a powerful, single-phase, 1.4 kW variable-speed drive. It's fair to say this lathe has far better quality control than lathes from Asia e.g.
Location: Stroud, United Kingdom
Asking price: £2,395.00
Colchester Bantam Lathe 5.75" x 20" metric specification and mounted on the maker's stand with a stainless steel backsplash with 2 shelves. The lathe is still in the maker's paint finish, in very good condition and everything works as it should - and is a pleasure to use.
Location: Llanelli, United Kingdom
Asking price: £750.00
Myford ML10 lathe 3.5" x 13" backgeared and screwcutting. A one-owner from new machine and stored for some time unused. Fitted with a dog clutch, a graduated handle on the leadscrew end, a Myford milling slide, 3-jaw chuck, fixed steady, 4-way toolpost, rear toolpost, standard toolpost, tailstock drill chuck, tailstock sliding die holder, tailstock rotating centre, a full set of screwcutting changewheels, faceplate, spare chuck backplate, boring bar holder, Morse centers and a selection of cutting tools and Slocombe centres.
Location: Hornseay E.Yorks, United Kingdom
Asking price: £476.00
Warco "Super Min Lathe" with variable-speed drive and in hardly-used condition and with an excellent specification: mounted on a chip tray with a full-length splashback. 90 mm centre height and 350 mm between centres. Speeds 50 to 1100 r.p.m in the backgear-driven low-speed range and 100 to 2500 r.p.m in high with a digital rev counter. 3 Morse headstock taper, No. 2Morse tailstock. 3-jaw chuck, thread-dial indicator, 4-way toolpost, changewheels, centres, two tailstock chucks, tailstock rotating centre, sliding tailstock die holder, and turning tools etc.
Location: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom