Harrison L5A 11-inch Lathe running on single-phase electrics.  It has a full and feeds screwcutting gearbox and the correct 2:1 change wheels. Accessories include a vertical milling slide, 4-way toolpost, a machine vice, thread dial indicators, tailstock chuck, tailstock rotating centre, a sensitive drilling attachment, catchplate, various Morse adapter sleeves and centres and a spare headstock spindle. The self-act works on the X and Y modes but leadscrew will not engage.

Myford Super 7 lathe. 3.5" x 19" backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with levelling blocks and a deep chip tray. Fitted with a Burnered Grip-tru high-precision adjustable 3-jaw chuck, tailstock chuck, machine vice to mount of the T-slotted cross slide. Single-phase electrics with a Dewhurst reversing switch. The cabinet stand is packed with bar stock and other useful materials. In full working order - but stored unused for some time and does need a sympathetic clean.

Harrison 12 inch toolroom lathe Model L6 in superb mechanical order. Owned by the same engineer for 40 years and extremely well looked after. Single-phase motor and coolant pump together with everything you need to get started including a very useful TravAdial carraige travel indicator, 127t metric-transposing changewheel, 3-jaw chuck, micrometer carriage stop, 4-jaw chuck, 4-way toolpost, faceplate, travelling steady, tailstock chuck and rotating centre, turning tools and a spare chuck backplate. I can pallet and wrap for collection or load free of charge.

Harrison 13-inch Lathe with a hydraulic copying attachment and clutch and braked control of the spindle. Powered by an infinitely-variable speed 1-phase to 3-phase inverter giving a very wide range of spindle speeds and carriage feed rates. The lathe runs well and the bedways are in remarkable good condition. Complete with a 3-jaw chuck, 4-way and a rear toolpost, thread-dial indicator The copy equipment is complete but not tested - the same applies to the coolant pump. The chuck guard is not included but can be purchased if required.

Myford ML7 lathe 3.5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand and complete with a 1-phase motor, 3-jaw chuck, Dickson quick-set toolpost, and a set of screwcutting changewheels. In full working order. Details of Myford ML7 lathes here

Reduced for quick sale: Elliot Downham High-precision Mini-Jig Borer/Vertical Miller mounted on its own integral cast-iron cabinet. This is a superb quality, British-made machine serial number BEC015246/118. Single-phase motor with 8 speeds fitted with single-phase motor. Eight speeds via cone pulleys. Although cosmetically in need of refreshing, this machine is in perfect working order and, unusually, still has its complete set of eighteen size 00 Hardinge collets up to 1/2" diameter. Single-phase motor.

For Sale: Wabeco CCD6000E CNC and Manual Lathe complete with "Plus PC" and all the Software. This example has the larger spindle bore and the screwcutting changewheels as well as a laptop PC, backups of the software and the Dongle required to activate it. I am not up to speed with the software and, although I have had the machine moving under CNC control, I can't remember how I did it! Bought for a project thinking I would learn how to use it but ended not needing it. I now don't have time to study the included Instruction Manual - and I could do with the space.

1) Arboga Geared-head Vertical Milling & Drilling Machine. This is a heavily-build, high-quality machine manufactured in Sweden. No.2 Morse taper spindle and a 1-phase motor. £850  Details of Arboga milling machines here

2) Single phase, floor-standing bandsaw branded "Perform" £275

Myford ML7 lathe 3.5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Powerful 1-phase motor, 3-jaw chuck, thread-dial indicator, several tailstock chucks, tailstock rotating centre, set of screwcutting changewheels and boxes of assorted parts. Details of Myford ML7 lathes here

For Sale: Centec 2A miller on the maker's original cabinet stand and with the later all-geared drive. I have owned this machine for a number of years and it performs very well. The table has both a fine feed by screw and a rapid traverse for slotting work by a lever.The feedscrews and nuts are in excellent condition with low backlash and the table clocks true to within tenths of a thou. The spindle is 2 MT with a captured-by-nut drawbar (can be exchanged by unscrewing a lock nut).

A beautiful Bridgeport milling machine that has never been used in a production environment and fitted with a high-class Heidenhain DRO. I have its original sales invoice and manual. I bought it from a Polish model engineer and did not think I would have to sell it, however I cannot take it with me so I am offering it for sale rather than put into long term storage. The ways have never been re-ground and it's almost as fresh as the day it was made, there being just a few light marks on the table.

Tom Senior Major M1 milling machine complete with S-Type self-powered, swivelling vertical head with both wheel-controlled fine downfeed and a lever action drilling action - both along the axis of the spindle. Both motors are three phase with the horizontal drive powered through a Drives Direct 1-phase to 3-phase infinitely-variable speed inverter. The vertical head is in overall good condition, the table slideways are tight and it can turn out some respectable work.

For Sale: No. 4.5 Morse taper adapter sleeves down to 3 Morse. To fit the headstock spindle socket of Colchester Bantam and Chipmaster lathes (and various other machines as well). UK-made and hardened (nitrided). A top-class product. £115 plus post. For more details please phone: 07522-194210 or email: howard.j.goddard@icloud.com

Myford ML7 lathe 3.5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. In lovely original condition and long-term owned by a very careful user.

For Sale: a British-made, high-quality Model L1 Mk.3 Meddings 1/2" capacity bench drill. 5 speeds from 500 to 4000 r.p.m. The drill chuck is nearly new and the motor a 1-phase. This is the model with the optional T-slotted base plate. In perfect running order. £250 Full technical details of these L1 Mk.3 drills on this page.

Elliot Downham High-precision Mini-Jig Borer/Vertical Miller mounted on its own integral cast-iron cabinet. This is a superb quality, British-made machine serial number BEC015246/118. Single-phase motor with 8 speeds fitted with single-phase motor. Eight speeds via cone pulleys. Although cosmetically in need of refreshing, this machine is in perfect working order and, unusually, still has its complete set of 18 00 size Hardinge collets up to 1/2" diameter. Single-phase motor.

Warco Super Mini lathe for sale. A current model with variable speed. Specification.180mm (7.5-inch) swing and 350mm (14-inch) between centres. All metal gears and handwheels. A superior version of the common Chinese mini lathe complete with 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, fixed steady, fixed centre and change gears to cut metric and imperial threads. Is complete maintenance tooling, the Operator's Manual and other manufacturer's literature. Also included is the Crowood Publication on the Mini lathe with much additional helpful information.

Colchester Triumph Lathe Mk.1.5 7.5" x 40" long bed with detachable gap. This is later model fitted with the single-lever, adjustable-overload system. It has been well looked after during it's 40 odd years at the Crich Tramway Museum and so in good condition and full working order (Serial No. 56757). Fitted with a full screwcutting and feeds gearbox, coolant, the usual L1 spindle nose, 4-position indexable toolpost, Imperial dials, chuck guard and light unit.

Harrison Vertical and Horizontal Milling Machine running on 1-phase power with a Dewhurst switch. Fitted with a two-axis DRO, power feed on the longitudinal axis with pick-off gears to change the feed rate. 30 INT spindle nose and complete for horizontal work with the overarm, drop-bracket and cutter-holding arbor. Fitted with an 11cm. table vice, a Clarkson Autolock chuck with collets and an.

Would be grateful to find the right hand trip dog, part number 396-18-B, for an Elliott Omnimill 00 milling machine that a friend of mine is restoring in Spain. The part is a small casting formed with a tennon slot on the front and tapped to take a stop screw.

MYFORD ML10 Lathe 3.25" x 13" backgeared and screwcutting, mounted on the maker's raising blocks and chip tray. This is a late-model machine with a roller-bearing headstock spindle and Imperial graduations on the feed dials. In excellent condition and had been in storage for 30 years before I purchased it two years ago. I have added a infinitely variable-speed inverter drive unit by Newton Tesla that results in a machine superior to the ML10 "Speed Ten" with a minimal need to change the belt-driven speeds.

Colchester Student Mk.2. This is a lightly-used, 1975 all-metric model Serial No. Fc/75048 266e. 6.5" x 24" with a hardened bed, screwcutting gearbox, power sliding and surfacing feeds and fitted with a full-length splashback and tool tray. Supplied new to a Manchester college it was little used and then stored. for around 15 years.

Boxford AUD Mk.3 lathe. A late-model example 5" x 24" with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, single-lever engagement of backgear, coolant and mounted on the maker's underdrive stand. Included with the lathe is a 5-inch 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck, Boxford quick-set toolpost with 2 tool holders (parting tool holder is damaged but serviceable, see pic.), catchplate and 2 drive dogs, a Jacobs 1/2" tailstock chuck, all the spanners and keys required, a set of Chinesium tools and a light unit.

For Sale: Myford ML2 lathe 3.25" x 15" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. A compact lathe complete with a countershaft and a single-phase motor.

This 125 mm (5-inch) centre height Atlas lathe is in excellent working condition and has been regularly maintained. It comes with the original manual and accessories. It offers a huge capacity on a small footprint. Part of an estate sale, it must go before the summer. Pickup only, located in Brussels, Belgium, close to the midi train station.
For more info and the full technical specification for the Atlas lathe: http://www.lathes.co.uk/atlas/

For Sale: Pultra 15/90 high-precision lathe. This is the rare, larger Pultra with a 3.5" centre height and taking 20 mm through the headstock spindle. Mounted on the maker's underdrive, 9-speed Mardrive stand that gives 135 to 3265 r.p.m.. The lathe is complete with a screw-feed compound slide rest assembly and the very seldom found screwcutting attachment complete with a separate top slide - this having the Carden drive shaft, a set of changewheels and a screwcutting chart.

For Sale:  Hobbymat MD65 lathe.  One owner from new, lightly used and complete with all original accessories and manual.  The lathe has served me well over the years and was originally purchased around 1986. Included is a 3-jaw chuck, a high-quality 4-jaw independent Burnerd chuck, angle plate, machine vice, tailstock rotating centre and a set of screwcutting changewheels.

Sold Colchester Student Lathe 6.5" x 24" with all-geared headstock, a full screwcutting and feeds gearbox. Running from a 1-phase to 3-phase variable-speed inverter that gives very much both slower and faster speeds than normal. Comes with various steadies, an independent 4-jaw chuck, 3-jaw scroll chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, Dickson quick-set toolpost, faceplate, the C-spanner to remove spindle fittings, light unit and a full-length splashback.. There is also a live centre, a Jacobs tailstock chuck, tool holders and selection of turning and boring tools.

Tom Senior M1 Vertical and Horizontal Miller. This is a superb, top-of-the-range version in superb condition and fitted with an S-Type swivelling vertical head with a No.2 Morse taper spindle and both fine downfeed by a handwheel and a rapid drilling feed by a capstan handle. The horizontal spindle is "backgeared" giving a range of low speeds suitable for really heavy work. Fitted with coolant and a neatly installed electrical system with infinitely-variable-speed to the vertical and horizontal spindles with dial control.

A Late-model Schaublin Model 70 Turret Lathe. This is a regularly used but very tidy example of this small high-precision lathe, which I have kept for rapid production of bronze bearings. The whole assembly, including a speed-controller variable-speed inverter, motor and countershaft is mounted on a single aluminium base plate and is easily portable for the average physique. The lever-operated headstock is of the F16 type with oversize bearings and so very robust with the spindle able to accept bar stock up to 13mm.

Record DML 24X Wood Lathe with a swing headstock for bowl turning. 4.5-inch centre height and taking 24 inches between centres and with an industry standard 3/4" x 16 t.p.i. spindle nose. A really solid, twin-bar bed lathe that weighs 41 kg. 1-phase motor driving the spindle by a smooth and quiet Poly-V belt. No-Volt safety-release push button starter. One owner from new - stored some time so needs a good polish. Phone: 01782-205-184 or 0795-1239979

A NEW SERVICE: For Colchester, Harrison - and any other lathe - a  cross slide, top slide and tailstock feed-screws and nut repairs. Single nuts and anti-backlash "double nuts" made. I can also tackle milling, capstan and grinding machines, etc. with Imperial, metric, Acme and square threads. Imperial from 5/8"" to 1.5" diameter and from 4 t.p.i. to 16 t.p.i. Metric from 16 mm to 40 mm diameter and 2 mm to 6 mm pitch. Phone: 01753-651923 or 01753-654523  email: richard@shotmaster.co.uk 

Myford 254 Plus Lathe. This top-of-the-range, superb-condition 254 has a 5.25" centre height, screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, induction-hardened bedways, is mounted on the maker's cabinet stand and with one model-engineering owner from new. Fitted with a variable- speed Inverter drive with the inverter fitted into the cabinet. Original switchgear and all electrical safety features are fully operational.

Halifax or Sphere Lathe - an English-made clone of the Atlas "10-inch". 5" x 24" backgeared, screwcutting, power cross feed, roller bearing headstock and mounted on the maker's stand. 1-phase motor, 16-speed all-V-belt-drive countershaft. 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw chuck, 4-way toolpost, tailstock chuck, thread-dial indicator, a set of screwcutting changewheels, the original "lantern" toolpost, scribing block, Morse centres and a box of turning and boring tools. Long-term stored but in running order. This is a very compact lathe but with an enormous capacity.

Naerok Vertical Milling and Co-ordinate Drilling Machine Model RDM350M mounted on the maker's and in exceptionally good order with little use and negligible wear. Table 20" x 6.25"  with 12.75" of longitudinal travel, 5.5" in traverse. The spindle has 3.5" of travel with both fine-feed by handwheel and a lever feed for drilling. The whole head elevates and, on the Naerok (unlike similar types), is lifted by a bevel box and guided so as not to loose alignment during long travels. The spindle fitting is R8 - allowing access to cheap and plentiful Bridge-type tooling.

For Sale: a Superb Holbrook “Minor” High-precision Toolroom Lathe. This high-class, 5-inch centre height, variable-speed Holbrook was manufactured in 1968 and dispatched from new with a complete Hepworth hydraulic copying attachment. The lathe has been well looked after and has little to no wear. Professionally converted to run from a single-phase motor, it is still operated via the maker’s multi-function joystick controller.

For Sale: a Hardinge HLV-H high-precision lathe Serial number 13724 T. Complete with an Acurite DRO, dual English/Metric screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and infinitely-variable rates of sliding feed. Well equipped with a large set of collets on their original rotating circular housings, 4-jaw chuck, Multifix quick set toolpost with 12 toolholders, catchplate and a tailstock chuck. Can be viewed by appointment Monday to Thursday with loading facilities available. Full details of these high-class lathes here.

Rivett 608 High-precision backgeared and screwcutting lathe 4.25" x 21.25". Fitted with taper turning and power cross feed. In full working order and can be demonstrated. Mounted on a solid homemade stand with an ingenious countershaft drive from a single-phase motor with reversing switch.

Elliott Victoria Milling machine with single-phase electrics. A very strong machine and in good, clean condition. Viewing and testing under power welcome.  Snag: one of the 3 bolts that hold the head in position is sheared off. I have been using it with just the 2, so that will need doing. Only selling as moving house. Please phone for more details.

Sigma-Jones (BCA) Miniature Jig Borer/Driller. An early version of what was to become the BCA Jig Borer. A most useful and highly-accurate machine with a built-on rotary table sitting on a screw-feed compound slide. Single-phase motor and in full working order. Full details of these machines and their history can be found here

Boxford Model A 4.5" x 28" long-bed lathe mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with chip tray, an imperial screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, T-slotted cross slide and coolant. Sets of both inch and metric feed screws, nuts and dials are included.

Boxford CUD Mk.2 Lathe 4.5" x 24" backgeared and screwcutting on the maker's underdrive cabinet stand with single-lever engagement of backgear. Single-phase electrics with an emergency foot-operated stop switch. Two 3-jaw chucks (one a new-new 6-inch TOS with both sets of jaws), the correct 6-inch diameter, half-depth body burned independent 4-jaw chuck, the maker's 4-way toolpost, Jacobs tailstock chuck, a new and unused faceplate, a separate bolt-on faceplate, thread-dial indicator and a chuck guard.

Pultra 15/90R precision bench lathe bench mounted with storage drawers and drive system. This is the much larger Pultra and, being very expensive when new, very seldom found. Complete with screw-feed compound slide rest, tailstock with both screw and lever-feeds and a micrometer dial, a bed-mounted capstan unit and masses of capstan tooling and toolposts. The enclosed, underdrive system uses an infinitely variable speed 1-phase to 3-phase inverter with dial control of spindle speeds.

For Sale: Warco WMT300 lathe. 6-inch centre height by 19 inches between centres and with a 26mm headstock spindle bore. 3-jaw chuck with internal and external jaws, 4-jaw chuck,fixed steady, travelling steady, 8-inch slotted faceplate and a robust No. 3 Morse taper set-over tailstock with drill chuck. Graduated handle to the leadscrew end, 4-way toolpost., T-slotted cross slide, 360-degree swivelling top slide. All the changewheels are present for both metric and imperial threadcutting.as are assorted lathe tools and Morse centres etc.

Myford Super 7B lathe 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand. Private use only and well equipped with: Myford swivelling milling slide, 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4 jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, quick-set and single toolposts, rear toolpost, two Myford V-blocks, two Myford angle plates, large faceplate, standard faceplate, thread-dial indicator and a surface plate scribing block.

Harrison M250 lon-bed Lathe - ex-university. Little used, zero wear, no backlash, in immaculate order and taking 30-inches between centres. Complete with 3 and 4-jaw chucks, fixed steady, travelling steady, Dickson quick-set toolpost and two toolholders, dual inch/metric micrometer dials, coolant, thread-dial indicator, faceplate, Low-Vo light unit and a full-length splashback to the stand. £7500. Full details and specification of M250 lathes on this page

Warco VMC VARIO Milling Machine. Mint condition having run for less than 1 hour. A reluctant sale having being new from Warco several months ago for my newly-built home workshop. Sadly, I can not afford to keep it as it is taking up a valuable corner space and I mainly use another smaller machine. It has been thoroughly cleaned and oiled and improved new way covers fitted (those supplied are a poor fit in my opinion).  It's essentially in factory condition with roughly 30 mins of test milling action in total and runs beautifully.

For Sale: Colchester Chipmaster variable-speed lathe. Fully refurbished and fitted with electronically controlled variable speed drive. Complete with 3-jaw, 5-inch chuck, 4-jaw Independent chuck; the correct half-depth body 8-inch independent 4-jaw chuck; a 270mm diameter faceplate; a new " Dickson " style (RDG) tool post and 3 tool holders; 1-16 mm keyless tailstock chuck and a revolving centre.

Rollo 6.5" x 30" all-geared headstock lathe with a full screwcutting gearbox and clutch control of the spindle. Made by Rollo Industries at the Barrmor Tool Works in Easdale, Scotland, the Roll 6.5-inch was a very heavily built, gap-bed lathe used in Army mobile workshops and manufactured until the mid 1950s. Fitted with a 3-jaw chuck, 4-way toolpost, faceplate and tailstock chuck, also inclued are a number of other items bar stock and cutting tools, etc. Compact and with a complete specification, drive comes from a motor, neatly contained within the cabinet base.