Excel Vertical Milling & Co-ordinate Drilling Machine with an R8 Bridgeport-type spindle that gives access to a wide range of inexpensive fittings. The quill has both a fine feed through a handwheel and quick-action drilling by a capstan handwheel. In superb condition, mounted on a floor stand and with single-phase electrics.

Myford ML7 Lathe 3.5" x 20" backgeared and screwcutting and mounted on the maker's stand with chip tray and levelling blocks. The lathe is in its maker's paint and the front way still shows evidence of the original machining marks.

Cowells 90ME Miniature Lathe backgeared and screwcutting model engineering lathe - mounted on a small cabinet with storage drawers. 1.75-inch centre height, 8 inches between centres gap bed and 12 speeds spanning 60 to 2100 r.p.m. The cross slide is extra-long and T-slotted, the top slide swivels and the carriage feed incorporates an adjustable, automatic disengage mechanism. Single-phase motor, the correct 3-jaw chuck, faceplate, tailstock chuck, a hand T-rest, Morse centres and a copy of the maker's Instruction manual.

Jones & Shipman 540H Surface Grinder. This high-quality, compact grinder is a very unusual version, one with all hand feeds. An ex-college machine and so very lightly used. Complete with a magnetic chuck, two spare grinding wheels and a 3-phase motor (that could be easily changed). £950 or offers. Full details of the Jones & Shipman 540 grinder here

Deckel SO bench-mounted Tool & Cutter Grinder. A top-quality machine in full working order and lightly used. Complete with a set of 35 collets, the maker's tools, two spare grinding wheels and two drive belts. Single-phase motor. Full details of Deckel SO tool & cutter grinders here.

For Sale: a late-model Edgwick Mk.1 lathe in full working order and as used by me in my classic car restoration business (Carlow Engineering TR Specialists).Complete with chucks, faceplate, tooling and a 4-way toolpost. This is an urgent sale - so just £495 or offers. I also have an old but fully functional Pollard "Swan-neck" drill that is included. Full details of Edwick Mk.1 lathes here

BCA Mk.3 Precision Jig Borer/Miller in exceptionally fine condition an unusually well equipped. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with cupboard and drawer storage (the drawer key is present)  and owned by me for the past 35 years and used only for light-duty clock making and model engineering. Fitted with a variable-speed inverter than runs quietly and provides a very wide range of spindle speeds the increases the span of the normal 300 to 3250 r.p.m.

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.

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.

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

Victoria Elliott Horizontal Milling Machine. 3-phase with some tooling. £350 or any offers considered.

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

Colchester Mascot 1600 Lathe. 3-phase. Fitted with a 3-jaw chuck, a Dickson quick-set tool post, a rear tool post with a second quick-set Dickson toolpost, a standard faceplate, a large faceplate to run in the gap, fixed steady and coolant. Full specification details in the pictures below below.

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.

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".

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.

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

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

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“.

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.

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:

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.

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

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.

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

Myford Mini-Kop Model 1A automatic hydraulic production lathe. In complete, original and unmodified condition. Includes an original copy of the Operation Manual. Full details of the Mini-Kop and how it was developed can be found here

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

 ANVIL - double-horned type. Please phone for more details. £75 or offers.

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.

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.

Myford ML7 lathe serial no. K 64382.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

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

REDUCED to just £375 as I desperately need the room.

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

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

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

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/

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).