Emco Unimat 3 Lathe with Vertical Milling Attachment. This is the proper Austrian-built version, little used and complete with many valuable accessories.

Dore Westbury Vertical Milling Machine in full working order, little-used over many years and mounted on a steel stand with chip tray. This highly versatile machine has a No.2 Morse taper head that can be moved up and down, in and out, tilted and swung on its vertical axis. Both fine and quick-action drilling feeds are provided. This is a particularly well-specified example with the epicyclic speed-reducing gearbox, a full cover over the front pulley, power-feed unit to the table and a micrometer dial on the fine down-feed control.

Warco Geared-head lathe Model 550. One private owner from new and little used. All-metric specification and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with cupboard storage, chip tray and a full-length splashback. Very well specified and thoroughly well equipped with coolant, screwcutting and the power sliding and cross feeds driven from a separate power shaft.

Arrow Precision Plain-turning Bench Lathe - made in Japan. A very high-quality small lathe, the Arrow has a 3.5" centre height and takes around 15 inches between centres. Complete with a compound, screw-feed slide rest assembly, lever-action collet closer, a good set of collets, 4-way and rear toolposts and (not fitted) a 3-jaw Burnerd chuck.

A Prvomajska ALG-100 (Deckel clone) Universal Toolroom Milling Machine fitted with the essential universal tilting and angling table, the rigid plain table, both vertical and slotting heads, an indexing table with a 3-jaw chuck and centring vice and seven imperial collets and four metric collets. This miller works very well with only about 30 thou of backlash on the X-axis, and 15 thou on the Y.

Myford ML10 lathe 3.25" z 13" backgeared and screwcutting. Owned for twenty years and little very used. Fitted with Burnerd 3-jaw chuck, quick-change toolpost, late-type zeroing cross and top-slide micrometer dials, a micrometer dial on the end of the leadscrew, bed raiser blocks, chuck guard (not fitted) and a single-phase motor with a safety No-volt release push-button starter and Dewhurst reversing switch.

Taig CNC Vertical Milling Machine. Supplied with a control box and, as the miller and box were imported from the USA, I am including the yellow 240/110-volt transformer show in the photographs. The bed is approximately 480mm long and the miller has been used mostly for projects involving plastic and wood. The table has always been protected by sacrificial boards leaving it in unmarked condition. The Taig has been unused for several years but is, of course, in full working order with all three axes working as expected under computer control.

For Sale: Dore Westbury vertical milling machine. Highly versatile, the No.2 Morse taper head can be moved in and out, swivelled, moved up and down and swung in an arc. The quill has both a fine and quick-action down-feed and comes with a Clarkson AutoLock chuck with Imperial collets, a Jacobs drill chuck and a selection of milling cutters. The table has inch graduated micrometer dials and a machine vice. This model is an early 3-speed version without the built-in epicyclical reduction gearing.

Denford-Myford Conect 121 CNC lathe with Denford automatic toolchanger. The original control system has stripped out ready for conversion to MACH or LinuxCNC, etc. This handy little lathe is based on the Myford ML10. A new control panel has been fitted ready for the next conversionand the Toolchanger converted to a stepper instead of DC motor. The packing plate needs finishing for height and toolchanger position. The lathe is believed to be ex-school (most of these were sold as training lathes) with very little signs of use.

Smart and Brown "Model A" 4.5” x18” Toolroom lathe. This is an exceptionally rigid machine and in very nice condition. Accessories include a taper-turning attachment, 3 and 4-jaw chucks,  travelling steady and a faceplate. The lathe is very heavy but the bed and base do separate quite easily. My wife and I moved it between us (but that was a while back....). A house move is the only reason for sale.

SOLD for the asking price. a little-used, perfect-condition Hobbymat MD65 lathe with the maker's attached powered vertical milling attachment and the necessary T-slotted milling table. Single-phase electrics 240 volts. Centre height 65 mm, 300mm between centres, cross travel 80mm, Headstock MT2 bore 12 mm, tailstock No. 1 Morse taper. Speed range 250, 500, 1000 & 2000 rpm. Very well equipped with: collet chuck and metric collets sizes 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 mm.

For Sale: Colchester Triumph 2000 lathe 7.5" x 50" long bed, mounted on the maker's stand with a full-length splashback and slide-out chip tray. Induction hardened and ground-finished bed with a detachable gap that allows work up to 23-inches (580 mm) to be swung. The spindle has D1-6" hardened spindle nose and runs in super-precision Gamet bearings. 16 spindle speeds from 25 to 2000 r.p.m.

Dominion Heavy-duty Wood-turning Lathe Model AL. 6-inch centre height and with a 5-foot long bed. The bed has a gap in which material up to 24-inches in diameter can be turned using a bowl-turning attachment carried on the face of the bed. The motor-drive system is held within the headstock-end plinth for which a new belt and clips are included. 3-phase electrics - easily run from a phase converter. In good mechanical order and ready to use for serious wood-turning.

Rishton Vertical Milling Machine and Co-ordinate Driller. A UK-made machine in superb order, with an unmarked table, having been used only for light model-engineering work. All-geared swivelling vertical head with speeds from 100 to 2000 r.p.m. and a No.2 Morse taper spindle under the control of both a fine-feed handwheel and a rapid-action drilling handle. Table 615 mm x 150 mm with 380 mm of longitudinal travel, 140 mm in traverse and 365 mm of travel on the vertical head. High-quality Brook Crompton Single-phase motor with no-volt release safety push-button starter.

 For Sale: Colchester Bantam lathe 5.635" x 23" geared-head lathe with screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and mounted on the maker's cabinet stand. Complete with two four-jaw independent chucks (one large, the other small) a 3-jaw "Tudor" chuck with face-reversible jaws, two fixed steadies, 4-wat toolpost, faceplate and a set of changewheels to extend the threading range of the gearbox. There may be other parts stored away in the workshop. The lathe has been standing unused for a considerable time and will need a thorough clean before use.

FOR SALE – a genuine Model C7 Myford ML7 Capstan Lathe, mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with chip tray and levelling blocks and still in its maker's paint finish. Fitted with the correct instant speed-change Tri-leva speed selector headstock, the proper bed-mounted 6-station capstan unit that indexes automatically to each station; the Myford screw-operated cut-off slide and the lever-operated collet chuck. The cut-off slide is fitted with the standard toolposts but a ‘quick-change’ toolpost is also included that I have used in place of the standard front toolpost.

Myford Super 7 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Complete with 3-jaw Pratt-Burnerd chuck and key, the correct 6-inch diameter, half-depth body 4-jaw independent Pratt-Burnerd chuck and key, Myford indexing 4-way toolpost, faceplate, catchplate, set of screwcutting changewheels, thread-dial indicator, Jacobs No.2 Morse taper tailstock chuck. tailstock rotating centre, standard Morse centre, Morse 2 to Morse 1 sleeve adapter and a No. 1 Morse half-centre and an extra graduated handwheel for the leadscrew.

Myford Super 7b lathe 3.5" x 19" gap-bed backgeared and with a factory-fitted Norton Screwcutting gearbox, chip tray and levelling blocks.

For Sale: For Sale: Colchester Bantam lathe 5.635" x 23" geared-head lathe with screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed mounted on the maker's stand with masses of equipment and running on 1-phase electrics.

For Sale: German-made Weiler “Matador” Model VS precision screwcutting lathe. Backgear and screwcutting, spindle speeds span 30 to 620 r.p.m. in the oil-bath lubricated backgear and 170 to 3550 r.p.m. in direct drive—power coming from a 3 h.p. 3-phase motor, this also driving though an oil-bath lubricated, pre-selector gearbox. Spindle bore 38 mm (1.5”).

For Sale: A superb Meddings MB4 drilling machine with 10 speeds from 80 to 4000 r.p.m. High speeds are belt driven, the low speeds through a torque-enhancing, oil-immersed gearbox - giving the machine great versatility and the ability to drill from tiny to large holes - the stated capacity in steel being 7/8”. No 2 Morse taper spindle to take chucks of direct-fitting drill bits. The table is unmarked and comes complete with a “Nippy” machine vice and a 0.5 h.p. single-phase, UK-made Gryphon motor with a push-button starter. Light amateur use only so in perfect order.

For Sale: the most desirable of all Adept miniature shapers - the powered No.2 Model. The 2A has a useful  7" x 6" table with vertical T-slots 6-inches high and a ram travel of 6.25". During the early 1950s, Mr F .J. Haynes of Audenshaw, Manchester converted his hand-powered Adept No. 2 shaper to incorporate a powered ram; so impressed were Adept by this professional-looking design that they adopted a modified version of it for production.

For Sale: Chester Vertical milling machine - one owner from new. Fitted infinitely-variable speed drive from a single-phase motor and a safety, no-volt release push-button starter. The head can be swivelled 45° each side of horizontal and the quill has both fine feed by a handwheel and a quick-action drilling lever. Mounted on a metal stand with chip tray and comprehensive chip guarding to the back, sides and front. Equipped with a collet chuck, drill chuck and swivel-base machine vice. £550

Alexander/Deckel FP1 Precision Universal Milling Machine and tooling. I’ll be sorry to see this go, but I need a larger miller and unfortunately do not have the space to keep both. Has been used mainly for making tooling for my other machines, lately just light use on small aluminium and brass parts and, as it's a very rigid machine, it is very accurate.

For Sale: Myford ML7R - a near-mint condition, carefully used and one-family-from new example. 3.5” x 19” backgeared, gap-bed and screwcutting. The ML7R was, in effect, just a Super & fitted with late-type ML7 cross and top slides—though this example retains the Super 7 spindle clutch and is fitted with the later and larger zeroing micrometer dials.  Mounted on the maker’s cabinet stand with levelling blocks, a deep chip tray and an all-enveloping, full-length splash back and motor shield.

For Sale: Centec 2A vertical milling machine. All-geared drive and fitted with the Mk.3 swivelling vertical head with fine downfeed by handwheel and a quick-action drilling feed. On this head, both feeds follow the line of the spindle -allowing precision drilling, spot-facing and boring. The machine includes a head raiser block, allowing much taller work than standard to be accommodated. A highly versatile machine in good working order with a single-phase motor and  Dewhurst reversing switch. £1350 Phone: 07876-433101 (Swansea).

For Sale: Pinnacle Model PBM 450A universal tool and cutter grinder. Manufactured 1988 but in excellent, lightly used condition and, being highly versatile, is the ideal machine for the smaller workshop. Complete with a Universal Workhead with a tilt adjustment of 15° each side of vertical and a swivel adjustment of 180° in each direction. The spindle has No. 3 Morse taper spindle and a correct, matching collet chuck and wrench and eight: ¼, 3/8, 1/2, 5/8; 6mm, 10mm, 12mm, 16mm.

HARDINGE Model TL HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RECISION TOOLROOM LATHE - for spares or repair as it needs a bed re-grind. However, all the major components are fully working which include all parts except apron carriage rack. I have, in addition, a 4-inch Burnard chuck and a 5-inch Hardinge chuck with taper and lock screw plus outer jaws, a taper-turning attachment, fixed steady, 4-way toolpost, a new Hardinge chuck backplate complete with the correct taper fixing (these are very hard to find), thirty 5C collets with taper-rachet lock bar.

For Sale: a virtually unused Warco WM-16 VS vertical milling machine. This compact machine has a table 700 mm x 180 mm with longitudinal travel of 485 mm, in traverse of 175 and a maximum distance between the spindle nose of 370 mm. Driven by a 1 h.p. single-phase motor, the head tilts left and right through 90° each side of upright and has a No.2 Morse taper spindle with a travel of 50 mm.

SOLD: an unused, unpacked and still-in-its-box-on-a-pallet Warco WM-14 vertical miller complete with a DRO system. I bought this size of miller for a specific job, but which I can now get a friend to on his Bridgeport, so the Warco is now surplus to requirement. The miller is listed on the Warco web site (where the comprehensive specification can be found).

Believed to be from the Robert Black factory, this shaper appears to be from the Edwardian period as the style of the only lettering on the down slide indicates ( see photo ) The table size is about 10 X 9 inches, tool down-feed 1.5 inches with a cross feed of 6 inches. Automatic cross feed ( left or right ) can be selected .The main unit is cast iron and the whole unit weighs about 35 kgs. The unit was found in poor condition and had to be refurbished with a new feed-screw and bronze nuts ( 14mm X 3 mm Pitch ).

SOLD: Myford Super 7B-PXF Lathe 3/5” x 20” gap-bed, backgeared, hardened bed and fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and power cross feed (Model 7B-PXF).  Mounted on the maker’s industrial cabinet stand with levelling blocks, deep chip tray and a full-length splash back. Well equipped with a 4-inch 3-jaw chuck, a 5-inch 3-jaw chuck and the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck.

For Sale: REGLUS Model K Swiss-made high-precision cross-drilling jig. Can drill to extreme accuracy flat and round material with the facility to drill off-centre on round bars. Includes storage drawers with flat and conical tables, hardened bushes and a copy of the maker’s instructions. Amounting to what is, in effect, a “jig-boring” system, this is an ideal machine for clock and high-precision engineering and makes what would be otherwise very awkward tasks simple to complete. £850. Includes a copy of the Operation Manual in English. Phone: 01392-875877

Sold: Myford Super 7 lathe 3.5” x 19” gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting in superb, very carefully used condition. Mounted on the maker’s cabinet stand with a deep chip tray and levelling blocks.

Alexander Master Toolmaker Universal Milling Machine, complete with the essential 10.375" x 17.25" swivelling and tilting universal table and in very good condition. The vertical milling head has a No. 4 Morse taper socket with a Marlco collet chuck and 20 imperial collets from 1/16" to 23/32". 3-phase electrics with all the power feeds and coolant working. This is a highly versatile machine with full details of what it can achieve here

For Sale: Warco BH600 lathe. 6.5” x 30” with dual metric/inch screwcutting gearbox and power sliding and surfacing feeds. Mounted on the maker’s stand with a full-length splashback and chip tray. Little used, in immaculate condition and fitted with a 1-phase motor. This is large-capacity but compact lathe with a 12-speed quiet-running, all-V-belt drive headstock fitted with backgear giving 50 to 1200 r.p.m.

Harrison vertical and horizontal milling machine - metric graduations. I have owned this miller for 20 years and use it frequently; it's in good condition and full working order. Complete with a INT30 vertical head and a horizontal arbor complete with spacers and keys and support. The 30" x 8" table swivels, making the machine a true "Universal".  The horizontal arbor has been rarely used by me and is in excellent condition.  The table power feed has never worked in my ownership - but the gearbox for it is in good condition and I suspect it may need a new motor or wiring.

For Sale: Sphere 5" x 24" backgeared and screwcutting lathe with power cross feed. English-manufactured, this lathe was based on the Atlas 10" and allows large jobs to be accommodated on a very compact footprint. Fitted with a built-on, all-V-belt drive countershaft giving 16 speeds from a recent 1-phase motor and push-button emergency stop. Mounted on a metal stand and complete with two 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, a set of screwcutting changewheels, tailstock chuck and a thread-dial indicator.

An original Adept No.1 hand-operated shaping machine - a machine that has seen a very sheltered life and dates from the period 1935 to around 1960, The whole unit has been stripped down, the sliding surfaces polished to ensure smooth action and then lubricated with the correct slideway oil. Considering the original cost, they were very well made and now represent a fascinating introduction to the art of the hand-operated shaper in a compact form. Table 4 x 5 inches, ram travel 4 inches and a down feed of about 2 inches.

For Sale: Myford ML7 lathe 3.5” x 20” gap-bed, backgeared, screwcutting and equipped with spindle clutch.

Abwood Double-ended, tilting tables tool grinder and lapper. A heavy-duty, professional-class machine on the makers stand and complete with a number of grinding wheels and a light unit. £150 Phone: 033011-365509 or email igm1952@hotmail.com 

For Sale: Drummond M-Type lathe 3.5” x 16” gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting and fitted with an Amolco Vertical Milling Attachment. Complete on the maker’s cast-iron legs with 1-phase motor and countershaft and a number of useful accessories shown in the pictures that include three 3-jaw chucks, a contemporary milling slide, tilting machine vice, 4-way toolpost, T-slotted cross slide and other small items. The single-phase Amolco head was made to fit a wide variety of small lathes - just a simple change of base plate allowing this to happen.

FOUND! Wanted: Boxford lathe. An underdrive type VSL, AUD or BUD would be ideal. Single-phase or three-phase and condition unimportant - so long as complete. Any location, as I’m prepared to travel. Private buyer.

For Sale: An English-made Sharp Universal Vertical and Horizontal Milling Machine. A most versatile and adaptable machine with both horizontal and vertical capacity and ideal for model and experimental work. Known history from new in 1981, I’m the second owner. The miller is driven by two single-phase 0.5 h.p. motors: one powering the vertical head, the other the horizontal spindle - the latter fitted with a slow-speed backgear that allows the use of heavy cutters on the horizontal spindle to take deep cuts.

For Sale in excellent, original condition - a Coronet Minorette multi-function woodworking machine. The unit has a planer, sawbench, mortising attachment and a tilting sanding table. Double-spindle, Single-phase Gryphon motor just fitted with a new £75 No-Volt safety-release starter and overload protection. The unit is mounted on well-made hardwood stand fitted with new casters from Axminster (£61) castors for ease of moving about. It could do with a new drive belt, but is otherwise in perfect working order.

Schaublin Type 13 Vertical and horizontal toolroom-class milling machine (Swiss-manufactured with serial number 136). Built in 954 (a year younger than me!) and well cared for but does need a clean as can be seen in the pictures. I don't know a lot about this miller, but it came with the Leinen lathe also advertised here and shares the same ex-Rolls-Royce colour scheme - as does a Schaublin 102 which we are keeping. Happy to provide more detail and photographs if required - and demonstrate it running.

Myford Super 7B 3.5 x 19in with gap-bed, backgeared and fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and power cross feed. Mounted on a Myford stand with deep chip tray and leveling blocks. Single-phase motor.

Machine No: SK143495.

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For Sale: Beaver VBRP turret vertical milling machine (configured exactly like a Bridgeport) complete and in full working order. Driven directly and also though a slow speed backgear for heavier work, the head can be moved in and out, swung on the main column, rotated and nodded. The 10-inch wide table is hardly marked and the longest of the various options at 56 inches; nine rates of power feed are provided with longitudinal travel of 31.5”, in traverse of 14.5” and 14.5 inches vertically.

For Sale: Tom Senior Major ELT Universal vertical and horizontal milling machine. In superb, little-used condition this top-of-the-range Tom Senior is the very rare ELT that incorporated a number of improvements and refinements over earlier models including the swing table, a strong dovetail overarm in place of the round type, an extended table with greater travels, a larger and more rigid knee and chain instead of belt-driven table power feeds, a No. 30 INT horizontal spindle end fitting and twelve speeds 50 to 1660 r.p.m.