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

Antique Milnes Lathe with Ornamental Turning Attachments 4.5" x 30" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting and with power cross feed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Warco WM18 Vertical Miller - an excellent specification and an all-geared head.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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").

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.

Cowells 90ME Precision Miniature Lathe. One owner from new and in perfect working order.

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.

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.

A collection of micrometers, height gauges, calipers, magnetic base, dial indicator and associated items. Offers invited