Cataract (Hardinge) Unfortunately there was never a "Manual" for the Cataract lathe and millers - but there is a wonderful full-range Catalogue showing all the Precision Bench and Screwcutting Lathes (including a complete catalog for the wonderful "Quick-Change" model), Milling Machines, Automatic Gear and Pinion Cutters, Drills and the full accessory range made from the early 1900s to the early 1930s.
Cataract
Manuals and Catalogues
Print code: C11A
Cataract (Hardinge - USA) 1902 catalogue: Bench Lathes and Attachments; precision bench drill. 29 pages. Not a first-class copy.
Print code: C11B
CATARACT (Hardinge) Wonderful Full-range Catalogue of Precision Lathes & Millers of the 1930s. Includes bench precision lathes, milling machines of the MD3, MD4 horizontal millers, BB2V (the vertical version of the horizontal BB4) and MD5 (horizontal with conventional overarm) types. Automatic Gear & Pinion Cutters, Drills and the full accessory range. Although not a handbook, there are many descriptive and illustrative details of the machines' construction, drive systems and countershafts including sectional drawings of the various headstocks. 50 pages.
Print code: C11C
Cataract No. 5 Milling Machine. Sales and Specification Catalogue.
Print code: C11E
Cataract (Hardinge) MD5 Precision Milling Machine. Sales, Technical Specification & Accessories Catalogue.
Print code: C11F
Data pack of all Cataract Machine Tool Literature that gives a complete picture of the company's products.Items can also be purchased separately. https://www.store.lathes.co.uk/cataract
Print code: C11F
CATARACT "Quick Change Swing Precision Lathe". This is the 9-inch Swing lathe with, below the chip tray, a rotating circular Collet holder and, built into the headstock and tailstock bed feet small hinged-door storage compartments. 29 pages. (this lathe can be seen here: https://lathes.co.uk/cataract/page5.html)
Print code: H16N
HARDINGE & CATARACT COLLETS A collection of sheets showing different type of collets and their dimensions and fittings. List of lathes and millers and their collets and Hardinge equivalents. Includes Sjorgren Collet Chuck information 40 pages.
Print code: MHCAT10E/C11
Hardinge - Cataract. Unfortunately, there was never a "Manual" for the early Cataract lathes and millers - but there is a wonderful full-range Catalogue showing all the Precision Bench and Screwcutting Lathes, Milling Machines, Automatic Gear and Pinion Cutters, Drills and the full accessory range made from 1900 to the early 1930s. Although not a Manual, there are many descriptive and illustrative details of the machines' construction and drive systems including Sectional Drawings of the various headstocks.
Print code: MHCAT10F/C11B
Hardinge - Cataract Precision Lathes and Millers Full-range Catalogue circa 1930s. A later version of the catalogue above (C11A) which illustrates many of the accessories also used on the last of the Cataract Brand lathes made by Hardinge. 50 pages.
