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

Hendey Lathes: "Modern Engine Lathes". This is the best publication for getting to grips with the earlier Hendey Models.

STARK (USA) Very early Stark Catalogue (circa 1870/80) with the entire product range - lathes, accessories, drive systems, countershafts, treadle stand, special tailstocks, collets, Wheel & Pinion Cutters, Stark Plain Milling Machine, Stark Combined Universal Milling Machine & Wheel & Pinion Cutter, Damaskeening Machine and Automatic Staff Lathe.

HENDEY Lathes 1920 and earlier Operators' Handbook. Extracted from the full-range catalog-cum-handbook listed under Code H237A, this shows the construction and operation of the Company's lathes back to around 1910.

Hendey "Factory Tour" photographed by Robert Yarnall Richie. A Souvenir Publication in large format, giving a complete photographic tour of the works from the boardroom to dispatch department. Dozens of fabulous pictures and descriptions.

MONARCH Lathes USA. "Factory Tour" booklet published 1938 and titled "Features of Monarch Lathes" This is a superb production illustrating all aspects of the Monarch production process from casting and forging, gear cutting through machining, quality checking, wear testing and metallurgy.

LORCH General Catalogue shows the complete range of Precision Plain Turning & Screwcutting Lathes, & their accessories, current from the 1920s until the late 1930s. 42 pages.

LORCH: General Catalogue shows the complete range of Precision Plain Turning & Screwcutting Lathes, and their accessories current from the late 1930s until the 1950s. 40 pages.

POOLS Lathes: All known 3 Catalogues (one a "Poster") for the "Special", "Major" and "3-inch" and one for the milling machine. Also included are letters & prices from the manufacturer. 25 pages.

SENECA FALLS "Star" Lathes: Data pack of all Sales Catalogues: includes items reference: S156, S156A, S156B, S156C, S156D and S156E

BERGEON Watch & Instrument maker's Lathes: a full, very detailed Catalogue including lathes and all their accessories, 1950s.

Sorby (Robert Sorby of Sheffield) General cataloge circa 2002 with Wood lathes and their accessories and all other Sorby products.

DEAN, SMITH & GRACE Book "A Little Farm Well Tilled". A well-illustrated and interesting publication circa the early 1960s covering the history of the Company.
 

We receive a huge number of requests for machine-tool specifications - especially weight, size, speeds and capacities - and, while we are always pleased to help, these can take some time to research and answer.

PRATT & WHITNEY (USA) Wonderful full-range Catalog dated 1897. Lathes, millers, drills, grinders, etc. (small format) 399 pages. We make every effort to ensure that the manual is of as high a quality as possible. It's in the form of a bound print from a very high-definition scan printed at 1200 d.p.i.

BROADBENT & SCHOFIELD Machine Tools. Complete Range Catalogue showing the machines as produced during the 1950s and 1960s. Includes: Lathes, Horizontal Plano-milling Machines, Vertical Boring & Turning Machines & Bar Reeling Machines. 72 pages.

HABEGGER Catalogue Collection comprising:
H4 HABEGGER lathes Complete range Catalogue with Accessories, Stands, Drive Systems and Tooling. 70 pages.
H4A HABEGGER Complete Range Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue early 1950s. Some English but mostly French & German text.(not a first-rate copy, but the information is complete) 49 pages.

STARK (USA) Stark Catalogue circa 1900-1920s (pencil annotation). Probably the most complete of all the Stark literature, this lists and illustrates the entire product range from the early years of the 20th century in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish. Includes  Precision Bench and Watchmakers' Lathes - the Nos.

HABEGGER Complete Range Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue early 1950s. Some English but mostly French & German text.(not a first-rate copy, but the information is complete and readable) 49 pages. 

Habegger Special Accessories for Precision Lathes Catalogue. Shows all the different beds, headstocks, tailstocks, stands, drive systems, accessories, collets, chucks, slide rests and production equipment, etc. 27 pages.

TAYLOR (Charles Taylor Birmingham) Wonderful "Early Products" Catalogue: Spinning, Brass-finishers', Centre, Screwcutting, Polishing, Bench, Capstan, Plugging, Treadle and Special-purpose Lathes. Cock-boring & Tapping machines, Eccentric Chucks, ordinary Chucks, Sawing Machines, Brass-finishers' Milling machines, Tool & Cutter Grinder, etc. 75 pages.

SPRINGFIELD (USA) Lathes. general catalog showing the 14" Toolroom, 20" Medium Duty, and 25" Heavy Duty with specifications for 14", 16", 18", 20" 25" and 32" Medium and Heavy Duty Models.  Sales & Technical Specification Catalog (Maker's Bulletin 180) 1940s. 8 pages.

South Bend: "How to Run a Lathe". Detailed 128-page general instructions for a wide range of South Bend lathes. This is a very high-quality reproduction of the last high-quality, superbly printed "gloss-paper" editions (after which the reproduction was markedly inferior). Superb photographs and drawings.

South Bend: "How to Run a Lathe". Detailed 128-page printed one page per side A4 and so enlarged from the original smaller A5. General instructions for a wide range of South Bend lathes. This is a very high-quality reproduction of the last high-quality, superbly printed "gloss-paper" editions (after which the reproduction was markedly inferior).