POTTER (USA) Precision Bench Lathes (New York). Very rare Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue with accessories. 36 pages

FELL Wood Working machinery. Complete and detailed Full-range Catalogue Circa 1948. 169 pages.

STIRK PLANING MACHINES. Superb 1938 Catalogue celebrating the firms long-time success with historical details of John Stirk and a number of interesting descriptions of how the machines developed and their technical; features. 40 pages.

 

V39 VDF "Factory Tour" circa 1960s. A rare and fascinating review of the VDF works and how the lathes were designed and built. Many wonderful photographs showing the production and inspection processes from foundry to finished machine. 90 pages.

 

VDF Lathes Sales & Technical Specification sheet circa 1940/50 4 pages

V41K VDF "Future Developments in the Field of Numerical Turning" Booklet 1962. 12 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).

HEALD Grinding Machines. Interesting Full-range 1912 Catalogue 118 pages. High-quality reproduction.

HEALD Detailed 1971 All-Models Catalogue showing all the Model A Bore-Matics, Bore-matic Attachments, Slide Units, Borizers,Transfer Machines, Universal Grinding Machines, Boring Heads, No. 3 Tool & Cutter Grinder, Internal Grinding Attachments, all Gage-Matic and Size-Matic Models 58 pages.

LODGE & SHIPLEY (USA): Full Catalogue circa 1922/4 170 beautifully illustrated pages.

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LODGE & SHIPLEY (USA): Condensed Catalogue December 1951 with Engine, Toolmaker, Gap & Oil Country Lathes, Copymatic, Duomatic and T-Lathes. 16 pages.

TOS Factory Tour. Anniversary Booklet 1973. Profusely illustrated showing machine-tool production in Czechoslovakia on the shop floor of the SKODA/TOS works with Lathes, millers, grinders, drills, etc. in production.

PINONDO Shapers. Full-range Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue. English, French, German and Spanish text. 6 pages.

W44F Webster & Bennett 1926-1930 Full-range Catalogue showing the Single Table 20" to 30",
Duplex Machines 20" to 48" (as sold mid 1920s to mid 1930s) with various combinations of features  and fittings together with the the new-for-1930 "High-Power" types.46 pages.

"Delapena Recommended Honing Speeds & Honing Stone Pressures" - a useful booklet that helps to get the best from any make of honing machine.

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.

K.O.Lee Universal Tool Grinders. Sales, Technical Specification & Accessories Catalogue. 20 detailed and well-illustrated pages showing the maker's full model range and all the accessories. For a copy of the K.O.Lee Tool & Cutter Grinder Operation Manual see: https://store.lathes.co.uk/print/ml85

HERKE Tapping Machines. Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue. 9 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.

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.

Pratt & Whitney Precision Machine Tools, Lathes, Jig Borers, Millers, Grinders, etc: full-range Catalogue, 1928. 140 pages.