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.

OLIVER Woodworking Machinery Co. Ltd. Manchester. Full-range wood-machinery Catalogue including a selection of lathes. 450 pages.

Pearce (Frederic Peace New York USA) Precision Lathe. Sales & Specification Catalogue. 16 pages.

SHELDON Lathes and millers. Whole Range Lathe, Millers & Accessories Catalogue 1955. Detailed and well-illustrated edition. 24 pages

IXL Lathes. Sales & Technical Specification catalogue showing the most common models: 5-inch Model W3 (with bar-braced headstock), Model A.K.T. and Model A. 4 pages.

Landis Thread Cutting Equipment: Comprehensive Operator's Instruction and

Maintenance Instructions for Die Holders, Tangential Thread Chasers, Threading

Heads and Machines, Grinding Tap Chasers and the Operation of Collapsible

Taps, Special threads, Care & Operation of Threading Machines, etc. 182 pages.

 LANDIS Universal Grinding machines. Full-Range catalogue for 1922. 56 well-illustrated pages.

BROWN & SHARPE "Construction & Use of Milling Machines". Wonderful 230-page book published in 1900 showing the company's products, accessories and work samples. High quality reproduction enlarged to A4. 230 pages.

Jones and Shipman full-range Machine Tool Sales, Specification & Accessories catalogue dated 1967. 71 pages

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

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

SENIOR Milling Machines: several full-range Catalogue 1950s, 1960s, 1970s

and 1980s showing the development of the various models: 1950s, 1960s

(12 pages); 1970s (12 pages); 1980s (12 pages) an early Senior Catalogue.

D20C DEAN, SMITH & GRACE 1950s Full Range Sales and Technical

Specification Catalogue (small format) 24 pages.

SANFORD (USA) Miniature Surface Grinder. Operator's Instructions and a 9-page Catalogue Set. A high-quality reproduction.

FLOTT Drills Catalogue collection - older to newer.TB-6 high-speed miniature (2 pages); SB23 V-belt drive Mk.1 and Mk.2 (4 pages);

SB23St variable-speed drive (2 pages); full range catalogue (16 pages) showing the types: SB32STV and SB32V,

SB32ST and SB32,SB25STV and SB25V, SB25ST and SB25, SB23L, TB23L, TBZ23L, SB16ST, TB16ST, TBZ16ST, SB16, TB16 TBZ16,