Holbrook "Minor" 5" x 20" Toolroom lathe 1960s. Sales & Technical Specification Catalogue.
Model: Minor
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Manuals for Model: Minor
Print code: J70-8
Catalogues for the Jones & Shipman High-precision, High-speed bench drills with enclosed belt drive. Models 8" Model 616 Coded "Minor"; the later 8" Model 816 (with an optional built-in light Code B) and the 14" (Major). These drills had small build changes over the years and various speed ranges to order including 1400, 3,000 and 6,000 as standard and slower and faster options up to 10,000 r.p.m. The earliest types appear to come from the mid 1930s and the last from the 1950s. 6 pages.
Print code: M200A
Midsaw Band-type Saw-Filing Machines: Standard, Minor, Minor Deep Throat and Super Minor. Detailed and Well-illustrated Sales and Technical Specification Catalogue set. 20 pages.
Print code: MA470
Taiwanese Mill Drills badged as Naerok, Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Covers the Types FR-30, RDM-400/500M/500MF, "Minor", "Major" and similar variants. A double-edition manual that will help with all versions.
Print code: MC400
CORONET MAJOR, MINOR, MINORETTE, ELF (including the late-model Elf sold as a "Record", CONCORD, CONSORT, (etc) planers, bandsaws, sawbenches, etc.
A complete data pack compendium for Coronet products consisting of:
Print code: MC400A
Coronet Minor / Minorette / Elf and the "Ten-in-one" based on these models: a special data pack with all published information including a copy of a very interesting booklet: "Wood Working & Wood Turning on Coronet Universal and Independent Machines".
Print code: MD100C
Dean Smith and Grace Type 13Z and 13ZH "Minor" lathes as made during the 1940s. Two publications in one: simple Instruction Books with Screwcutting Charts and clutch-adjustment instructions, a copy of the interesting, well-illustrated and detailed Maker's Sales and Specification Catalogue and "A Short History of the Firm of Dean, Smith & Grace Ltd.".
Print code: MD400
DOMINION Universal Woodworker (sometimes badged Elliott) Minor, Ten-inch, Supreme and Portable - all models. A very detailed Catalogue Set (a proper manual never seems to have been issued) together with basic Maintenance and Operating Instructions. The catalogues show all the various models, their accessories and how the many and varied attachments are used. 38 pages.
Print code: MH740J
Holbrook Minor Lathe. Comprehensive Operator's Instruction and Maintenance Manual with Electrical Schematics.
Print code: MM310X
MidSaw Bandsaws Data Pack. Includes manuals for the Minor, Minor Super, Minor Deep Throat, DT-36 Series, Standard (canting), Standard (Rigid), Deepthroat Models "Alpha", "Beta" and "Delta" and a Sales & Specification Catalogue
Print code: MN200
Taiwanese Mill Drills badged as Naerok, Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Although not machine-specific in content, it covers the the "Minor", "Major" and similar variants and, being a double-edition manual, it should help with most versions.
Print code: MW246A
Warco Taiwanese Mill Drills also badged as Warco, Nu-Tools, Sealey, Whitecote, Excel, Draper and Ajax, etc. . Covers the Types FR-30, RDM-400/500M/500MF, "Minor", "Major" and similar variants. A double-edition manual that will help with all versions. As with most machine-tool manuals, it's a good idea to back up the manual with a "how-to-do" book - and in this case I can strongly recommend the inexpensive one below, "Vertical Milling in the Home Workshop"
Minor Parts
Drive belt for late-models Coronet Elf, Minor, Minorette wood lathes. High-quality UK or EU-manufactured
