MARS Sales & Specification Catalogue covering the Hercules, Junior, Venus, Jupiter, 10-inch Engine lathe and Atlas Lathes the Mars Planer and No.4 Milling Machine. Some of these lathes were branded "Conrik", "Great Scot" and Nextek. Sales Catalogue - some of these publications, on fold-out sheets, have been cropped and overlapped to fir the full images on A4 sheets. 35 pages
Model: 5-inch
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Manuals for Model: 5-inch
Print code: MB701A
BSA 5-inch Single-spindle Chucking Automatic Lathe: Operator's Instruction Manual
Print code: MB701B
BSA 5-inch Single-spindle Chucking Automatic Lathe: Spare Parts as Sectional Drawings.
Print code: MR15B
Raglan "5-Inch" Lathe - the last model made with a smooth, rounded-edge headstock cover and a hinge-open changewheel over. Operator's Manual, Illustrated Parts Manual. Includes Sales and Specification and Accessories Catalogues and the special 7-page Screwcutting Supplement. The lathe can be seen here: http://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan
Print code: MW383A
Wickman 1"- Five-Spindle Automatic Lathes 13/8", 13/4", 21/4" Bar and 5" and 6" Chucking Automatics. Detailed Operator's Instructions1.
Print code: P475
Portass Lathes: no manuals were ever issued but there is a wonderful collection of (rare) Sales & Technical Specification Sheets, Individual Machine Catalogues, Illustrations, Accessories and "Letters of Recommendation" available: X.L., Mark V, Model X. Dreadnought (several versions including the 5-inch), Model S (several versions), Model 21/8", Model-de-Lux 21./8", Model Super, Heavy-duty 4-inch, Milling & Drilling Attachment, Lathes as supplied for branding as Zyto (etc.), shapers, 4-inch wood lathe, etc.
5-inch Parts
OUT of STOCK Diameter: 160 mm 6.3" 1.75" x 6 tpi square thread
Rack-pinion gear for the Raglan "5-Inch" lathe - the gear that engages with the bed-mounted rack. This gear has a double-diameter shaft and will only fit the later Raglan 5-inch...
Raglan "5-inch" Lathe - the upper top slide casting (a picture of this model here). It is not uncommon for this slide to snap in two...
