tonylathes
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2009
- Location
- UK
This unusual - though unfortunately incomplete lathe - has just turned up in the Channel Islands: Unknown "front-way" lathe Observations more than very welcome... Thanks, Tony.
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I think it's a flaw in the photo. The "groove" also appears in the lead screw.
You are correct, the legs had been lost and replaced by some reasonable appropriate - well spotted!Very nice piece! The legs appear to be of a different make,adapted to fit. Not meaning to hijack the thread,but I've tried the "official way"to enter unusual machines on your website to share with people,but the entries don't "take". I was lucky enough to come across a very heavy front way Birch a few years ago, to represent the type in my motley collection!
Thank you Ted, I'll look forward to the pictures.Thanks Tony,I'll ring you once it's back together. It's all in pieces just now,and in red oxide primer having a proper clean and repaint. I think it must be a brass workers lathe,as it has two saddles,coupled by a link. The second saddle carries a hand rest. No sign of a ser no. but I understand it was new to a Rev xyz in Huddersfield in about 1885.
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