Anyone in NW UK want a lathe?

Have been asked to look into finding a home for a lathe - Details are . . .

Findlay Wilfin "Electrolathe" Free to a good home.

6" Chuck, approx 28" between centres. Working electric motor. It does dismantle.

Height 44", Width 50", Front to back (Base) 22".

"William Findlay (Wil-Fin) and Son were tool dealers with retail premises in 'The Side', near Newcastle city centre. They appeared in Kelley's Directory from the mid 1920s to the mid 1970s.

Lathes sold under their brand ranged from the crude - though in some cases with taper roller bearings - for amateur use, to more sophisticated, larger, geared-head models for light-industrial users.

The company's smaller "Electrolathe" (the reason for name is a mystery) was an entirely conventional machine of somewhat crude appearance with a flat-topped V-edged bed and a headstock fitted with taper-roller bearings and a spindle carrying a 3-step V-pulley."

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Free to a good home

You will have to collect it yourself from Cheadle, near Stockport, South Manchester, UK.

Please contact me: snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com

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Regards

Mike

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Mike Smith
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looks good enough for a certain blind person .

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com or call 07857 352828.

all the best.markj

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mark

looks good enough for a certain blind person .

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com or call 07857 352828.

all the best.markj

It works though, last used seriously to restore trams for a museum a couple of years back, more recently just for occasional wood turning. Owner has moved abroad, wants it to go to a good home not scrap.

Regards

Mike

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Mike Smith

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