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