Small lathe information required

have a look at

it might have been an instrument makers or watch makers lath. if th thread that holds the chuck on is metric it is not british. unima lathes had a 14mm thread if i remember back.the shaft on the left look to have held gears or something via a woodruffe key so could have bee for screwcutting

i think hopzaffle,lorch,boley made precision lathes and tyzack also you could try under those names first

let us know how you get on

-- bolma

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Wrong (I think). Have a look at the Perris page :-

Many Thanks Guys for all your input both here and by e-mail,

For those of you that are interested it is a 'Perris' lathe which was apparently availiable as a kit with many optional extras which i will be trying to find a few but i have also been told that parts from Cowells and Unimat may also fit so i will be looking at these as well.

I will try to update my website with what i find out if anyone is interested.

Alan