Latest addition to the workshop...

[bigduke6]

Have been looking for some time for an old small lathe just for little jobs etc although would of gone for a Myford if I could find one for a reasonable price, some that I have seen were past there shelf life and the amout of work needed to get them back to a reasonable condition the sums never added up....

So whilst searching I stumbled upon an advert on gumtree, when I phoned the guy he was spot on and honest enough and even tried to put me off as It was over 230 miles away..... with a few more questions the deal was done for a very reasonable amount..... it was for the two lathes, that was one deal done and another in the pipeline as there was another lathe I was looking at not far away from this one it made sense to to get this also as it need a repair and would fix this and move it on and hopefully get enough to cover the initial cost and cover my fuel.....

So the lathes I,m keeping are Winfield Mk3's, the good one or complete one needed the headstock swapping as there was a crack on the forward bearing housing.....





Below is the spare one that was part of the deal



I always like the old saying "you can't beat a good crack", but in this case could of done with out it...



and just to give an idea of size, think the pic says it all,



The plan is to strip clean and rebuild plus a coat of paint, will add a few extras at some point. I,m hoping to do a step by step guide that may be of help to some in the future, I may even get a book out out of it.......

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