Latest addition to the workshop...

[bigduke6]

The old ones were made to be repaired and rebuilt. Mine's Chinese or Asian anywayzzz, unfortunately. At least I have it...

Jim,

The other added bonus is that a lot of the old Lathes in the UK were very similar to each other, I,m quite sure some of the bits on the Winfield have been replaced with or are Myford parts, the other thing in the UK some makes were a direct copy of the American made lathes, Atlas, South bend .... The Boxford and Smart and Brown all come from the South Bend stable, the other lathe I picked up is a Sphere which is a direct copy or even a re badged Atlas 10F......

Interesting you mention The Chinese one you have, these come in to the UK and then sold under the name of whatever company buys them, so the Re Badge thing has been going on for some time in the UK.....

As you say at least you have one and I,m sure it will be ok for the amount you use. My mate bought one of the small Chinese Milling machines (Axminster) said its excellent, lathe wise he runs a Myford all in a 6x4 shed.

Thats the trouble when some are looking for a lathe, biggest factor is space and then what its going to be used for..... I,ve seen it many a time in the last few months looking at adverts "used a few times but need the space"