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"Brenco" Lathe - Australia
Although labelled "Brenco" it is not known if this was the manufacturer, or a selling agent--though today the same company may exist with very brief details of their history available here.
Of approximately 2.125-inch centre height, and 10 inches between centres, the lathe was designed along lines not dissimilar to early Portass models with a hand-turned over-hung leadscrew driving a simple carriage topped by a single swivelling toolslide. However, for such a simple lathe both the headstock and tailstock casting were unusually heavy - and the top of the V-edged bed, instead of having separate front and back ways, was machined as a continuous surface - like that on the Myford ML10.
If any reader has more information about "Brenco" machine tools or the early days of the company the writer would be interested to hear from you.