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CENTRIX Wood-turning Lathe

Also known for their miniature model-engineering lathe, the "Micro", Centric also manufactured a most interesting 4.5" x 24" wood lathe with the capacity to mount (rather in the manor of a Coronet major) a number of useful accessories including a bowl-turning attachment, planer, horizontal linisher and saw bench. Thought to have been made in the late 1940s or early 1950s the machine had all its main castings in aluminium with steel bedways to mount the tailstock and accessories. The simple but effective 20-inch capacity bowl-turning mount was bolted across the headstock end of the bed and the V-belt, driving direct from the motor, was guarded by a large cover at the front.