Used on the Mk.1, Mk. 2 and Mk.2 Maximat lathes the 10" x 4.75" cross slide had, for the first time on an Emco lathe, T slots arranged to run at right-angles to the bed ways instead of in the same direction. The top-slide mounting was also completely redesigned in a manner which enabled it to be slid backwards and forwards in the two outer slots and bolted down in any position.

A toolpost grinder was, naturally, on the accessories list.
Three speeds were available: 2500, 5000 and 10,000 rpm.

Norton-type screwcutting gearbox. Sliding lever on the front, three-position lever on the top and a push/pull knob sticking out of the end cover to select the 24 screwcutting or sliding-and-surfacing fine feeds.
As an indication of the quality of the lathe, the screwcutting gearbox was fitted throughout with ball bearings and the leadscrew (0.75" x 8 tpi Acme form) was both hardened and ground and ran in angular-contact ball bearings. 

Accessory banjo (quadrant arm) and screwcutting changewheel set (Part MQ-3120)  which allowed the screwcutting gearbox to generate almost any pitch of thread.

Based on designs as commonly employed from the late 1800s until the 1920s the belt-drive incorporated a box on the end of the leadscrew that held a ratio-lowering worm-and-wheel assembly with a pair of bevel gears to turn the drive taken through 90-degrees.    Back to Early Maximat Home Page