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Pratt & Whitney Lathe No. 3 Photographs
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A No. 3 Pratt & Whitney with compound slide rest.

A Pratt & Whitney No. 3 with the maker's beautifully-constructed countershaft holding a built-in 2-speed gearbox - similar in some ways to the system used on the Swiss Simonet precision lathe.
If there is one thing that flat belts like, it's plenty of "wrap" onto the pulleys -  which was exactly what the wide, heavy-duty tensioning  system provided on the installation above. More pictures of the gearbox can be seen here.

Another view, showing the two-speed gear selector on the front of the gearbox housing

The headstock spindle on this model was not threaded, and accepted only collets.

Surprisingly, instead of a double row of 32 and 60 holes, the indexing arrangement on the headstock pulley is confined to a single circle of just 12 holes.

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Pratt & Whitney No. 3 Photographs
Drive Gearbox Photographs   Compound Slide Rest Photographs

Screwcutting    Grinding    Milling Machine    Power Filing    Special Tailstocks
"Complete Workshop" Unit    Pratt & Whitney Home Page   Double Lathe Mounting   Photographs