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James Spencer Lathe
Manchester, England

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A conventional backgeared and screwcutting Spencer from the late 1800s

Note the rear-mounted power shaft that provided power cross feed though worm-and-wheel gearing - a common design feature of the era


2014: the remains of a large James Spencer planing machine that has lain at the side of the
Bristol-Bath cycle path, just north of Bitton railway station, for over for 20 years


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James Spencer Lathe
Manchester, England
email: tony@lathes.co.uk
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