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Denford Viceroy Wood Lathes
TDS6, TDS-6SB, TDS-1LS,
TDS-5GB & TDS-3MW
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Viceroy Synchro, 280 & Enterprise Lathes   TDS-1LS, TDS-5GB,
TDS-3MW and Type 250

Handbooks and Technical Literature are available for Viceroy Metal and Wood Lathes

Viceroy-branded products for wood-working shops including lathes, edge-tool sharpening equipment, double-ended grinders and polishers, disc and belt-sanding machines, bench and pillar drills and a drill-sharpening machines. 
With a neat and safely-enclosed drive system Viceroy wood lathes were especially popular with educational establishments who, as a further safety precaution, often specified a motor less powerful than the 0.75 h.p. 3-phase unit recommended for commercial use. If you buy one of these lathes for home use (their compact dimensions in relation to their strength make them particularly popular in this role) and convert it to single-phase operation a 1 h.p. motor will be found adequate for most home workshops. The motor sat in the base of the stand and drove the No. 3 Morse taper spindle (that ran in either Timken taper roller-bearings or ball races) by means of a Brammer link belt - today replaced by the easier-to-fit T-link type. The spindle carried a 1.5-inch diameter by 8 t.p.i thread on the right and a 1.25-inch by 9 t.p.i on the left. 4 speeds were available that ran from 425 to 2275 rpm - so giving a range just about wide enough to cope with both bowl and between-centres turning. The lathe was supplied complete with 5 and 12-inch faceplates, 6-inch and 12-inch T rests, a soft standard No. 3 centre and a hard Wood-prong centre for the headstock a 1
1/2" A.F. spanner to lock the spindle (when changing fittings) and a grease gun. The options were limited but all models were available with a rack-operated saddle and compound slide rest was to concert the machine to light-duty metal turning.
Weighing around under 500 lbs when fully equipped or, as a dedicated bowl-turning lathe, 275 lbs, all models were heavily built to survive the rigors of attention from Form 1VB.
Additional pictures here.

Denford Viceroy TDS 6WL wood lathe

Viceroy TDS 6BT dedicated bowl-turning lathe. The rest to the right of the spindle was specially developed for turning inside deep bowls.

The bowl-turning TDS 6BT could also be fitted with a cantilever bed that allowed short between-centres work.

TDS 6WL wood lathe.
A clearer view of the dove-tail slideway  way that carried the bowl-turning hand-rest.

Type TDS-6SB with the optional between-centres attachment

Type TDS-6SB Continued here



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Denford Viceroy Wood Lathes TDS6, TDS-1LS, TDS-5GB & TDS-3MW
Viceroy Home Page   Metal Lathe Accessories   TDS Mk.2 Photographs
Viceroy Synchro, 280 & Enterprise Lathes   TDS-1LS, TDS-5GB, TDS-3MW and Type 250
Handbooks and Technical Literature are available for Viceroy Metal and Wood Lathes