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Willson Slant Bed Lathe - Page 2

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Willson Home Page   Slant-Bed Lathe   Other Willson Lathes: 7.5", 8.5", 10.5" & 12.5"

Willson-Elliott 1N Lathe   8.5" "Pitel" & "Pitag" Lathes   Wilson History

   Willson Early 7.5/8.5-inch  Willson Spinning Lathes

Big Slant Bed listed as the Mk.11   1960s New-model 11-inch

A copy of the maker's Manual & Parts List for this lathe is available
and for other Willson Lathes

A rare Willson Capstan Slant-Bed with a bed-mounted capstan unit and fitted as standard with a 2-speed motor that gave speeds of 9, 39, 78, 715 and 1430 rpm.. A 1.5-inch diameter capacity lever-action collet closer was mounted on the headstock spindle nose. The capstan unit had a maximum stroke of 7-inches and its turret accepted tooling with 1.25-inch diameter shanks.

A long-bed version of the Capstan Conversion Slant-Bed

The Hydraulic-copying unit was unusual in having the sample carrier mounted beneath an elevated  steel bar fastened between the headstock and tailstock ends of the bed

Con-rod Boring Jig - designed to finish machine cast, white-metal bearing. With the universal adoption in post WW2 years of snap-in shell bearings, the appearance of this once-common unit in the accessory pages of lathe makers was to become less common

Self-contained, Internal & External Grinding Attachment

The Vertical milling Slide fitted with an Indexing Gear-cutting Attachment.

Heavily-built Vertical Milling Slide.

Late-model Slant-bed with a sector-shaped over the spindle-speed levers and a modified screwcutting gearbox.

There can be no mistaking what the fixed steady is for…..

Nameplate from an early Smith, Barker &Willson lathe

Early Smith, Barker &Willson lathe, circa 1902--1914, as found in Australia during 2006

Willson Slant Bed Home Page

Willson Home Page   Slant-Bed Lathe   Other Willson Lathes: 7.5", 8.5", 10.5" & 12.5"

Willson-Elliott 1N Lathe   8.5" "Pitel" & "Pitag" Lathes   Wilson History

   Willson Early 7.5/8.5-inch  Willson Spinning Lathes

Big Slant Bed listed as the Mk.11   1960s New-model 11-inch

A copy of the maker's Manual & Parts List for this lathe is available
and for other Willson Lathes


Willson Slant Bed Lathe - Page 2
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