SOLD: Colchester Master lathe 2500 6.5" x 25" with gap bed with metric and imperial screwcutting gearbox. 3-jaws chuck, 4-jaw independent chuck; two faceplates, quick-change toolpost with six holders, tailstock rotating centre and drill chuck.. Metric cross and top slide feed dials and a micrometer dials on the carriage handwheel and tailstock spindle. LowVo light unit and full coolant equipment. Built 1976 in very good overall condition. £2600. No pictures I'm afraid  to happy to discuss over the phone and demonstrate under power. Details of Colchester Master 2500 lathes here
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SOLD: Ainjest Quick-threader Unit to fit Colchester lathe. £450
Large Marking Out Table, 3-foot by 4-foot on the maker's cast-iron  legs and complete with a wooden protective cover. This is a very high-quality unit in excellent, unmarked condition. £475

SOLD: Qualters and Smith R2 Radial-am drill 3-mores spindle, DC injection brake. Excellent order with an unmarked table. £1500

SOLD: Boxford CUD Mk3 backgeared and screwcutting lathe. 5" x 22 on the maker's underdrive stand. 3-jaw chuck with both sets of jaws, the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck, drill chuck, tailstock rotating centre, faceplate. Al metric machine. 3-phase. £950.

SOLD (within the day..) HARDINGE Model TL HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-RECISION TOOLROOM LATHE - for spares or repair as it needs a bed re-grind. However, all the major components are fully working which include all parts except apron carriage rack. £750. Pictures and fuller details of the Hardinge TL lathe for sale here

SOLD: Raglan Little John Mk. 2 lathe 5" x 24" backgeared, fitted with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, hardened bed and infinitely variable spindle speeds from 38 to 1750 r.p.m. £850 Pictures and fuller details of the Raglan Little John lathe for sale here and  details of the Raglan Little John lathes here

SOLD: a virtually unused Warco WM-16 VS vertical milling machine. This compact machine has a table 700 mm x 180 mm with longitudinal travel of 485 mm, in traverse of 175 and a maximum distance between the spindle nose of 370 mm. £950. Pictures and fuller details of the Warco WM-16 VS for sale here

SOLD: an unused, unpacked and still-in-its-box-on-a-pallet Warco WM-14 vertical miller complete with a DRO system. With the DRO fitted, the invoice was for £1150. Offered at £850. It's likely that "Pallet Line" would be able to deliver. Pictures and fuller details of the Warco WM-14 vertical miller for sale here

SOLD: A compact but heavy-duty, professional-quality planer thicknesser by Wadkin. Single-phase motor with push-button, No-Volt safety release starter. £650
SOLD: Tool box of high-quality wood-working tools £225
SOLD: Two surface plates £55 the pair Phone: 07963-712892
Pictures of the Wadkin planer-thicknesser and other items for sale here

SOLD: Meddings Pacera MB4 No.2 Morse taper drilling machine with ten spindle speeds from 80 to 4000 r.p.m. and a drilling capacity in steel of 7/8".  £650 Details and pictures of the Meddings MB4 drill for sale here and details of these drills here

SOLD: an interesting Turnell & Odell lathe - approximately 4-inch centre height and 24 inches between centres. This well-equipped lathes is backgeared, screwcutting and fitted with tumble-reverse, a detachable gap to the bed and a most unusual super-fine feed to the carriage through worm-and-wheel gearing.£475 Pictures and fuller deatils of the Turnell & Odell lathe for sale here and details of Turnell & Odell lathes here

SOLD: Smart and Brown Model A Mk.II toolroom lathe for sale. The lathe was restored by its previous owner and has a lovely paint job and engine-turned apron.  £1000 Pictures and fuller details of the lathe for sale here and details of Smart & Brown Model A lathes here

SOLD: Robblak hand-operated shaper--believed by the Robert Black factory. Probably Edwardian period as the style of the only lettering on the down slide indicates ( see photo ) The table size is about 10 X 9 inches, tool down-feed 1.5 inches with a cross feed of 6 inches with automatic feed in both directions. £195 Pictures and more data on the Robblak shaper for sale here and details of Robblak shapers here

SOLD: an unused, new, old-stock PRATT all-steel 15-inch (380mm) diameter 4-jaw combination chuck with D1-8 fitting, which, I believe, fits the Colchester Mascot 1600, Harrison M400, M450, M500 and the DSG 15" & 17", DSG 17-09, DSG 19-10, DSG 1910T, DSG 21-12, DSG 21-12ct, etc. £550 or offer (chucks of the same type and size are still available - at a premium price. Pictures and additional details about the Combination chuck for sale here

SOLD: Lorch KD50 lathe. I bought this lathe for restoration, but my plans have changed and it's now for sale. Highly desirable in good condition, the tiny and rare KD50 had a centre height of just 50 mm - making it the smallest of the Lorch precision bench lathes. £850. Pictures and additional of the Lorch KD50 for sale here and details of Lorch KD50 lathes here

SOLD: Clark Lathe: a brand new bed and headstock for the 500 series Models - complete with 3-speed V-belt pulley and integral feed-shaft gearbox. £150 Phone: 07522-194210 (Thetford) Pictures and more details about of the Clark lathe bed and parts here

SOLD: Contents of a very well-stocked and neatly-fitted engineering and woodworking cupboard. This is the complete and undisturbed set of high-quality hand and inspection tools used by a gentleman who made 3.5-inch scale locomotives and carriages. The contents include micrometers, toolmaker's vices, toolmakers clamps, tap and die sets in Whitworth, BSW and ME, etc., levels, woodturning chisels, hacksaws, pliers , drills, mallets, saws, files, brace and bit, try squares, etc, etc. A bargain at £295 Pictures of the tool cupboard and contents for sale here

SOLD Myford ML7 3.5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared, screwcutting and mounted on a good metal stand. I acquired this lathe 10 years ago when I was clearing out my dad's workshop. It was working and in regular use at that time. Since then it has been oiled, covered and stored unused. Although rather scruffy looking, everything moves freely. The motor is a single-phase GEC with a Dewhurst reversing switch. Included with the ML7 is a set of Myford quick-set "boat" tooling, 3-jaw chuck with both sets of jaws, faceplate, tailstock chuck, Morse centres. The headstock bearing drip-feed oilers are new, genuine Myford replacements. £650 Pictures of the Myford ML7 lathe for sale here and details of Myford ML7 lathes here

SOLD: Myford Super 7B-PXF  3/5" x 20" gap-bed, backgeared, induction hardened bed and fitted with a screwcutting gearbox and power cross feed (Model 7B-PXF).  Mounted on the maker's industrial cabinet stand with levelling blocks, deep chip tray and a full-length splash back. Well equipped with a 4-inch 3-jaw chuck, a 5-inch 3-jaw chuck and the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck. A genuine Myford indexing 4-way toolpost, fixed steady, travelling steady, tailstock chuck, faceplate, graduated handle to the leadscrew end, dial-thread indicator and Morse centres, etc.. 1-phase 3/4 h.p. single phase motor with a non-volt release safety push-button starter with an emergency stop button. This high-specification Super 7 has been in the hands of one family from new and used only for model engineering - it is, consequently, in superb condition. £2750 Pictures of the Myford Super 7B lathe for sale here and details of Myford Super 7 lathes here

SOLD: Rivett 608 precision backgeared and screwcutting toolroom lathe with power cross feed. 4.25-inch centre height and accepting a maximum of 22.5 inches between centres. Virtually all these lathes came over from the United States during WW2 and were allocated exclusively to government research labourites and high-end precision machine shops dealing with important optical and instrument work. The lathe is mounted on a strong metal stand with a self-contained countershaft and drawer storage. With the lathe is a set of collets and two collet draw bars, four 3-jaw chucks, a 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, hand t-rest, a very large set of screwcutting changewheels, 4-way toolpost, the original eccentric-setting toolpost, Jacobs tailstock chuck, three spare chuck backplates, a magnetic base with DTI, scribing block and a collection of various centres, drive dogs, turning tools and a light unit. 1-phase motor with push-button starter. £1250 Pictures of the Rivett lathe for sale here and full details of these superb lathes here

SOLD: REGLUS Model K Swiss-made high-precision cross-drilling jig. Can drill to extreme accuracy flat and round material with the facility to drill off-centre on round bars. Includes storage drawers with flat and conical tables, hardened bushes and a copy of the maker's instructions. Amounting to what is, in effect, a "jig-boring" system, this is an ideal machine for clock and high-precision engineering and makes what would be otherwise very awkward tasks simple to complete. £525. Includes a copy of the Operation Manual in English. Pictures of the Reglus high-precision Cross-drilling jig for sale here

SOLD: a very late-model, all-metric Boxford 5-inch AUD Mk.2 lathe with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed, single-lever engagement of backgear. Mounted on the maker's compact underdrive stand with a full-length splash-back and tooltray. This is an ex-school machine, little used and long-term stored and complete with a T-slotted cross slide, 3-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, Dickson quick-set toolpost, catchplate, halogen light unit and a chuck guard. The lathe needs some attention to the cross slide and screwcutting gearbox. £750 Pictures of the Boxford AUD lathe for sale here and details of Boxford lathes here

For Sale: Tom Senior ELT vertical and horizontal milling machine. In excellent working order, this top-of-the-range Tom Senior is the very rare ELT Model, a type that incorporated a number of improvements and refinements over earlier versions including a strong dovetail overarm in place of the round type, an extended table with greater travels under both hand and power feed, a larger and more rigid knee, a No. 30 INT horizontal spindle end fitting and twelve speeds 50 to 1660 r.p.m. The ELT also has internally-mounted, speed-reduction gearing that allows much deeper cuts when used in the horizontal mode. As well as the maker's standard-type No.2 Morse taper vertical head, all the horizontal equipment is included - overarm, drop bracket and cutter-holding arbor - as well as a good-quality Abwood swivel-base machine vice, a selection of side-and-face cutters and a Clarkson Autolock chuck and collet set and coolant equipment. 3-phase electrics. £2250 We have loading facilities. Phone: Nigel Wilson Machinery on: 07836-626616 (Chelmsford, Essex) Pictures of the Tom Senior ELT milling machine for sale here and details of Tom Senior ELT milling machines here

SOLD: TOS MN80 high-precision screwcutting lathe. 3" x 12" (90 mm  x 160 mm) mounted on the maker's stand with beautifully-fitted accessory storage, raiser blocks, chip tray and mounted on casters. The lathe has a hardened bed and fitted with an ingenious, very fine feed to the carriage through a Lorch-like planetary gearing. Driven by a 1-phase to 3-phase inverter that gives infinitely variable-speed drive (the original speeds spanned 150 to 2000 r.p.m. but these are now much faster and a lot slower). Speed control is by a dial with an emergency stop button. The UK-market MN80 was supplied with a vast range of equipment, all shown in the pictures; these include a dividing attachment on its own base, a Swiss Mulitfix quick-set toolpost, milling slide, wire collets, cone collets, fir-tree collets, 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw self-centring chucks, faceplate-cum-independent 4-jaw chuck, fixed and travelling steadies, faceplate with T-slots and tapped holes, catchplate, spare chuck backplate, two tailstock rotating centres, four tailstock chucks, tailstock-mounted (No. 1 Morse taper) plain drilling pad, built-in dial-thread indicator, two hand T-rests, Morse centres, a set of screwcutting changewheels, a tin of touch-up paint and the maker's Operation Manual.  £2500 Pictures of the TOS MN80 lathe for sale here and details of TOD MN80 lathes here

SOLD: Hilby 10-inch rotary table; unmarked condition £150
SOLD: Boxford CUD under-drive lathe with 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck, 4-way toolpost, faceplate and tailstock chuck. In running order but needs a cosmetic tidy. £500 Details of Boxford lathes here
SOLD: Elliott Omnimil 00 vertical and horizontal ram-head milling machine. A wonderfully compact but versatile unit  complete with the full set of table-drive pick-off gears, coolant and light unit. 3-phase electrics. £900 Details of Omnimil 00 millers here
SOLD: UNION Tool & Cutter grinder for bench mounting; in good condition. £225
SOLD: Pollard Series 100 Pillar Drill. Late "angular" style model, Morse taper spindle, 3-phase motor. £199

SOLD: Wicksteed 6-inch capacity very heavy-duty hacksaw complete with a good set of blades. A beautifully-built machine/ 3-phase. £150 Details of Wicksteed saws here
SOLD: Myford ML7 and Super 7 lever-action collet chuck complete with 40 Hardinge collets that include a set of 6 metric. £350 (would split as required, collets or chuck).
SOLD: Large and heavy "low-line" shaper vice with 7-inch wide jaws and a 7-inch opening capacity. £95

SOLD: Colchester Bantam 1600 lathe 5.75" x 23" with screwcutting gearbox and power cross feed. In superb, carefully-used condition; still in its factory paint finish and mounted on the maker's stand with chip tray, a full-length splash back and storage drawer. Complete with three jaw-chuck, the correct Burnerd 8-inch diameter, half-depth body independent 4-jaw chuck, a set of collets and the collet draw tube, Dickson quick-set toolpost, faceplate, two carriage stops, one a micrometer-equipped type the other with adjustable stops in a rotating housing, thread-dial indicator, tailstock rotating centre, tailstock chuck, micrometer dial on the tailstock spindle feed screw, chuck guard and the grease and oil guns and spanners. This must be one of the very best Bantams to come on the market in recent years. £2750 Pictures of the Colchester Bantam for sale here and details of Colchester Bantam lathes here

SOLD: Warco VMC Vertical Milling Machine. A well-specified with a tilting vertical head with both a wheel-operated fine down-feed and a quick-action drilling lever. Table 610 x 150 mm with a ground surface ground, hand-scraped ways and driven by Acme-form feed-screws supported in ball races where they pass through the table's end plates. (the bronze feed nuts are adjustable for wear) Large satin-chrome plated micrometer dials together with a ruler. Centralised lubrication system, swivel-base machine vice, a collet set and a halogen light unit. Powerful cap-start, cap-run motor and a quiet-running V-belt drive spindle. These millers are similar to the ones sold branded as Myford but the Warco have a higher specification. £1250 Pictures of the Warco VMC miller for sale here and details of the Myford versions here

SOLD: Sphere 5" x 24" backgeared and screwcutting lathe with power cross feed. English-manufactured, this lathe was based on the Atlas 10" and allows large jobs to be accommodated on a very compact footprint. Fitted with a built-on, all-V-belt drive countershaft giving 16 speeds from a recent 1-phase motor and push-button emergency stop. Mounted on a metal stand and complete with two 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch 4-jaw chuck, faceplate, a set of screwcutting changewheels, tailstock chuck and a thread-dial indicator. In full working order and ready to use. £650 Pictures of the Sphere lathe for sale here and details of Sphere lathes here

SOLD: WABECO 1210 Vertical Milling Machine mounted on the proper stand with chip tray and cupboard storage. A high-quality, German built miller fitted with an after-market 3-axis DRO, table 700 x 180 mm with power longitudinal feed. 1.4 KW variable-speed motor with constant torque from 100 to 3000 rpm that is read from a digital tachometer. MT2 spindle with M10 & 3/8" BSW drawbars. Backlash-adjustable feed screws & dovetail gibs to all axes. The vertical head swivels 90 degrees each side from upright and has both fine and rapid drilling action feeds to the quill. A very good range of accessories is included: a set of ER25 collets with chuck, 2 ER 32 collets with chuck; 6, 10, 12 & 16 mm end mills; boring head; B12 0.6-8 mm & B16 1-13 mm keyless drill chucks; 2 C-22 end mill holders; 16 & 22 mm slitting saw arbours; a good quality 100 mm swivelling-base machine vice and a boxed Clarkson Autolock chuck with a full set of metric & imperial collets. Two owners from new and everything fastidiously maintained in excellent condition. £2000 Pictures of the Wabeco milling machine for sale here

SOLD: Myford Super 7 lathe 3.5" x 19" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting in superb, very carefully used condition. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with a deep chip tray and levelling blocks. Accessories include a Myford dividing attachment with two division plates, milling slide with the correct machine vice, 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch Burnerd independent 4-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, tailstock rotating centre, tailstock chuck, thread-dial indicator, faceplate, catchplate and a new spare chuck backplate, a set of screwcutting changewheels, the correct 1-phase motor and Dewhurst reversing switch and the maker's oil gun. £2250 Pictures of the Myford Super 7 lathe for sale here and details of Myford Super 7 lathes here

SOLD: late-model Myford Super 7 lathe with power cross feed. 3.5" x 19" gap-bed backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the maker's cabinet stand with the deep chip tray and levelling blocks. A very carefully used lathe that has been stored for a number of years in an indoors workshop where it has been carefully preserved and oiled and started regularly. Very well equipped with: the correct single-phase motor with push-button No-Volt release and emergency-stop switches, a new 5-inch 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch Burnerd 4-jaw independent chuck, a new fixed steady, travelling steady, standard and 4-way toolposts, faceplate, catchplate, a new spare chuck backplate, tailstock rotating centre, precision keyless tailstock drill chuck, a very good set of turning tools including two complete boxed sets - the rare and originally very expensive Myford tipped type and the very useful and quickly set Myford "Boat" version, a set of tipped tools,  drive dogs, two new sets of reamers, Morse taper centres, a set of screwcutting changewheels and thread-dial indicator. I am happy to put on a pallet for your courier to collect.. £2950 Pictures of the Myford Super 7 lathe for sale here and details of Myford Super 7 lathes here

SOLD: Warco BH600 lathe. 6.5" x 30" with dual metric/inch screwcutting gearbox and power sliding and surfacing feeds. Mounted on the maker's stand with a full-length splashback and chip tray. Little used, in immaculate condition and fitted with a 1-phase motor. This is large-capacity but compact lathe with a 12-speed quiet-running, all-V-belt drive headstock fitted with backgear giving 50 to 1200 r.p.m. The lathe is an example of the very long-established, highly successful and well-specified "generic Taiwanese" type of which details can be found here - this example being improved by the fitting of an electrical control lever on the right-hand face of the apron. Complete with dual inch/metric micrometer feed dials, micrometer dials on the carriage handwheel and tailstock barrel, 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw chuck, a vertical milling slide, fixed steady, faceplate, quick-set toolpost, thread-dial indicator, centres and other accessories. £1250 Pictures of the Warco BH600 lathe for sale here

SOLD: Colchester Student Mk.1.5 lathe with the single-lever safety apron, a gap-bed, imperial graduations - and still in the maker's original paint finish. Serial number 2/53600. The lathe was purchased from Inter-City Machine Tools around 1996 and since then has been used entirely for hobby purposes. Accessories include a 3-jaw chuck (Pratt Burnerd purchased new about 20 years ago), 4-jaw independent chuck, fixed steady, 4-way toolpost, faceplate, thread-dial indicator, two drill chucks on 3 Morse tapers, an Arrand 3-Morse taper tailstock die-holder set, various Morse centres, indexable turning tools and the hard-to-find headstock spindle sleeve. A couple of minor faults: the coolant system does not work and, as on most of these lathes, the headstock gaskets weep. The Transwave static converter used to provide the three-phase supply may be available for £100 extra. Only selling because I need the space for a Bridgeport miller. £850 Pictures of the Colchester Student lathe for sale here and details of Student lathes here

SOLD: Lorch LAS High-precision, backgeared and screwcutting lathe. Supplied new to the MOD in 1958 and then to the workshop of a professional clock repairer. In very good order, mounted on a sturdy hardwood bench and complete with the rare carriage fine-feed attachment, a new, high-quality Japanese-made Kitagawa 3-Jaw chuck with the proper Lorch locking backplate to enable safe reversing, 39 collets including 1/32" to 5/16" in 1/64 increments with drawbar and spindle nose protector, step collets, travelling steady, the maker's hand-turning rest, a complete standard set of screwcutting changewheels plus extra transposing ones to give a full range of imperial and metric pitches, bed-mounted carriage stop, 4-way toolpost and a copy of the maker's Instruction and Parts Manual. Drive is by a 1-phase to 3-phase Omron inverter to a new Crompton motor that gives, via a dial, infinitely-variable speeds and instant reversing. With the standard drive the twelve spindle SOLD: Beaver VBRP turret vertical milling machine (configured exactly like a Bridgeport) complete and in full working order. Driven directly and also though a slow speed backgear for heavier work, the head can be moved in and out, swung on the main column, rotated and nodded. The 10-inch wide table is hardly marked and the longest of the various options at 56 inches; nine rates of power feed are provided with longitudinal travel of 31.5", in traverse of 14.5" and 14.5 inches vertically. The hardened spindle is fitted with both a fine feed by a handwheel and a quick-action lever for drilling, both with travels of 5.25". Well equipped, accessories include: a 3-axis Digital Read-out, coolant, a full boxed set of ER collets, a number of INT40 cutter and fly-cutter holders, machine vice, a LowVo light unit and a copy of the maker's handbook. £1750 Pictures of the Beaver Turret milling machine for sale here and full details of these robust milling machines here

SOLD: an original Adept No.1 hand-operated shaping machine - a machine that has seen a very sheltered life and dates from the period 1935 to around 1960. The whole unit has been stripped down, the sliding surfaces polished to ensure smooth action and then lubricated with the correct slideway oil. Considering the original cost, they were very well made and now represent a fascinating introduction to the art of the hand-operated shaper in a compact form. Table 4 x 5 inches, ram travel 4 inches and a down feed of about 2 inches. The clapper box rotates each way about 40 degrees from the vertical. A big advantage over the Alexander and Robblak hand shapers is that the working surface can easily be raised or lowered to accommodate jobs of a different height. £195 Phone: 07522-194210 (Thetford, Norfolk) Pictures of the Adept No.1 shaper for sale here and details of Adept shapers here

SOLD: Champion Miniature Drilling Machine. A 1/4-inch capacity bench drill in good working and cosmetic condition. The originally painted parts have been stripped down, painted in a zinc-rich primer and top coated in a green gloss. The whole unit has been cleaned, adjusted and then greased prior to re-assembly. The drilling table is very clean, showing a few minor dings, so I suspect the drill has seen little use. The drill chuck and key appear to be original and have been manufactured by Almond of Conn. USA .  All that's needed to complete the drill are a small fractional motor - one from a sewing machine is often used on this type of machine - and a round belt (this can be ordered here) £125 Phone: 07522-194210 (Thetford, Norfolk) Pictures of the Champion drill for sale here and details of these useful little drills can be found here

SOLD: Hauser high-precision vertical and horizontal clock and instrument maker's milling machine. Although typical of the many specialised machines Hauser made for the watch and clock industry, this example is a more versatile type with a built-in rotary table. Lever-feed travels on both slides and rotary table all with adjustable screw-stops. X axis travel 35mm, Y axis travel 35mm and Z axis travel 50mm. The vertical movements are two-fold: by the head slide and lifting the table. The spindle takes 10 mm Pultra collets held with the included drawbar. Fitted with a powerful but compact variable-speed DC motor that is easily positioned for both vertical and horizontal modes. Reconditioned and in full working order and ready to use. £1750. Inspection welcome. This is a compact machine but heavy - but I'm willing to send by courier at cost. Pictures of the Hauser miller for sale here and some details of these Hauser machines here

SOLD:  Myford ML2 lathe 3.125" x 15" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. This is a late-model example with V-belt drive. £250 Can deliver in the Newcastle area. Pictures of the Myford ML2 lathe for sale here and full details of the type here

SOLD: Myford VMC vertical milling machine fitted with a 2-axis DRO and a 1-phase motor. This version has the Bridgeport-type R8 spindle so allowing the use of a wide variety of inexpensive tooling. Included with the miller is a top-quality, 3-inch Abwood machine vice, Myford spindle nose adapter, a Clarkson-type collet chuck and 4 collets, six-off direct-fit R8 collets from 1/8" to 3/4", a comprehensive clamping kit,  Jacobs drill chuck and a halogen light unit. Full working order and ready to run. £1800 Pictures of the Myford VMC miller for sale here
and details of Myford VMC milling machines here

SOLD: a classic Myford M-Type lathe 3.5" x 16" gap-bed, backgeared, screwcutting and fitted with the rare tumble-reverse drive to the leadscrew. Absolutely unmolested and in perfectly original order, this most useful and well-specified lathe is mounted on the maker's 12-speed all V-belt drive stand and has automatic adjustable disengage to the leadscrew drive and the useful "quick-action" engagement of backgear. Well equipped with: 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch 4-jaw independent chuck, a dividing unit, complete saw-bench assembly with two cutter-holding arbors, fixed steady, travelling steady, faceplate, a set of screwcutting changewheels two angle plates, 4-way toolpost (as well as the quick-set original Norman patent unit) tailstock chuck, sets of turning tools and all the small parts from the last user.. Single-phase motor with Dewhurst reversing switch. £650 Pictures of the Myford M-Type lathe for sale here and full details of Myford M-Type lathes here

SOLD Stevens High-precision Clock and Watchmakers Milling Machine (by John Stevens). One of a small batch of these superbly engineered millers by a leading maker of these specialised machine tools. In excellent order and mounted neatly on a drawer cabinet (an ex-Edison radio cabinet!) containing the variable-speed drive power pack for the main motor and the power supply for the sensitive drilling attachment. The drawer is fitted to hold the supplied dividing head, vice and sensitive drilling attachment, etc. Table size  200mm x 50mm,  X travel  105mm,  Y travel  55mm,  Z travel  95mm, max under Quill  95mm, spindle speed variable  0 to 9000 r.p.m. The spindle and dividing head take standard clockmaker's collets and the drilling attachment compliments most 50 to 70mm centre height lathes - I have used it in my Pultra to drill radial holes in venturi jets. £1600 Pictures of the Stevens high-precision milling machine here


SOLD: Myford ML2 lathe 3.125" x 15" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. This is a late-model example with tumble-reverse to the leadscrew drive and a changewheel guard. The lathe is complete with the genuine and very effective self-contained, bench-mount  countershaft unit with a swing head - this allowing the belt tension to be set exactly - and a single-phase motor. Also included is the correct Myford swivelling milling slide and a 3-jaw chuck. The changewheel bracket is fitted but there are no changewheels - but these are often available second-hand or even new from Myford and can be fitted to the later and much improved ML7 studs. Unused for may years the lathe could be used as-is--or would make an ideal restoration project. £225 Pictures of the Myford ML2 lathe for sale here and details of Myford ML2 lathes here

SOLD: a Semco 0-DF Vertical Milling machine made by Henry Milnes. This is a high-class miller of the best possible quality. No.40 INT spindle with feed by a fine-feed handwheel, quick-action drilling lever and by power as well. The power feed is tripped automatically by a micrometer stop that allows very price settings to be maintained on boring or drill jobs. The head can be rotated through 180° each side of vertical and holds a hardened and ground spindle running in pre-loaded, back-to-back precision class Timken taper roller bearings. Table 30" x 8.5" with power feed and 18-inches of longitudinal travel, 6.5 inches across and 14.5 inches vertically. Table drive is by hardened and ground screws running through ball raced on the end supports. Complete with a Clarkson Autolock collet chuck and collets, micrometer-adjustable fly cutter, multi-face cutter, 40 INT to 3 Morse adapter sleeve, light unit and an excellent swivel-base machine vice. Long-tern unused but carefully stored and in original, unmodified condition. £750 Pictures of the Semco-Milnes miller for sale here and  full details of these fine milling machines can be found here

SOLD Stevens High-precision Clock and Watchmakers Milling Machine (by John Stevens). One of a small batch of these superbly engineered millers by a leading maker of these specialised machine tools. In excellent order and mounted neatly on a drawer cabinet (an ex-Edison radio cabinet!) containing the variable-speed drive power pack for the main motor and the power supply for the sensitive drilling attachment. The drawer is fitted to hold the supplied dividing head, vice and sensitive drilling attachment, etc. Table size  200mm x 50mm,  X travel  105mm,  Y travel  55mm,  Z travel  95mm, max under Quill  95mm, spindle speed variable  0 to 9000 r.p.m. The spindle and dividing head take standard clockmaker's collets and the drilling attachment compliments most 50 to 70mm centre height lathes - I have used it in my Pultra to drill radial holes in venturi jets. £1600 Pictures of the Stevens high-precision milling machine here

SOLD: Myford ML2 lathe 3.125" x 15" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. This is a late-model example with tumble-reverse to the leadscrew drive and a changewheel guard. The lathe is complete with the genuine and very effective self-contained, bench-mount  countershaft unit with a swing head - this allowing the belt tension to be set exactly - and a single-phase motor. Also included is the correct Myford swivelling milling slide and a 3-jaw chuck. The changewheel bracket is fitted but there are no changewheels - but these are often available second-hand or even new from Myford and can be fitted to the later and much improved ML7 studs. Unused for may years the lathe could be used as-is--or would make an ideal restoration project. £225 Pictures of the Myford ML2 lathe for sale here and details of Myford ML2 lathes here

SOLD: a Semco 0-DF Vertical Milling machine made by Henry Milnes. This is a high-class miller of the best possible quality. No.40 INT spindle with feed by a fine-feed handwheel, quick-action drilling lever and by power as well. The power feed is tripped automatically by a micrometer stop that allows very price settings to be maintained on boring or drill jobs. The head can be rotated through 180° each side of vertical and holds a hardened and ground spindle running in pre-loaded, back-to-back precision class Timken taper roller bearings. Table 30" x 8.5" with power feed and 18-inches of longitudinal travel, 6.5 inches across and 14.5 inches vertically. Table drive is by hardened and ground screws running through ball raced on the end supports. Complete with a Clarkson Autolock collet chuck and collets, micrometer-adjustable fly cutter, multi-face cutter, 40 INT to 3 Morse adapter sleeve, light unit and an excellent swivel-base machine vice. Long-tern unused but carefully stored and in original, unmodified condition. £750 Pictures of the Semco-Milnes miller for sale here and  full details of these fine milling machines can be found here

SOLD: Tom Senior M1 Milling Machine fitted with a powerful, 2 h.p. 2J2 variable-speed Bridgeport head and an unmarked, 33" x 7" power-feed table. This effective and unusual combination gives a machine with a compact footprint (just 28" x 21") combined with the ease of use and great versatility of the Bridgeport head. In full working order, the miller is complete with a set of mostly unused R8 collets, an excellent machine vice, two-off to R8 to MT5 conversion collets, a dozen end mills and cutter and a light unit. I have used the miller for the making small marine fittings for my model racing yacht--hence it is entirely at home with small, critical work as well as larger components. You are welcome to inspect the machine, see it running and cutting metal. 3-phase motor so ideal for conversion to variable-speed inverter drive. £1950 Pictures of the Senior-Bridgeport miller here and details of Tom Senior milling machines here and Bridgeport millers and their heads here

SOLD: Nutools vertical milling and drilling machine. This useful and versatile miller and co-ordinate drilling machine has a No.3 Morse taper spindle and both fine down-feed through worm-and-wheel gearing and a quick-action drilling by a capstan handle. Twelve spindle speeds from 90 to 2150 r.p.m. Well equipped with a collet chuck and collet set, swivel-base machine vice, tilting machine vice, multi-faceted face cutter, three drill chucks, arbors with DP gear-cutters, a selection of end mills and Morse taper drills, etc. Powerful single-phase motor. The machine has had one owner from new and in little-used condition £750 Pictures of the Nutools milling and drilling machine for sale here and details of this type of machine (as also badged by Sealey) here

SOLD: Boxford Model C Lathe 4.5" x 24" backgeared and screwcutting. 16 spindle speeds from 38 to 1300 r.p.m. Well equipped with 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch independent 4-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, 4-way toolpost, single toolpost, faceplate, set of screwcutting changewheels, Morse centres, tool-bit holders, parting blade holder with blade, two V-blocks, angle plate, test-dial indicator, scribing block and Morse-taper drills. 1-phase motor with No-Volt release safety starter. The lathe looks a little untidy, but is in remarkably good mechanical condition..
£750 Pictures of the Boxford lathe for sale here and full details of Boxford lathe here (LAT2W)

For Sale: Myford/Drummond M-Type lathe 3.5" x 16" gap-bed, backgeared and screwcutting. Mounted on the correct makers 12-speed all-V-belt-drive stand and very well equipped with: automatic, adjustable automatic knock-off to the power feed, a late-type Myford 7-Series milling slide with machine vice, set of collets and spindle-nose collet nosepiece, rotary table, two (or more) 3-jaw chucks, 4-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, 4-way toolpost, "Norman Patent" quick-set tool posts, set of screwcutting changewheels, large faceplate and a set of faceplate clamps, catchplate with a set of drive dogs, V-blocks and their clamps, two tailstock rotating centres, four tailstock chucks, tailstock sliding die holder, set of four angle plates, four small machine vices, hinged angle plate, a large quantity of turning and boring tools, masses of taps, dies and drill bits, end mills and a mass of associated equipment all as used by the last long-tern owner. Needing a lathe for model engineering or working on a motorcycle or car? Here is everything you need to get started. 1-phase motor with modern switchgear. £675 Pictures of the Myford/Drummond M-Type lathe for sale here and details of Myford/Drummond M-Type lathes here

SOLD: a rebuilt antique Selig Sonnenthal open-sided planing machine with a 19.5" x 8.75" table with 15 inches of travel. Fully refurbished to working order and sympathetically motorised with a single-phase motor. A planer in this smaller, compact form is able to take large castings and other jobs due to the open-sided arm. This machine, manufactured by Gebruder Heinemann in Germany, is still a most useful machine tool as well as being a desirable and collectable item. £950 Pictures of the Selig Sonnenthal planer for sale here and full details of Selig Sonnenthal planers and their ingenious M.Hass drive system here

FOUND! Wanted: Boxford lathe. An underdrive type VSL, AUD or BUD would be ideal. Single-phase or three-phase and condition unimportant so long as complete. Any location, as I'm prepared to travel. Private buyer.

SOLD: Dore Westbury vertical milling machine. Well-built and in excellent order this versatile miller has a single-phase motor and is fitted with a rotary table, the special large-capacity "Dore" milling machine vice, a 2-inch capacity boring head with a complete set of unused boring tools, two division plates by Chronos, two drill chucks and a flycutter The head has both a fine down-feed and a quick-action lever for drilling, a No.2 Morse taper socket and a Myford specification thread on the end of the spindle. The head can be moved in and out, swivelled on its vertical axis and also inclined. The head contains low-speed reduction gears that allows heavier cuts to be made. Unusually for a Dore Westbury, the belt run is completely guarded. £750 Pictures of the Dore Westbury vertical miller for sale here and full details of Dore Westbury millers here.

SOLD: a late-model Granville Star lathe 4" x 24" gap-bed,  backgeared, screwcutting and mounted on a strong stand. This well-built lathe is neatly arranged with a built-on, all-V-belt-drive countershaft unit driven by a single-phase motor that gives twelve spindle speeds of 40, 70, 100, 120, 190, 240,  320, 460, 660, 900, 1300 and 2000 rpm. The 13/16" bore, No.3 Morse taper headstock spindle runs in taper-roller bearings while the slow-speed backgear is of the quick-to-operate, single-lever type. Screwcutting is by changewheels - of which a complete set is present - the drive passing through a tumble-reverse mechanism to a 3/4" diameter leadscrew. A dial-thread indicator is fitted, as is a graduated handle on the leadscrew end. Well equipped, accessories include a Myford swivelling milling slide, T-slotted cross slide, 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body 6-inch 4-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, 4-way toolpost, tailstock chuck, tailstock flat and V-drill pads, a large faceplate, V-blocks, three micrometers, an excellent range of turning and boring tools, reamers and other small parts. One owner from new and in excellent working condition. £850 Pictures of the Granville Star lathe for sale here    and details of Granville Star lathes here

SOLD: An English-made Sharp Universal Vertical and Horizontal Milling Machine. A most versatile and adaptable machine with both horizontal and vertical capacity and ideal for model and experimental work. Known history from new in 1981, I'm the second owner. The miller is driven by two single-phase 0.5 h.p. motors: one powering the vertical head, the other the horizontal spindle - the latter fitted with a slow-speed backgear that allows the use of heavy cutters on the horizontal spindle to take deep cuts. 16'' x 4.5'' ground-finished table with two T-slots and able to be swung 25° in either direction from central - so allowing it to be properly described as  a "universal". Longitudinal travel 12'', across 4.5" and vertically 10.5". The feed-screws are 10 t.p.i. Acme form and, fitted with dull-plated, easy-to-read micrometer dials, they run through generously-sized bronze nuts. Both horizontal and vertical spindles run in taper-roller bearings and are fitted with a standard Myford Series 7 lathe spindle-nose thread. Well equipped with a swivelling indexing head with tailstock, Clarkson Autolock chuck with a set of both English and metric collects, large and small slotting attachments and a machine vice. The spindle turns within 0.001" accuracy. Only age compels me to sell as I've downgraded to smaller machine tools. The miller is in perfect working order and very accurate. £1250 Pictures of the Sharp milling machine for sale here and details of Sharp millers here

SOLD: Naerok (Korean-made) all-geared-head lathe. Heavily built with a centre height around 5.5 inches and a between centres capacity of perhaps 26 inches. Fitted with a full English and metric screwcutting gearbox and power cross feed. Three jaw chuck, 4-way tool post, thread-dial indicator, dual English and metric feed dials, tailstock rotating centre and a dual inch/metric ruler-engraved tailstock chuck spindle and a number of turning tools. There may be other accessories with this lathe yet to be discovered in the workshop. Single-phase electrics and little-used from new. £875 Pictures of the Naerok geared-head lathe for sale here

SOLD: Pultra 17/50 miniature precision lathe. This is the late-type model, mounted on the maker's cast-iron baseplate and driven by the proper bench-mounted "Mardrive" multi-speed, all-V-belt-drive countershaft and 1-phase motor. The lathe is in full working order, mounted on a good stand with drawer and shelf storage and complete with a wide range of valuable accessories including an "overhead" drive to power top-slide mounted high-speed grinding and milling spindles; milling slide; high-speed milling and drilling spindle, the seldom-found dividing and indexing unit; the ultra-rare watch-lathe type collet-mounted faceplate with finger clamps; a wide range of collets; precision ring-scroll 3-jaw chuck with face-reversible jaws; the special lightweight  Pultra 4-jaw chuck; saw bench; twin-roller filing rest; 4-way toolpost; standard toolpost; tailstock with both fine screw-feed and lever-action control; hand T-rest; tailstock chuck; rear-mounted toolpost adapter with five toolholders; a set of bronze drive dogs and a number of collet-counted arbors for holding slitting saws and other cutters. £2250 Pictures of the Pultra 1750 for sale here and details of Pultra lathes here

SOLD: Parkson (Parkinson) Model 1A horizontal milling machine. Complete with cutter arbor and cutter-spacing rings, a remote countershaft unit and power feed to the table. This well-built milling machine came from the factory of Plant, the makers of high-class ornamental lathes. £475 Pictures of the Parskon 1A milling machine for sale here

SOLD: a genuine Potts milling column fitted with the maker's over-arm-type dividing attachment complete with a 9-circle division plate. The nose thread appears to be as fitted to Myford ML7, Super 7 and ML10 lathes and the base easily adapted to any lathe cross slide with one or more T-slots. £295  Pictures of the Potts vertical attachment for sale here and full details of these ingenious attachments here

SOLD: Pools "Special" lathe 4" x 24" gap bed, backgeared, screwcutting, fitted tumble-reverse gearing to the leadscrew and the spindle nose is the standard Myford &-Series fitting. Complete, as seen plus a matching headstock pulley to make a countershaft drive. Cleaned, painted and checked over--so just needs a drive system and motor to complete.Pictures of the Pools lathe for sale here and full details of Pools lathes here

SOLD: An unused Toyo ML360 lathe. Centre height 75 mm and a capacity between centres of 300 mm (3" x 12"). This is a compact, well-built and genuinely useful little lathe with a hardened bed, No. 2 Morse taper tailstock and taking 16 mm through the roller-bearing headstock spindle - the later larger than a Series 7 Myford. The lathe has the desirable slow-speed attachment for the spindle drive that allows both the high-speed range - 230, 450, 740, 850, 1630 and 2520 r.p.m. to also include a six-speed range from 70 to 150 r.p.m. Single-phase electrics. £850 Pictures of the Toyo ML360 lathe here and  details of Toyo lathes here

SOLD: Pultra P-Type miniature precision lathe. Complete with a screw-feed compound slide-rest assembly, a set of wire collets, cone collets and step-up collets with draw tube, a ring-scroll Burnerd 3-jaw chuck with face-reversible jaws, a raiser block set for the headstock, toolpost and tailstock, two hand T-rests a spare tailstock runner, micrometer, vernier calipers, two tap and die sets--one BA the other possibly BA. £650 Pictures of the Pultra lathe for sale here and details of Pultra lathes here

SOLD in excellent, original condition - a Coronet Minorette multi-function woodworking machine. The unit has a planer, sawbench, mortising attachment and a tilting sanding table. Double-spindle, Single-phase Gryphon motor just fitted with a new £75 No-Volt safety-release starter and overload protection. The unit is mounted on well-made hardwood stand fitted with new casters from Axminster (£61) castors for ease of moving about. It could do with a new drive belt, but is otherwise in perfect working order. Space needed, so just £275 Pictures of the Coronet Minorette multi-function woodworker for sale here and details of Coronet wood-working machinery here

SOLD: Colchester Student 1800 lathe. 6.5-inch (165 mm) centre height with a capacity between centres of 25 inches (635 mm). Hardened bed with a detachable gap piece and 16 spindle speeds from 30 to 1800 r.p.m. Mounted on the maker's stand with a full-length splash-back and well equipped with; Heidenhain DRO system,  a complete set of 10 Crawford "Mulit-size" collets able to take both inch and metric bar stock and the matching spindle nose collet chuck, 3-jaw chuck, the correct half-depth body independent 4-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, Dickson Quick-set toolpost, micrometer bed stop in combination with a multi-stop carriage stop, thread-dial indicator, micrometer dial on the tailstock handwheel, coolant equipment, a very large faceplate, standard faceplate catchplate and a chuck guard. The lathe is driven from a new, top-quality Transwave converter. In excellent condition even down to the maker's original paint finish.  £3950 Pictures of the Colchester Student 1800 lathe for sale here and details of Colchester Student 1800 lathes here

SOLD: Viceroy TDS/6 heavy-duty long-bed wood lathe 5.125" centre height, 36 inches between centres and fitted with a large-capacity bowl-turning attachments. Mounted on the maker's underdrive stand and complete with two inboard and one outboard faceplate, a special "wood-collet self-centring 4-jaw chuck" and a tailstock chuck. Fitted with a 3-phase motor so ideal for conversion to inverter-driven variable-speed drive. £475 Pictures of the Viceroy wood-turning lathe for sale here and  details of Viceroy RDS/6 wood-turning lathes here

SOLD: Downham-Elliott Mk.3 Mini Jig Borer. This is a very seldom-found example of the jig borer in its final, improved Mk.3 form. Imperial vernier micrometer collars, automatic down-feed, light unit and spindle drive from the maker's original fitment - a single-phase motor with electronic variable-speed drive that gives speeds from 200 to 4000 r.p.m. Compete, in a fitted box, are the spindle collets, collet chuck spanners and a set of T-nuts and studs for table clamping. £1750 Pictures of the Downham-Elliott Mini Jig Borer for sale here and details of Downham-Elliott mini-jig borers here

SOLD: Colchester Triumph 2000 lathe 7.5" x 30" mounted on the maker's stand with a full-length splashback and slide-out chip tray. Induction hardened and ground-finished  bed with a detachable gap that allows work up to 23-inches (580 mm) to be swung. The spindle has D1-6" hardened spindle nose and runs in super-precision Gamet bearings. 16 spindle speeds from 25 to 2000 r.p.m. A very wide-range screwcutting and feeds gearbox is fitted able to generate 39 metric pitches from 0.2 mm to 14 mm, 45 Whitworth from 2 to 72 t.p.i., 10 Mod from 0.3 to 3.5 mm and 21 Diametral from 8 to 44 DP. Well equipped with a digital readout system, 3-jaw chuck, fixed steady, travelling steady, 4-way toolpost, precision keyless tailstock chuck, tailstock rotating centre, a boxed set of boring bars, indexible turning tools, Morse centres and centre adapters, magnetic base with test-dial indicator, indicator setting set, chuck guard, carriage stop, LowVo light unit, the correct lifting eye and clamp plate and a copy of the maker's Instruction and Parts Manual. £2750 Pictures of the Colchester Triumph 2000 lathe for sale here and full details of Colchester Triumph 2000 lathes here

SOLD: South Bend Heavy 10 backgeared and screwcutting lathe. 5-inch centre height with a screwcutting gearbox, power cross feed and a very useful 1.375-inch spindle bore. A heavily-built yet compact lathe on the maker's heavy underdrive stand with chip tray. In good working order with a C5 collet set, 3-jaw chuck and a 4-way toolpost. Imperial graduations on the micrometer dials. Single-phase motor with a Dewhurst reversing switch. Pictures of the South Bend Heavy 10 lathe for sale here and details of South Bend Heavy 10 lathes here

SOLD: Flexispeed Mk.2 Miniature Horizontal Milling Machine. Little used, in good condition and ideal for small jobs and model and experimental engineering, etc. Included are 15 cutters and slitting saws unused since sharpening. Single-phase motor. £375  Phone: 07538- 720115 (Bristol) or email mycobikeman@yahoo.com  Pictures of the Flexispeed miller for sale here and details of Flexispeed millers here