[assuming that it's original equipment]

That toolpost looks sufficintly unusual to be a good identifying feature.

… Happy Googling

MichaelG.

The bracket supporting the end of the lead-screw just short of the gap and the rather nice swivelling top slide should be diagnostic as to the maker and suggests the lathe was originally sold at a relatively high price for this style of machine.

Generally the top slide only, lead-screw shorter than the bed lathes were bottom of the range machines made a simply and cheaply as possible to be affordable by impecunious purchasers. The extra lead-screw bracket and nice top-slide on this one must have pushed up the cost somewhat. Most makers felt that full length lead-screws permitting screwcutting and / or incorporating both cross and top-slides would be more attractive to a customer able to spend a little more.

Cllive

Just call it Eric..

But surely that presumes it's a Clapped 'un

omg

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It looks very perris-like to me, with a dash of flexspeed and a hint of cowells

Lathes.co.uk is down at the minit, Tony must be doing some work, but that's where you need to start

Edited By Ady1 on 09/09/2015 11:32:46

Hmm. None of the machines on that page have a foot under the tailstock and other details differ. It' certainly looks as if it's got some Portass / Zyto / Tyzak genes in it though, so probably from that neck of the woods (Sheffield?)

Murray

…which is pretty much identical to mine.

Again, quite a few differences like the split head bearings, tailstock design, carriage and slide, even if you overlook the lack of back gears, banjo etc.

Britannia in Colchester used to supply beds and all other lathe parts separately in all different sizes for people who wanted to build their own. This continued up until the last war.