Hi Steve,

I am very well thank you – although I've not been in the workshop recently. Other distractions have been keeping me somewhat occupied. I hope you still have your little Ad*pt safe and sound somewhere ( for when you are tempted to play with her again).

I've had another look through "Lathes" this morning and the best overall 'design' resemblance I can find to this baby lathe is in the 'Gamages' range – although their lathes were generally larger in size and normally had their brand cast into the body. The headstock is quite similar to an Adept but there the resemblance ends I think. It's not a cantilever design for instance and the tailstock seems a little more 'elegant' (?).

She's not high on my list of priorities but I think I will put her somewhere within sight and you never know, maybe the odd thing will get added here and there over time.

Thank you for your thoughts everyone.

Regards,

IanT

PS Can you have too many lathes? This one takes me up to four (or possibly three and a half?) – plus another one on permanent loan to a friend and various other beds and pieces lurking on shelves.

So many lonely old machines – so few good homes!