Thank you Mike, Yes i am talking with Tony about the lathe and he has cleared up a couple of questions for me. It turns out the lathe has a fairly unique feature for a lathe of this size which is a two ratio selectable back-gear.

Tony has put some pictures and description of the lathe on his archive: http://www.lathes.co.uk/lineker%26winfield/

This lathe was bought in the thirties, and unfortunately the old motor was scrapped. I was told it had a single sliding and lockable pulley and no countershaft. Does anyone know if that would be a typical configuration for small lathes of that vintage ?

Also any views on likely colour for a simple 30s lathe would be appreciated. Sofar I have found:

– Black on the bed with light green underneath,and dark green underneath that.

– Light green Hammerite on the banjo

– Light Green and dark green on the cariage

– Dark Green on the topslide

– Grey on the changewheels

– Black on the back gears

– Red around oil holes and handles

Any views ?