Unidentified lathe

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15 October 2017 at 21:42 #25563
Bodger Brian
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15 October 2017 at 21:42 #321653
Bodger Brian
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Whilst visiting Warwick Castle yesterday with my good wife, I came across this little lathe in the Mill & Engine house. Judging by the amount of rust & cobwebs, it obviously hadn’t been used in many a year, the Engine house not having been used since the 1950’s.

Can anyone identify it from the picture below? Apologies for the poor quality of the photo but the lighting level was very low & there was a rather ugly guard over the whole thing.

Brian

Edited By Bodger Brian on 15/10/2017 21:43:02
15 October 2017 at 22:02 #321654
Speedy Builder5
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Good idea to keep lathes behind wire mesh – They can be dangerous when they get wild.
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15 October 2017 at 22:06 #321655
Nicholas Farr
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Hi Brian, it could be a Velox **LINK**

Regards Nick.
15 October 2017 at 22:34 #321657
Mick B1
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Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 15/10/2017 22:02:52:

Good idea to keep lathes behind wire mesh – They can be dangerous when they get wild.
BobH

…and that one doesn't look as if it's been fed or fussed for a long time.
16 October 2017 at 08:52 #321692
john carruthers
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A bar bed, Wade or Drummond spring to mind, looks too small to be a Drummond.
16 October 2017 at 09:10 #321694
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Posted by Mick B1 on 15/10/2017 22:34:14:

Posted by Speedy Builder5 on 15/10/2017 22:02:52:

Good idea to keep lathes behind wire mesh – They can be dangerous when they get wild.
BobH

…and that one doesn't look as if it's been fed or fussed for a long time.

You're both wrong. The mesh is there to stop 'Super Adept Man' from nicking it…
16 October 2017 at 13:42 #321755
Bodger Brian
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Posted by Nicholas Farr on 15/10/2017 22:06:08:

Hi Brian, it could be a Velox **LINK**

Regards Nick.

Thanks Nick – The description seems to match. Spot on, I think.

Brian
16 October 2017 at 14:23 #321760
michael potts
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I saw this lathe a year or so ago. It is a CAV Wade lathe.

Mike Potts
16 October 2017 at 14:45 #321764
Fowlers Fury
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Perhaps someone could identify this one !!

Bit of TLC should see it restored to former glory………

(Seen in Isafjordur, Iceland this summer).
16 October 2017 at 15:48 #321777
KWIL
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Lathe behind screen has a leadscrew visible, CAV Wade on Lathes.co.uk site does not.
16 October 2017 at 16:27 #321785
michael potts
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You are right. My mistake.

Mike Potts.
16 October 2017 at 18:39 #321803
nigel jones 5
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re-jigged the lighting…might help identify it?
16 October 2017 at 19:47 #321817
dave clifford
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ew stringer?
16 October 2017 at 19:47 #321818
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ew stringer?
16 October 2017 at 21:11 #321839
Bodger Brian
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Posted by dave clifford on 16/10/2017 19:47:50:

ew stringer?

Thanks for the suggestion but according to lathes.co.uk the EW has a hollow box section bed, ground on the top, whereas the one in my photo has a round bed.

I still reckon Nick’s suggestion of a Velux is correct.

Brian
16 October 2017 at 21:19 #321840
Bodger Brian
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Posted by fizzy on 16/10/2017 18:39:15:

re-jigged the lighting…might help identify it?

Thanks for doing that – don’t know why I didn’t think of it!

Brian
17 October 2017 at 08:13 #321882
michael potts
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Not an EW lathe. Velox appears to be right with the leadscrew supported in a bearing at one end only like the Adept. For a few minutes I thought that it was a Portass round bed lathe, but that has bearings at both ends of the leadscrew.

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