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being a fully paid up bodger, any chance that you could arrange a drive onto the dud armature from an external motor, using an extension of the existing wiring?

If the machine is worn and well past its sell by date, possibly not worth the effort.

Probably you can get a smaller bench top machine (Sieg S2P say ) for under £1,000. After that, you are probably talking at least 30% more, for a new machine. In all probability, a new machine will be Metric.

But you may be able to find a used machine for a lot less.

Was going to say take a look at Warco's used machines,but almost every used machine has been sold.

You could always post a "Wanted" ad on here, or in MEW.

Howard.

If a machine is described as Metric, most on here would expect to find that the Leadscrews were metric pitch (and diameter ) with dials that are graduated in mm or parts thereof, such as 0.02 mm per division.

My lathe is really Metric having 3 mm pitch leadscrews., but is dual-dialled Each dial has two sets of graduations, 0.02 mm per division marked every 5, on one side, and 118 divisions, marked every 10, as 0.001" per division on the other.

An Imperial machine is more likely to have 10 tpi Leadscrews, but not necessarily, with dials carrying 100 mdivisions, marked every 10, giving 0.001" per division.

BUT some lathes have the Cross Slide dials graduated not in tool movement, but in metal removed from the diameter. In which case, although the dial may show say, 0.04, the actual tool movement will be 0.02. By removing 0.02 from each side, the diameter will reduce by 0.04.

As an Apprentice, it took a little while for me to learn that!

Howard