EME I think is Elliott Machine Equipment, good quality British tooling dating from late seventies to early eighties. A finger full of Castrol LM grease on worm and wheel will do no harm at all.

Looks very nice, if you don't mind me asking how much did you pick that up for?

I'd say you got a bargain there, very nice bit of kit, in great condition too, you probably paid half what a questionable quality import would be, I paid £260 for my 10" Hofmann, also in great condition, the seller had an 8" also, but convinced me the 10" was a better price saving from new compared to the 8" he had, and it was much smoother to use.

I'm sure I've looked at one in the past to consider buying when I was looking, I'm glad to hear it's nicely made, and you're right, sometimes something is too good to turn down.

Nice rotary table! I don't think you'll be disappointed at all.

Elliott were a bit more than badge engineers. See **LINK**

Clearly a complex business arrangement. From what I've handled, seen and read, their equipment was no-nonsense, reliable and good quality, although not in the same league as some of the premium European, or better British manufacturers. Their products were a mixture of British-manufactured (by the companies they owned) and some imported gear, e.g. the Unimat, which they imported for a time.

I'm very happy with my Progress 2GS pillar drill (made in Peterborough). Spares were available in the late '90s or early 2000s from Gate, who appear to have picked up some of the pieces when the inevitable British Disease caused Elliott's demise.

Have a look at the lathes.co.uk pages for the Unimat and EME lathes. EME seem to be a subsidiary of B J Elliot of London and imported Emco machines and Taiwanese mills. I imagine that Taiwanese rotary tables as well as mills could have been imported. The style of the badge on Henry's rotary table looks similar to some of the unimat labels. Not that any of this means that the products were anything but high quality.

Rod

Looks good but unusual for the operating handle to be positioned on the left, I don't recall seeing that before.

Emgee

Now you can see the whole thing, yes it's in very nice condition, but the design of the body casting makes me think it's British, it has 'channels' down either side like mine, what I presume is for coolant to spill over the table and run down? I've never seen an import Rotary table with that feature?, I may be wrong, it's just something I noticed.

I think you're right, the movable zero mark looks identical

Given the evident quality of the 6" … This might be a bargain for someone: **LINK**

https://www.wilkinsonmachinery.com/elliott-10-rotary-table

MichaelG.