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This topic has 13 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 6 July 2015 at 19:43 by Rainbows.

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18 June 2015 at 20:50 #12495
Rainbows
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18 June 2015 at 20:50 #194059
Rainbows
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Well impulse buying is dangerous, spent an entire £5 on this lathe off ebay.

Could anyone shine light on the maker of it? It lacks any makers marks. I just thought it would be a neat mini wood lathe if I restored it.
18 June 2015 at 21:37 #194066
Neil Wyatt
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Upgraded from the Super Adept, I see

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18 June 2015 at 21:53 #194069
Boiler Bri
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He he what possessed you?😜 I keep looking for a small lathe for 'dinner table working' but that's a bit too far gone. Have fun rebuilding it and I will probably be jealous when it's finished.

Bri
18 June 2015 at 22:09 #194072
Robert Dodds
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Neil,

I see its ambidexterous and also equiped for taper turning so it upstages the Super Adept on both counts

Bob D
19 June 2015 at 02:05 #194086
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Posted by Robert Dodds on 18/06/2015 22:09:33:

Neil,

I see its ambidexterous and also equiped for taper turning so it upstages the Super Adept on both counts

Bob D

Could it be an example of the ultra-rare Supra Inept?

Hard to tell without the signature hamster-wheel power unit and the one-speed countershaft though.
19 June 2015 at 07:04 #194091
Michael Gilligan
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Considering what modellers pay for castings …

I reckon that was £5 wery well spent.

MichaelG.
19 June 2015 at 09:25 #194096
Karl Cockburn
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Being left handed myself, I loved this the moment I saw your photo. I have to be ambidextrous for my trade, but I am truly left handed. I would have paid more than 5 quid for it that's for sure.

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19 June 2015 at 11:36 #194114
Ian S C
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Don't know the identity of your wee lathe, but it looks much older than the Adept, I'd say some where in the 19th century. Perhaps a clock makers lathe?

Ian S C
19 June 2015 at 21:47 #194160
Boiler Bri
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mm,

Ian, surely you mean small, not wee😁 or are your roots showing?

And I am still jealous that he owns it and not me. 😫

Bri

Ps I will be in Auckland in January, expecting to visit the local model engineers 😎
19 June 2015 at 23:19 #194166
Rainbows
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Do watchmakers use just a toolrest? wow

If people are jealous I am guessing I did good
19 June 2015 at 23:28 #194168
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Rainbows on 19/06/2015 23:19:52:

Do watchmakers use just a toolrest? wow

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Have a look at this

MichaelG.
20 June 2015 at 12:42 #194204
Neil Wyatt
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Interesting. I'm sure one of the old ME articles on the adepts recounts how the owner made a modest income from turning balance staffs – they must have been more in demand back in the 40s!

Neil
6 July 2015 at 19:43 #195976
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So due to postage problems it only just reached me. Must confess my doubts on a watchmakers pedigree.

Tailstock is sloppy and rotates heavily while unscrewed so to assume it is straight at any point is optimistic.

Headstock has no bearings and also no split to allow wear compensation.

Bed has ( mostly had now) paint on it so I imagine it doesn't compare to the hand scraped beds I've heard of for accuracy.

I'm guessing it must be a (incredibly old) wood model makers lathe of sorts.

Still not bad for a fiver tho
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