Portass dreadnought repair

[Carl DorlingParticipant @carldorling51660]

Hi all just wanted to share some pics of my dreadnought lathe no5 so I believe it’s one of the very first still a bit to do but I have made some chips on it.

[Carl DorlingParticipant @carldorling51660]

Very early portass dreadnought

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Looks like a nice example which has had an ok life

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Looks very nice. Like the old Drummond M Types, they are still a good usable hobby lathe today.

[Carl DorlingParticipant @carldorling51660]

Yes it’s got potential I’ve had a new spindle made with myford thread and used a ML4 cross slide as a top slide as the original was missing also I’ve recut the half nut threads as there was very little thread left the lead screw is worn but it works the tailstock was also missing so I made one up using bits I had lying around just to get things going.

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