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    Default Old Information on Industry and Manufacturing in England

    Found this page while trolling around and it has a lot of interesting stuff on it.

    Grace's Guide is the leading source of information about industry and manufacturing in Britain from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the present time.
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    That's a great site.
    I found this picture of a 1924 Colchester.
    It looks like it's a treadle lathe but also optioned up with an electric motor.
    How cool is that!

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    + 1 on that web site

    I found this pic of my U.K. friend and his little Morris truck .

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    The tree loving greenies would really like those pedal powered lathes .

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    Thanks for that

    The tyres on the Morris-Commercial are Aust. made OLYMPIC brand , the size is 900-13 , an old 1930's size . OLYMPIC here were the last manufacturer of that size , for agricultural implements - until MRF in India began making that size .

    The truck has a wireless set in the back .

    I will try to find the U tube video .

    Ok , this old movie depicts the 8 cwt wireless trucks , in this case HUMBERS . The little trucks were made by Morris, Humber and Ford UK .

    ROYAL SIGNAL CORPS TRAINING - British Pathé

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    Quote Originally Posted by GSRocket View Post
    It looks like it's a treadle lathe but also optioned up with an electric motor.
    It would need that motor to get all that flywheel pulley going so you could then start treadle-ing .
    Micheal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by localele View Post
    It would need that motor to get all that flywheel pulley going so you could then start treadle-ing .
    The "motor" could have been handy for stopping the lathe.

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    Might be right BobL .I just looked at the box beside the motor and it may be a DC transformer to run the DC braking system.
    Micheal.

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    Anyone want to put their hand up to start an Australian version??
    We have bemoaned the shrinking of Aussie manufacturing many times here on this very forum, after all.
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    PS, I don't know how, so bags not me.

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    Anyone want to put their hand up to start an Australian version??
    We have bemoaned the shrinking of Aussie manufacturing many times here on this very forum, after all.
    A.
    PS, I don't know how, so bags not me.

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