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23rd May 2020, 08:26 PM #1Golden Member
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Drummond 'geared flywheel' lathe approx 1912
Idle browsing on a gloomy Saturday afternoon at home....
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/mona...yle/1247529790
Photos look as old as the lathe, but it looks quite unusual... more unusual the more I look.
Really unusual in fact, never seen anything like it: a two storey dovetail bed.
Somehow has a treadle-style flywheel, but the lathe looks too big for that.
Then read the description - "old style lathe.... Drummond".
Off to lathes.co.uk: Drummond 5-inch Lathe Photo Essay Page 1 and Drummond 5-inch Lathe Photo Essay Page 1
Amazingly it is not too far from me, but having a bad case of lathe virus I really need to take self isolation seriously.
Bill
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25th May 2020, 01:04 PM #2Most Valued Member
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Not a bad idea, gives you a gap without most of the rigidity you lose from having one. the compound slide with only one bolt is pretty hokey though.
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