Rebore on a mini-lathe!!!

[Tony Griffiths]

For a good, all-round lathe the Boxford is hard to beat - but you must avoid the Model C and go instead for an A with gearbox and power cross feed or a B with just power cross feed. The power-feed apron gives a far slower rate of sliding feed than can be obtained by the changewheels alone. It also, importantly, as the drive is transmitted by worm-and-wheel gearing in the apron, saves wearing out the now hard-to-find leadscrew clasp nuts. Best of all is variable-speed drive Boxford VSL, especially the later model with a much larger spindle bore. For full details of the range see: http://www.lathes.co.uk/boxford
A good alternative is the similar Viceroy - also made by the original makers of the Boxford, Denford Small Tools: http://www.lathes.co.uk/viceroy
The Boxford was a developed version of the American South Bend 9-inch - and lots of these came over in WW2 and are still around: http://www.lathes.co.uk/southbend9-inch/
There are, of course, lots of others with most of the ones you are likely to find being found with hyperlinks on this page: http://www.lathes.co.uk/faq/page2.html
If you want an all-singing-and-dancing job, there's a Hannifin version of this for sale - but it's in the middle of Alaska: http://www.lathes.co.uk/gilman/page2.html
However, if you want to see the full range, here you are: http://www.lathes.co.uk/page21.html