Early Radiator construction

[Tony Griffiths]

A con rod borer converted to a lathe. As  you say, scarcity forces creativity.

I for one would like to make a small step in the other direction and find a con rod boring jig for my lathe!

Charles

There's a unit shown in several pictures on this page that can be adapted to most lathes with a T-slotted cross slide: http://www.lathes.co.uk/drummondaccessories/ 
My first lathe was an M-Type Drummond and over time I managed to collect every accessory ever made - save for the con-rod boring jig. Have succumbed to an offer for the whole kit and sold it, guess what turned up on the following Saturday amonst a pile of machine-tool junk? Yes, the missing item.