Raglan Little John lathe?

[merlinart]

Sounds promising then, many thanks.

I downloaded some interesting stuff on lathes.co.uk. This one is called a Little John, not sure if a Mk 1 or 2, and I understand that their best model was simply called the Raglan 5" which came out from 1966-1971. Apparently Myford bought them out to stop production. interesting point is that they were about twice as expensive as a Myford, being close to £400 when a Myford was around £200. Looks to be pretty good, the cross tree was worn slightly dead centrally, but I guess that that screw could be re-made? There is quite a bit of tooling including two more chucks, 2 steadies, loads of collets. Together with a slightly dismantled (condition unknown)  Geo Taylor milling machine, the chap wants £750. I have to admit that I don't know much about machining, but need too, as my two local machinists have or are about to retire. My next door chap at the farm where my workshop is, is a blacksmith who makes my 3 wheeler chassis for me, and he has an old Milnes lathe, so he could instruct me as well as use this machine if I buy it all.

Thanks for your help. 

Arthur