21-04-2022, 10:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 21-04-2022, 04:03 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Here's a bargain for the impecunious - and not yet advertised anywhere else. Free for collection in Portsmouth is a Mk.1 Raglan Little John Lathe 5" x 24" backgeared, screwcutting and mounted on the maker's stand.
Includes a 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw independent chuck, fixed steady, a set of screwcutting changewheels, and probably other items. 1-phase motor.
Needs a pair of new internal drive belts (a simple job, you can use this). In one family for 70 years; unused for several years and very dirty - but perfectly recoverable.
All you must do is promise not to break it for spares; the last one I did, 12 years ago, raised about £650 in parts.
In good working order, a Mk.1 Raglan Little John commands between £650 and £950
The lathe is identical to this one: http://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan/page6.html
Raglan lathe specification details: http://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan/index.html
Phone the owner, Steve, at Bramble Forge 07393-353770
Includes a 3-jaw chuck, 4-jaw independent chuck, fixed steady, a set of screwcutting changewheels, and probably other items. 1-phase motor.
Needs a pair of new internal drive belts (a simple job, you can use this). In one family for 70 years; unused for several years and very dirty - but perfectly recoverable.
All you must do is promise not to break it for spares; the last one I did, 12 years ago, raised about £650 in parts.
In good working order, a Mk.1 Raglan Little John commands between £650 and £950
The lathe is identical to this one: http://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan/page6.html
Raglan lathe specification details: http://www.lathes.co.uk/raglan/index.html
Phone the owner, Steve, at Bramble Forge 07393-353770