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speedibee:
this is the lathe I inherited from my dad . it has no manufacturers name on it ,or any other markings , I know it pre war because he got it from the place he worked before the war . but that all I know 

Pete.:
Early Drummond I'd say. Do the change gears have two holes in them for taper pins?

EDIT: Yeah Drummond B   http://www.lathes.co.uk/drummond/page5.html

speedibee:
Thanks that's it . got it in one .

edward:
As the others said, its a Drummond B. I have the Admiralty version of the same machine, a B.S with proper apron and power cross feed, they are pretty capable machines for their age. Much more sturdily built than my other machine, a Drummond 'pre-A' flatbed from 1904 which has the same overall form but much more lightly constructed.

The number on mine is out on the tailstock end of the bed somewhere.

Are you planning to keep it and use it - I hope so, nothing like using a family heirloom :)

speedibee:
I have been using it , made a couple of stirling engines .  cant figure out why the saddle drive won't disengage automatically , to engage it  I have to pull the bottom bar to the left , and that's the way the auto disconnect would push it . so I'm a bit stumped , really it needs a bit of a refurb ,but I have so many other projects on the go I don't have time :)

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