[plantters]

For anyone interested this lathe is still for sale but minus the 3 point steady.
Also a problem has developed with the lathe in as much as the gearbox has now dumped all of its oil while it has been stood idle at the back of the workshop.
Hadn't noticed until I moved it out of the workshop recently and was faced with a nice pool of gear oil.
It appears to be leaking from the cover which has all the lathe controls on it, speed, gear selection etc..
I have not done any investigating so can not tell you the cause. All I can say is that the main castings are all intact so my best guess is that its a gasket or a seal..

There is also a question mark over the size of this machine.... I was always led to believe it was a 1500 BC but one person who came to view told me it was a short bed model and only 1000 BC
I have measured it and come up with a figure much closer to 1500 than 1000 but again its up to the buyer to make sure it is what he wants / needs


Anyway..
Now looking for offers considerably less than the original asking price.
If it does not sell this time I am cutting it up for scrap so if you are interested get in touch sooner rather than later
Collection only but loading available.