lathe bigger than myford

[steam makes me wet]

I have a type21 Dean Smith and Grace with gap bed ,steadies, 24" 4 jaw , 3 jaw,120"centres .Power traverse to saddle. and it would fit in a car garage! Only £6500.

[MARK RIGG]

Forget all those nasty cheap Colchesters, Harrisons, Excels, Warco etc. Look for a
Dean, Smith & Grace - the finest British lathe.

MARK

[jameswaterfield]

Just make sure you get one with a gaerbox for screw cutting, feeds etc

James

I rate the small Harrison/ Colchester lathe types

[carl_byrne]

".......Forget all those nasty cheap Colchesters, Harrisons, Excels, Warco etc. Look for a
Dean, Smith & Grace - the finest British lathe......"


Obviously! But sometimes cost is a deciding factor and also availability space. Yes, a DSG is a superb machine BUT now way as versatile as a Colchester/Harrison. The lack of rigidity/quality of the latter is more than made up for by their capacities/footprint size - a major consideration for many of us.

Cheers Carl.

[weidner]

Originally Posted by MARK RIGG

Forget all those nasty cheap Colchesters, Harrisons, Excels, Warco etc. Look for a
Dean, Smith & Grace - the finest British lathe.

MARK

Just a load of old Riggy - pay no attention !

[ShottendenAveling]

Originally Posted by MARK RIGG

Forget all those nasty cheap Colchesters, Harrisons, Excels, Warco etc. Look for a
Dean, Smith & Grace - the finest British lathe.

MARK

Not sure I fully agree with the list. True about the Warco (and similar lathes) my first hand experience of stuff like Warco is that it is little more than a hobby lathe of the most basic type and to be avoided for any serious stuff.

As for the Colchesters and Harrisons, we have both at home and they are good machines. They tend to get a little noisy in the head when they are old but still turn out good work. There a plenty of spares out there for them and they dont take up a lot of space. If I were looking for a bigger machine I would look at the Colchester Triumph or later 2000.

The DS&G is a fantastic lathe, agreed... but I would venture IMHO my Holbrook runs a pretty close second at a quality British machine.