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the make of lathe is The Alpine Machine, its a pretty obscure old lathe, never found any info about i at all on the net. no i dont have the broke off piece, it shot across the workshop somewhere. regards chris.....

hi on the high speed part of the pulley wheel a piece has snapped off making the lathe run very roughly at this speed. can you make your own or would i need to buy a new one and if so where is the best place for spares. the lathe is a 3 speed model. thanks

thanks for the replies guys, no i didnt do a complete refurb, stripping it completely down, because it already worked quite well, i thought id better leave well enough alone. i just took off as much rust as i could, fixed the return spring, sorted out the swithces and gave it a good coat of blue...

hi folks, this is my refurb for a drill i bought the other weekend. ive lifted some heavy things in my time, but this was a monster. it was quite rusty and the return tension spring had siezed up. as you can see, some before and after pics. regards chris m.......