Hi Guys,

Thought I would seek your advice on this lathe,

Any comments?
BOXFORD MODEL C CENTRE LATHE SINGLE PHASE | eBay

[Edited on 4/3/12 by locoboy]

[Edited on 4/3/12 by locoboy]

BOXFORD MODEL C CENTRE LATHE SINGLE PHASE | eBay

or maybe not!

[Edited on 4/3/12 by JoelP]

[Edited on 4/3/12 by JoelP]

Thanks,
Bloody link won't work for me, I have tried to change it 3 times!

I'd rip his arm off!
I paid £250 for mine and it's probably pre WW2 - and looks it - and that was off a mate.

first link works fine.

I think it will be a lot dearer in 4 days time

they can go for silly money, but if you can get one with power traverse and a T slot cross slide you will have one that is much better. Also with a full set of back gears you can thread cut too,...

That would be a very good starters lathe,.. so I guess it depends what you want to achieve,...

any questions on boxfords, feel free to send me a U2U.

hth

TBH the paint job would turn me off, no idea what condition it was in before it was painted.

The paint job looks very poor which would make me think it has been faked up to re-sell as opposed to having been restored properly.

Maybe it's just the photo but the bedways look rusty.

There are no change wheels for screw cutting

It doesn't have a quick change tool post as advertised.

Cheers
Davie

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Originally posted by omega0684
first link works fine.

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I had a Viceroy lathe which was made by Boxford but the up market version with a power cross feed and a thread cutting gearbox.

I sold it on ebay 5 years ago for £750 ... and seriously regretted it ever since.

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Originally posted by JoelP

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Originally posted by omega0684
first link works fine.

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didnt at first! My link seems to have been changed since i left it, to the ebay tag format. Wonder how that happened?

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Another one here.

http://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/index.php?option=com_adsmanager&view=show_ad&adid=10567&catid=2