Enco 9x20?

[Aaron_W]

I had just been looking at the ad/catalogue on vintage machinery and seen so many numbers.

It can be hard with the older lathes as many gave the bed length instead of the between centers distance as is typically done these days. These days most lathes only have a handful of options, 1 or 2 between centers distance, maybe a choice between variable speed or a range of speeds.

With the old lathes there were change gear and quick change gear box models, sometimes as many as 5 or 6 lengths, 4,6,8,16 or in a few cases as many as 32 speeds, vertical, horizontal and under drive motor mounts etc. All of this built on the same basic lathe, but each set of options might be given a new model number.

Then it was often possible to buy each of these features individually as parts to change an existing lathe (upgrade, repair etc) and completely throw the model number system out the window.


All part of the fun of old lathes.