I had set my heart on an HLV but private sellers are few & far between, dealers obviously want top dollar, that one is tempting.

Tony

Yeah it’s definitely been given a lick over, but at that age hardly surprising, don’t think i would buy without seeing first though.

Reduced due to fault . Bent leadscrew or half nut.

Even with problems with the leadscrew/ nut it's good value a friend had a new leadscrew made for his Colchester at £260 pounds so add that to the lathe ,good value, the taper turning is worth £250 on its own I purchased one some two years ago

Might be all right at the right price, ie pig in a poke price. And if you can transport it yourself without hiring specialists etc. Wonder if the bent leadscrew is the cross slide feedscrew where the handle has been smashed off? You could always part it out on eBay and make a profit if it turns out to be a dud. I imagine spares are not thick on the ground so prices would reflect that?

ha, yes, 'boat anchor' was what i was thinking. A cursory google failed to find any second hand parts available in the UK, so i suspect the bits needed may be hard to come by, though i would think if you broke it up, for the current price there's got to be a bit of profit in it, and if it could be fixed it would be a decent lathe for the money.

OTOH it's buying work, and i've got plenty of that already without buying more. There's some decent looking triumph lathes in an i bidder sale ending this week, a chipmaster and some triumph 2000s. will be a fair bit more expensive and further to go and collect but might be easier in the long run.