Harrison Lathes

[Keith BallParticipant @keithball91907]

I have just bought a second hand Harrison lathe that seems to have been stood in a shed for quite a long time and not used. Does anyone know whereabouts the makers might have stamped the model/serial number. There is a makers name plate on the headstock but it has been damaged so that apart from making out it is a Harrison, if it also carried the serial No I have little hope of finding any details.

If anyone can help I will be very pleased.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Keith BallParticipant @keithball91907]

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Have a look here and see if you can match it up

Harrison Lathes

 

Also, posting a picture here will help others to help you identify it

 

regards

 

Graeme

[JonParticipant @jon]

Only one of mine has a serial number the M300 and thats on the other side of the bed tail stock end where additional fixings such as hydraulic copiers may attach.

 

Just to the left of alum bracket under tail stock, looks like scratched off paint.

 

Edited By Jon on 08/07/2011 22:25:57

[Keith BallParticipant @keithball91907]

[Keith BallParticipant @keithball91907]

Thanks Graeme for the info. From that I think it is safe to conclude it is one of the L5 series of lathes but I still haven’t found a serial number.

[Nick HopwoodParticipant @nickhopwood71702]

Try on the vertical face on the front of the bed on the right hand side. You may need a good light to see it. (Thats where it is on my 140 which is similar to the L5)

[WALLACEParticipant @wallace]

I think Harrison’s were a bit of a law unto themselves with specific model numbers – certailny the older ones.

 

I have one badged up as a 5A but it doesn’t look like anything on the lathes website as the motor is in the base, not hanging over the back like all the others i’ve seen. and it has a LOO tape which is a bit odd as well.

 

I’ll have a poke around to se if it has a serial number – I seme to remember on mine it’s on a brass plate on the far right of the bed.

 

W.

Edited By WALLACE on 11/07/2011 17:59:59

[Traction manParticipant @tractionman]

I agree with Wallace my Harrison is a 6″ center height with a 1.5″ 6TPI nose it has a flat top bed with the serial number stamped on the front flat at the tail stock end. But it does not fit in with any of the serial numbers on the Lathes site. and it does not look any thing like any of the models shown. But then I was told it was a MOD special. so who knows.

 

Having said that its a good machine, I wouldn’t be with out it.

[mark atkinsonParticipant @markatkinson98274]

Hi, i have bought a burnerd L0 collet chuck, for my harrison 140, but it did not come with a chuck key.

Has anyone got any idea where i can get one?

Marcus

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

I’m sure Pratt Burnerd would be pleased to sell you one.

There might be some on an auction site.

The last one I wanted, for a TOS chuck, didn’t really take so very long to make.

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

Have had quite a few harrisons, L5’s L5a’s L6’s, 140’s they were all stamped with a serial number on the bed, tailstock end. There is a list on lathes.co.uk which will tell you the year of production from the number.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Alan Waddington 2 on 29/12/2019 21:35:34:

Have had quite a few harrisons, L5’s L5a’s L6’s, 140’s they were all stamped with a serial number on the bed, tailstock end. There is a list on lathes.co.uk which will tell you the year of production from the number.

I think he may have found the number (or given up looking) by now.

[Alan Waddington 2Participant @alanwaddington2]

Haha, epic thread ressurection……never looked at the date

[Ian ParkinParticipant @ianparkin39383]

Mark Atkinson

this is the one you need

They seem quite rare on ebay they tend to go for north of £50

not sure what burnard would want?

Ask NDIY to knock you one up in a spare minute

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

More than a spare minute but possibly not beyond your skills, either?

Supply the gent with some dimensions and I am sure he could make his own, if he has enough kit.

Me? I would think a rotary table, or spin indexer, and a slitting saw might be enough, followed by some filing? YMMV.

[egaParticipant @ega]

Posted by WALLACE on 11/07/2011 17:59:21:

I think Harrison's were a bit of a law unto themselves with specific model numbers

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I assume that the OP never found his serial number.

I have a Harrison Graduate wood lathe which seems to have no number. The bed has a flaw and I have speculated that because of this it was not issued with a number and sold in the usual way (I bought this many years ago from a Harrison employee who may have acquired it cheaply on this account).

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