Unidentified lathe

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

Can anyone recognise the make of this lathe?

I've owned it for decades but hardly used it. I bought it from an old man in 1985, he had made a model engine on it but where he got it from I can't remember. It has a heavy countershaft that bolts directly on the back of the lathe bed along with a large V pulley that has some kind of peculiar clutch inside using brake shoes. I had it set up and running when I first bought it but since we moved house 22 years ago it's remained unused as I have other lathes as well.

I think it's based on an early Myford type as the carriage wheel runs back to front and it's tailstock barrel is Myford type, also it's spindle takes Myford backplates etc, it's change wheels are same as Myford etc. Probably from the far East?

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Looks like an early MF type to me because of the headstock

There were a few made in the war and I suppose a few bits lying about afterwards

Is it a 4 inch swing?

The cantilever bed got me thinking…

corbett XL??

Edited By Ady1 on 06/02/2022 13:50:20

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

Hello Ady1, there are no markings at all on this lathe whereas the Corbetts seem to be cast with makers name,

this lathe is 4" swing, the T slot cross-slide is 8" long

[DutchDanParticipant @dutchdan]

Hi Vic, using google lens (very useful for lots of things) I found this:
Corbetts XL / Granville

Which looks to be the lathe in your photograph.

[vic neweyParticipant @vicnewey60017]

Hello DutchDan,

that's the most likely i.d I've seen seen so far, the CorbettXL has a cantilevered bed the same as mine as Ady1 pointed out. It seems some were issued with no makers name so I think it's a variation of one of these made in the 1950's. It mentions that they used the same spindle thread as Myford as well.

Mine also has a vertical slide, fixed steady, faceplate, driver plate etc presumably supplied by the maker

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