3 very nice gentlemen have just delivered the lathe I bought on e-Bay. 
It is a little Boxford AUD (Serial Number 12161 and it appears (to my eyes anyway)to be in pretty good nick.
The ways are sound and unmarked, the slides are all silky-smooth and with no discernable backlash.
It came with:
An engineers surface plate- goodness that's heavy.
A full set of cutting tools (mostly unused).
A set of 24 collets and two collet arbors, but no drawbar.
A set of 4 tool posts and tool-holders of different style/flavours.
A micrometer carriage stop.
A standard carriage stop.
The backplate on there has an index (72 position) and an index pin mounted on the headstock. Don't think that was standard?
There is a backplate for clamping items to as well, and a drive dog.
@fizzy gave me some good advice on how to move it, but in the end the seller popped up and said "my mates in the moving business" and for £150 they brought it here and I didn't need to lift a finger.
I will give it a clean and lube and sort out a VFD (3-phase). Really pleased I am.
UPDATE:
I just took another look at it, and....
In the centre section of the cabinet I found:
A Pratt-Burnerd 4-Jaw Chuck
A fixed Steady.
A travelling steady.
The draw bar for the collet set.
Stone me, I think the 2 chucks are worth as much as I paid for the whole shebang. PMSL
It is a little Boxford AUD (Serial Number 12161 and it appears (to my eyes anyway)to be in pretty good nick.
The ways are sound and unmarked, the slides are all silky-smooth and with no discernable backlash.
It came with:
An engineers surface plate- goodness that's heavy.
A full set of cutting tools (mostly unused).
A set of 24 collets and two collet arbors, but no drawbar.
A set of 4 tool posts and tool-holders of different style/flavours.
A micrometer carriage stop.
A standard carriage stop.
The backplate on there has an index (72 position) and an index pin mounted on the headstock. Don't think that was standard?
There is a backplate for clamping items to as well, and a drive dog.
@fizzy gave me some good advice on how to move it, but in the end the seller popped up and said "my mates in the moving business" and for £150 they brought it here and I didn't need to lift a finger.
I will give it a clean and lube and sort out a VFD (3-phase). Really pleased I am.
UPDATE:
I just took another look at it, and....
In the centre section of the cabinet I found:
A Pratt-Burnerd 4-Jaw Chuck
A fixed Steady.
A travelling steady.
The draw bar for the collet set.
Stone me, I think the 2 chucks are worth as much as I paid for the whole shebang. PMSL
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