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It is a Neville Evans Manxman - a google search will tell you all to save me a long screed but briefly :-

A Neville Evans Manxman 500, that he built in small quantities in the 1990s.
A cross between a manx (which he didn't have the rights to the name) and an Inter, as a short-stroke road bike version.

They sell for around the £20k mark

I was aware that the site had not been updated for a few days but thought that Adam might be on holiday. If you are in contact with him please pass on regards and hope for a speedy recovery

Ian P

Just seen this bike advertised on a local forum

have a look at the rear brake actuating rod..

wouldn’t want to be relying on that in a panic stop

It does not need to be used engine oil (which I understand is rather toxic ) but unused oil works fine. I had some unused 5W-30 engine oil which I no longer needed and tried it with good results. Rapeseed oil from the supermarket also works a treat. Best done outside if possible, where the fumes don't stink the house and set off the smoke alarm, as I found to my cost.

Doug

I've used the full 52mm cpacity of my steady a few times. I even had to 3D print a 3 1/2" steady for one job, obviously light cuts...

Neil

1st ever lathe was a Boxford CUD, back int' pre internet days when lathes were bought and sold via Exchange & Mart, major cack handed screw up one day and somehow stripped the teeth off the mainshaft gear :/

Myford ML7, one owner from new, beautiful well maintained machine, and the one I Really should have kept,

Star 8mm Watchmaker's lathe, smallest workhorse with good range of accessories, (still use)

Boley 8mm Watchmaker's lathe, bought from estate of 1st Myford (Stalag VIIb inscription in box lid & a keeper)

Myford ML7 bought from late friend when he was needing to shut up shop, needs a lot of fettling (still use)

Unimat 1, found it to be a fiddle to use and flimsy, didn't like it at all and got rid,

Unimat 3 + milling head & attachments, not a bad bit of kit, but asset stripped it for insane money which paid for my Cowells 90 & kit

Sieg C1 + M1 mill, many mod's and tweaks to that machine and half decent if you weren't in a hurry, (sold last week)

Cowells 90 with good range of accessories (overhauled and still use)

My first and still the one I own today is my VMC knee mill, it was in a state when I bought it. It has no badges on it anywhere so I don't know if it's a Myford, warco or Chester varient but it has served me well.

I've since had several Dore Westbury machines which I restored before selling them on.

In the future I would like to replace the VMC with another but in better condition.

At least the blind will never have to see this emoji

And this one...you have to smile -

If you are feeling fit a simple way to align single cylinder cranks.

**LINK**

I think you can still buy the Rowe crank truing stand with indicators which is in the HD style. Costs about $1,000 though.

I doubt he will ever sell one he restores numerous classic bikes not for resale but for his own personal use

The one I made was out of mainly scrap my classic bike friend has two sizes of the Alpha and used them a lot when he used to do a lot of work for a now gone local motorcycle dealer.

Almost finished the overhaul of the Royal 10" shaper. Ways re-aligned and re-scraped, yoke pivot pin re-made, cleaned up. Just waiting for some BSF screws and nuts to replace missing ones and to replace the T&E mains cable that it came with.

It doesn't rattle when the ram changes direction any more!

The plan was to put it on Adam Stevenson's site because I desperately need the space and have a mill and slotting head, but I'm almost tempted to keep it now.

I bear no responsibility for the paint job though...