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Andrew Johnston09/08/2012 23:11:42
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A Britan Lathe Company in Newmarket appears on internet searches but the links always end up at useless websites claiming that all they've done is gather publicly available information. Complete waste of electrons! I did a search on Companies House and the Britan Lathe Company was dissolved in 2005. That would square with Andrew Engineering claiming to have acquired the assets of BLC in 2004. Mind you, looking their website **LINK** they don't seem to have done much since.

Mike: Thanks for explanation of the motor controls. It's funny you should mention Pye. The chap I bought the lathe from said he did a toolmaking apprenticeship at Pye Unicam, probably in the late 1950s. I must say that cycles and radios seems a funny mix of things to sell. Maybe they missed a chance to invent the Walkman. Once we decamped from the Isaac Newton we used the County Arms on the opposite side of the road (still there) and the Cow and Calf (replaced by flats) on the corner of Pound HIll. In my time there the Cow and Calf was a small, slightly tatty and disreputable Irish pub.

Steve: Now that brings me onto another technical question. What is the best way to sling the lathe for lifting? Are there specific slinging points, or it is a case of aranging the slings in a sensible manner and hoping for the best?

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Andrew

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