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Very early portass dreadnought

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Carl Dorling	13/01/2023 22:48:52
84 forum posts 69 photos	Hi all just wanted to share some pics of my dreadnought lathe no5 so I believe it’s one of the very first still a bit to do but I have made some chips on it.
Ady1	13/01/2023 23:05:11
6137 forum posts 893 photos	Looks like a nice example which has had an ok life
Hopper	14/01/2023 04:29:19
7881 forum posts 397 photos	Looks very nice. Like the old Drummond M Types, they are still a good usable hobby lathe today.
Carl Dorling	14/01/2023 13:11:11
84 forum posts 69 photos	Yes it’s got potential I’ve had a new spindle made with myford thread and used a ML4 cross slide as a top slide as the original was missing also I’ve recut the half nut threads as there was very little thread left the lead screw is worn but it works the tailstock was also missing so I made one up using bits I had lying around just to get things going.

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