https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOLBROOK...=item4b513ba66f:g:jXkAAOSwiqdbtnY2:rk:49:pf:0
Wish I was in a position to get this.
3 tons in weight though!
Wish I was in a position to get this.
3 tons in weight though!
I have a two tonne lathe. I looking for something bigger. But the Holbrook is a cracking machineCome and join us on the Heavy Side...
Probably closer to 2 tons though, my Holbrook C13 is just over, easy to move
Dave H. (the other one)
One of these. 4.5 tonnesSo what are you looking for if your present lathe weighs 2 tons spencer 427
In my workshop resting stuff on the bed would result in the sack and much hurt for culprit!Three jaw and toolpost carefully rested on the bedways...
I would swap my Bantam for that ima heartbeat. What a beautiful machine!
Which machine is two tonnes?I have a two tonne lathe. I looking for something bigger. But the Holbrook is a cracking machine
In my workshop resting stuff on the bed would result in the sack and much hurt for culprit!
I have a immaculate holbrook 13" fully tooled with relieving equipment.
I paid £325 for it and its as new ,except for the paint.
In my mind and Ive owned and used many lathes no finer machine was made than holbrook. Unfortunately most have been ruined as the small spindle bore and imperial threading meant they ended up in garages and maint shops.
Mine wasn't much more, about £370 if I unforget unmistakenly, with full set of native Holbrook collets (real rocking-horse droppings), Pratt-Burnerd 3 and 4-jaw chucks and a Dickson QCTP, micrometer stops and taper attachment, hadn't been abused other than the coolant that got in the QCGB - sorted now!
They are a world apart form mere mortal lathes, silky smooth and really no expense spared - I over-rev mine (plain bearings, but pumped oil to 'em) to 2500 RPM with the VFD, can balance a 5p on the toolpost mid cut...
I suppose I could have bought a Chinese minilathe for a bit more money, but where's the fun moving one of those?
Dave H. (the other one)