CVA / E H Jones lathe

[sardine]

Spotted this for sale near to me, anyone heard of these before, any good ?

I presume its a metal lathe, and not wood.

 

[Pete.]

EH Jones was a dealer, it's a CVA plain turning bench lathe. Good quality sturdy machine but very basic in terms of usefulness.

http://www.lathes.co.uk/cva/page2.html

 

[CRB]

That one may be basic but a quick skim of the links' pages suggests that CVA had some very useful alternatives, collet chucks and indexing holes in the driven pulleys. It could be the basis of an expanding lathe.

 

[zzr1200]

I can't help but feel that obtaining "Extra's" maybe a very long search....

 

[Rig Pig]

It look lightly built and very limited in use to me.