Interesting looking Ward lathe

[TomG]

(07-19-2012, 07:11 AM)Mayhem Wrote: So that is what is at the tailstock end? I saw a turret lathe at the L.S. Starrett factory last year but I it looking rather different. Mind you, I saw a lot of new and interesting stuff when I was there.

So, are they some form of work holding jaws in picture 6?

Turret lathes don't have tailstocks, the turret or capstan takes their place. In addition to the tool post, much of the tooling gets mounted in the turret, both cutting bits and drills. The cross slide on the back is for cut-off. The large crank on a manual machine indexes the turret and advances it to the pre-set stops.

Those are collet jaws in pic six.

Tom