Interesting looking Ward lathe

[Rickabilly]

Turret lathes are always huge and have no work envelope at all. I think my 9x20 has a similar work capacity to a 3a Ward, but the Ward is beautiful just to look at and play with the actions, the nearest thing to the fascination is that feeling that you get when looking into the action of a lever or pump action firearm where you get all of the emotive clicks and other sounds as you see the old case flying out and the new shell sliding into the chamber, maybe fifty individual parts doing their specific little job in the most efficient way possible.

I hope that makes sense.

Rick