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If the miller below is yours (or you have a simlar model) the writer would be very interested to hear from you. Similar in size and build quality to the Swiss Mikron range of small horizontal millers, the T. & L.M. might possibly have been inspired by the likes of the American Ames, Stark and Pratt & Whitney models - both those companies, like T. & L.M., also being involved in the manufacture of high-quality plain-turning bench lathes. Although limited in its usefulness as a general-purpose miller, far from being abandoned as small vertical machines become more popular from the 1930s onwards, this type of machine always found a niche in the market with examples produced until the 1970s by such as German Rumag Company. Not backgeared for slow speeds - as were some contemporary Tom Senior models - the T. & L.M. was, nevertheless, very sturdily built and equipped with both screw and rapid action lever feed to the tables horizontal travel and also some form of bevel gear drive to elevate the knee.
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