One of America's less well-known wood-turning lathes, the Tomlee was manufactured by the Tomlee Tool & Engineering Company of Minneapolis. Of inexpensive construction, t had a capacity over the cast-iron bed of 10 inches and accepted 31 inches between centres. The No. 1 Morse-taper spindle, threaded 3/4" x 16 t.p.i and running on one "New Departure" sealed ball bearing and one bronze bush, extended through both sides of the headstock to allow large-diameter bowl turning on the outboard, left-hand end. The front face of the headstock V-pulley carried a ring of 60 holes for indexing purposes.
If the correct 1750 rpm motor was fitted (either below or behind the headstock - the belt would run in either direction) four spindle speeds of 400, 765, 1345 and 2275 rpm were available.  For ordinary work a 1/3 hp motor was recommended - whilst for heavy duty use the makers suggested that a 1/2 hp would give better results. The tailstock was fitted with an automatically-ejected No. 1 Morse-taper centre and the barrel was locked by a screw which bore directly against it; the bed clamp was a simple plate and nut - the latter rather inconveniently hidden behind the casting, away from the operator. The lathe weighed 80 lbs and was 48 inches long..