Above and below: another model of the heavier Pitt's lathe - but this time with an even cruder power cross-feed mechanism involving a gear formed on the end of the cross-feed screw.
Harry Pitt's 3.5" x18" backgeared, plain-turning gap-bed lathe. Originally flywheel and treadle driven, this is a design typical of the type offered to amateurs and small professional workshops in the period 1850 to 1900