Known Lathes with a Twin-bar Bed
Two-bar beds have been used on everything from miniature metalworking lathes to substantial combination machines and woodturning lathes. The following examples are recorded in the Machine Tool Archive; alternative brand names are grouped together. Both round and square-section bed bars are included.
- Arundel: K450, K450HD and K600; also J4 Junior and Senior, with square-section bed bars.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/arundel/ - Burden, Hercus and Bagear: 3½-inch bar-bed lathes, in standard and long-bed versions.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/hercus/page2.html - Caley: 3½ × 24-inch woodturning lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/caley/ - Canedy-Otto: Master Mechanic combination machine.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/canedy-otto/ - Coronet: Nos. 0, 1, 2 and 3.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/coronet/page5.html
https://store.lathes.co.uk/document/mc400b - Edwards: 3¼ × 12-inch metalworking lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/edwards/ - Emco: Unimat DB200 and SL1000; also Unimat PC and PC Basic.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/unimat/
https://store.lathes.co.uk/document/me350j - Greenly: Twin-bar home-construction design, also published by Raymond Francis Yates.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/greenly/ - Haulin, by Ermo: ELB 5024 and ELP 5024.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/haulin/ - Leinweber: UW-21 combination machine.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/leinweber/ - Linz: L-5528 and an earlier version whose model designation has not been identified.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/haulin/ - N.D.C.: Small Nottingham-made metalworking lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/ndc/ - Record and Record Power: CL0, CL1, CL2, CL3 and CL4.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/coronet/page5.html
https://store.lathes.co.uk/document/mc400b - Rolfe: Australian-made twin-bar metalworking lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/rolfe/ - Scintilla, Scinta, Lesto, Cintra, Bläsi and INCA: GD100, GD102, GD1123 and GD1124, together with the INCA woodturning version.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/scinta/ - Scope, by Kneller: 4¼-inch multipurpose lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/scope/ - Sheldon: Woodturning Models 1, 1A, 3 and 3A, with the two bed bars arranged one above the other.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/sheldon-woodlathes/ - Shopsmith: Model 10ER and Mk. 5. Related machines and copies were sold as Fusso, Multico, Teckney, Tyme, Total Shop, MasterShop, Master Woodcraft, SuperWoodBuilder, ShopCentre and SuperShop.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/shopsmith/ - Sorby: 6½-inch woodturning lathe, offered in three bed lengths.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/sorby/ - Swayne-Robinson: Series 200.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/swaynerobinson/ - S2F Lyon, also badged Codima: Bench precision lathe, available in centre and capstan forms.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/codima/ - Tekny and Multico: TWL 800 and TWL 1000 woodturning lathes.
https://store.lathes.co.uk/document/mt110 - Traub: Twin-bar bench precision lathe, model designation unknown.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/traub-bench-precision/ - Tyme: 17/37 and Avon, using square-section bed tubes or bars.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/tyme/ - Wabeco: D2000, D2400E and D3000E; corresponding machines were also reportedly marketed under the Prazi II Apollo name.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/wabeco/
Related Bed Arrangements
Related designs using a main round bed bar and a secondary guide or stabilising bar include:
- Bosch: Combi.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/bosch/ - EXE: 2½-inch round-bed lathe.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/exe/ - Rundex: RD200.
https://www.lathes.co.uk/rundex/