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Willson Spinning Lathes


Willson Home Page   Slant-Bed Lathe   Other Willson Lathes: 7.5", 8.5", 10.5" & 12.5"

Willson-Elliott 1N Lathe   8.5" "Pitel" & "Pitag" Lathes   Wilson History

   Willson Early 7.5/8.5-inch  Willson Spinning Lathes

Big Slant Bed listed as the Mk.11   1960s New-model 11-inch

A copies of the maker's Manual & Parts Lists are available for Willson Lathes

Using the headstocks and tailstocks from their conventional lathes mounted on various kinds of raiser plinths carried on flat-topped beds machines with T-slots, the Willson Company offered a number of dedicated spinning lathes. Although machines to a standard specification were catalogued (as below), the customer was able to choose a speed range and capacity to suit their particular requirements - the writer once finding an unusual example with an long-bed machine with a capacity between centres of over  6 feet.

Copies of the maker's Manual & Parts Lists are available for Willson Lathes

Willson Home Page   Slant-Bed Lathe   Other Willson Lathes: 7.5", 8.5", 10.5" & 12.5"

Willson-Elliott 1N Lathe   8.5" "Pitel" & "Pitag" Lathes   Wilson History

   Willson Early 7.5/8.5-inch  Willson Spinning Lathes

Big Slant Bed listed as the Mk.11   1960s New-model 11-inch

Willson Spinning Lathes
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