Another C60L Restoration

[Tony Mathers]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Tony

The services here did also use QUALOS and MARS and a few other Aust. brands as well during WW2 . I have a New Visby lathe - these were built by Purcell in Sydney during wartime for essential work. Its a pretty rough machine in some respects , the casting looks like a contemporary Asian made low end of the market item ( rough ) but that sort of thing didnt matter during the war .

Would they have used older English lathes? such as this:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301187357...84.m1436.l2649

Its the right price and very close to home.