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All types of Levin lathe can be converted into miniature production machines, for second operation work and the manufacture of instrument parts, by the addition of a bed-mounted turret unit, double tool side (sometimes called a cut-off slide) and a lever-operated collet closer.
The cross slide has a swivelling slide at the end nearer the operator and a tool block at the rear. Adjustable stops are fitted to each slide, allowing accurate repetitive movements.
The turret head, with six half-inch diameter holes, is self indexing and runs on hardened steel ways, so guaranteeing long life and sustained accuracy. When new (as on all accessories of this type) the rotating head was supplied with undersized holes to allow final boring out by the lathe on which it was to be used. Transferring a turret from another machine may mean buying a new rotating head assembly and boring it out - if perfect accuracy is required
In catalog form the turret lathe was offered with a headstock spindle running in either ball-bearings (Code ABHE for WW collets and Code ABHF for D collets) or with a hard-steel cone bearing (Code ABIL) which, in the case of the Turret lathe, took WW collets only.
A selection of Turret Head Fittings can be seen HERE.
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