Larger Drummond Lathes
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Drummond Home Page EARLY 3 1/2" Drummond Larger Drummonds
Round Bed Drummond Rare 4" Drummond Flat Bed Admiralty Model
M-Type Photo Essay Early Original 31/2" 1912 31/2" B Type
1921 M Type 1925 M Type Little Goliath Rare early "double-height bed" Model Still in Use
By the second decade of the 20th century the larger Drummond lathes, which were essentially simple, uncomplicated machines, were both more massively built and better specified. The lathe below could be had in 5, 6 or 7-inch centre heights and incorporated a power shaft to drive the sliding and surfacing feeds with the feed taken through a friction clutch on the apron. The drive to the power shaft was taken from a gear on leadscrew positioned just to the left of the gap in the bed.
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Drummond 5, 6 and 7-inch centre height lathe on the treadle underdrive stand. Even in the early 1920 this was considered an old-fashioned arrangement, unable to show much in terms of efficient productivity and would only have been ordered where no electricity supply was available. The massive flywheel was neatly contained within the cabinet leg and ran on friction-reducing ball bearings. |
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