![]() Serial numbers are, in the main, stamped into the front face of the chuck. As long as you have a good set of change gears for thread cutting, and a four-jaw chuck, that is all a person could hope for when they get an old lathe of this type. 9260- 6 jaw Griptru (micro screws in chuck diameter). Parts, manuals and other information probably have not been available since sometime before WWII for a lathe such as you have. At this point, the lathe is quite old, and as long as the lathe is complete and in reasonably good condition, knowing the maker's name really serves no useful purpose. Plenty of "mystery" lathes are out there, no maker's name or means of identification on them. I am sure it will be capable of getting out some good work for you. ![]() ![]() It's a good, basic lathe and is all complete and does not look to have been abused. The Germans built lathes using Imperial sized fasteners for sale in England (under labels from the sellers in England). This backplate is designed specifically to fit Boxford lathes. The overall appearance of the lathe, style of the crank handles and the design of the apron and headstock bearings (semi-split tapered bronze bearings & style of adjusting nuts) looks like the lathe might be German in origin. Backplates allow the mounting of collet chucks or alternative lathe chucks.
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