"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
anews.com...
i guy just called to offer an old Rivett lathe. Looks like a monarch 10EE
clone.

I see the variable speed drive is way different:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/rivett1020s/page2.html

Does this work well? Other comments on this machine.

It will be a house warming present for "the Kid". He just bought a
foreclosed house with a MONSTER insulated shop. Dad only had to loan him
60K

Karl

I've seen a lot of Rivett lathes at auctions of older plants in the
northeast, they all looked rock solid. Quite a few were secondary operation
lathes, IIRC.