I have recently aquired a very old Denham lathe which Tony of lathe.com tells
me is from around 1900 but unfortunately he doesn't have any manuals. Looking
at pictures on the net those Denham lathes look nothing like mine. The
motor/cluch/belt drive arrangement is very home made and I think the lathe was
originally powered from a lay shaft. My problem is that I am trying to clean
it up and get it operational but some parts were supplied loose. The gears
driving the main threaded shaft at the front of the lathe all are working OK
but I have attached the shaft at the rear of the lathe which has a keyway and
a gear which appears to drive the cross slide. I have found from the pile of
gears one which mates to the gear on the shaft and also drives another gear
which is selectable with a lever on the back of the machine to drive the cross
slide. This long shaft on the rear of the lathe can be driven either from a
gear on the headstock or from a gear on the saddle, this is confusing me. Hope
you can understand this ramble and if anyone has a Denham lathe like this in
working order I would be most grateful for any information. If the pictures
are not showing enough detail please let me know and I will take some more.
Also I can not find any serial nombers or other markings on the lathe other
than the makers name on the main casting.
Thanks Stephen

shaft at the back of the lathe
Denham makers name
General view towards tailstock
General view towards headstock

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