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Found recently by the Showman and friend Steve Dibnah in a shed and now residing in my garage. A 4" x 24" Selig Sonnenthal Lathe. From information found on the WWW, these were made from 1880 to 1910, so this young man is at least 108 years old. A future project which will need a bit of work. Just had a quick look so far and found all parts move without effort. No rust as it was well protected by a covering of sawdust. Complete with cast legs and treadle assembly, a pile of 17 change wheels plus more on the lathe and various other parts. A few photo's after returning home. Don't know what the weight of everything was, but the car didn't bounce much. And a few of the various parts. And the lathe on the garage floor, for now.

And if you think that's bad, you should see the inside.

Some more pics

I do hate these guessing games, for *** sake post an image! There were two machines known as graveyard mowers , the Hawk 12” and the Hawk Major 19”. Both had a friction disc with a bar blade.

The rear castor's plastic rollers were starting to show their age. So I decided to make two new ones. A nice piece of oak was cadged of a joiner friend and rollers turned up in the lathe. I think they should last a while.

Hi all we attended the Vintage vehicle Rally at Ladybank Fife on Sunday 26 August Weather was wet but didnt spoil the show to much for all who attended here are some pics of the Horticultural section