This is the 1943 lathe on which I built my Westbury Wyvern engine. Apparently, some of these were supplied to the Royal Navy for use in submarines! I was given the lathe and masses of tools, nut and bolts, metal and other engineering bits and pieces as a thank you when I helped a friend clear out her fathers house and workshop after his death. The lathe is all in good working order, although the straight cut gears rattle a bit. Other than a repaint, I have not really had to do anything to it so far. The original 3 phase motor was replaced at sometime in the past with a 3/4 horsepower single phase motor, but this has now become unreliable, so I am about to replace it with a 1 horsepower.