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has me curious now. When i bought it never really gave much thought to the age. Was just thinking it was made in the 40s or 50s. But even if it was the very last lathe C.A Mann built . It would be well over a century old. I paid $500 for it. Anybody know if this is a fair price for it...

considering the age of the lathe is it something that should be used. Or sold to a collector. I bought it to use never really guessed the age of it.

napanee near kingston

Was lead to this site from a suggestion on another forum. Wish I found it earlier what a wealth of information on here. I'm no machinist by any means just a wannabe. I'm working on a steam engine conversion from a air compresser engine. I've tried several different valve systems from air roller...

isnt that the weirdest thing. That is my lathe. Pics are in the guys garage where i bought it same as the pics i posted. But we are in Canada and the site and email address on the site is in the UK. Maybe the guy before me was looking for info on it or something. Weird

ever thing is tight as can be. Like i said I'm no machinist but everything seems very tight

bought this old lathe yesterday. I'm not a machinist by any means just looking to do some basic turnings. Just curious what others thought of this machine. its a C.A Mann LTD 12x30 can't find a date but I'd guess in the late 1800s or early 1900s paid 500$ for it and a bunch of cutters and misc...