Clarkson Mark 1 Tool and Cutter Grinder

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CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE (dd-mm-yy) - GALLERY 4 - 2011
29-12-11 Nottingham	20-10-11 BW Machines	01-10-11 Willenhall	30-01-11 Ripon
17-12-11 Project Machinery	20-10-11 Apex Auctions	01-10-11 Mansfield	31-01-11 Cannock
17-12-11 Peterborough	20-10-11 Gibb	30-09-11 Knutsford	30-01-11 UK
17-12-11 Premier Machine Tools	20-10-11 Moorabbin	18-07-11 Oswestry	17-01-11 Peterborough
17-12-11 Home and Workshop Machinery	20-10-11 Bombay	25-02-11 Shropshire	14-01-11 Vancouver
07-12-11 Cheshire	12-10-11 Billinghay	14-02-11 Birmingham	06-01-11 Amsterdam
29-10-11 Gosport	07-10-11 UK	12-02-11 Peterborough

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↓ (29-12-11) This was for sale on the ebay for 230 pounds?, located in Nottingham.
It comes with the Universal Head and a pair of centres.
One of the centres has suffered severe damage, and is missing the tee bolt.
The nut that secures the grinding wheels appears to be missing.
The lamp requires a new lamp holder.
It is 3 phase 440 volt.
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↓ (17-12-11) This was for sale on the projectmachinery.co.uk website for 300 pounds.
It is 3 phase, and comes with 2 diamond dressers, several grinding wheels, universal cutter holder, and 3 sleeves.
It is fitted with a low volt light, in very nice condition"
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↓ (17-12-11) This was for sale on ebay and sold for 310 pounds, located in Peterborough.
Serial number = 11801
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↓ (17-12-11) This sold on the premiermachinetools website for 350 pounds.
This is the same machine that is pictured above on this page.
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↓ (17-12-11) This was for sale on the homeandworkshop website for 690 pounds.
The cross slide handle has been modified.
The Gib grub screws have been replaced with socket head screws.
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↓ (07-12-11) The starting bid on ebay was 750 pounds, located in Cheshire.
Serial number = 1462.
I do not think it sold at that price.
Going by the serial number that is a very early machine.
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↓ (29-10-11) This was for sale on ebay for 299 pounds, located in Gosport.
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↓ (20-10-11) This one was for sale on ebay from bwmachinetools for 980 pounds.
It has some Mark2 embellishments, such as the graduated handle and the end protectors on the table.
The vertical height adjusting handle has been modified.
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↓ (20-10-11) Lot 54 was for sale by Apex, located in Cheam.
This is an original Mark 1 in good condition.
It is fitted with a very neat looking guard. That is the first guard I have seen that locates on the vertical adjusting bolt.
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↓ (20-10-11) This was for sale on the American Gibb website.
This looks like a Mark 2 machine.
It is badged as a Clarkson Devlieg Microbore machine.
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↓ (20-10-11) This was for sale on the IndustrialMart.com website for 510 dollars, located in Moorabbin Australia.
It sports the Extension Spindle, a drill chuck in the Universal Head and a very large handle to adjust the vertical.
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↓ (19-10-11) For sale on the A1UsedMachine.com website, located in Bombay India.
Serial number = 9471
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↓ (12-10-11) This was for sale on ebay for starting bid of 550 pounds, located in Billinghay.
I do not think it sold at that price.
The motor is mounted up high and that reduces the footprint of the machine.
It looks like it has a plastic pulley at the motor end.
There is no belt guard. The standard Clarkson belt guard will not fit because of the motor and belt position.
Most of the basic accessories appear to be included.
This is running on 240 volts with capacitors driving a 3 phase motor (but not very well so the advert goes).
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↓ (07-10-11) This was for sale on ebay for 310 pounds.
It has one of those 'inadequate' belt guards, and the belt looks like it is nearly off the pulley.
The Universal Head is missing.
The tee bolts for the centres are missing.
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↓ (01-10-11) This one was for sale on machinetooldirect.com for 950pounds, located in Willenhall.
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↓ (01-10-11) This one was for sale on ebay for 350 pounds, located in Mansfield.
It comes with a nice set of tooling.
Note the '<' shaped handle on the Universal Head, which saves time adjusting as you don't need to use a spanner.
The guard is certainly unusual. I feel it should be a bit closer to the wheel.
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↓ (30-09-11) This was for sale on ebay for 510 pounds, located in Knutsford, Cheshire.
It is a single phase with all standard accessories and the handbook.
Additional accessories include a magnetic table to enable surface grinding.
The Universal Head bracket is there but the Head appears to be missing. There is what looks like a sleeve somehow attached to the Universal Head Bracket?
The pedestal looks fantastic.
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↓ (18-07-11) Lot 44, located in Oswestry.
Serial number = 5181.
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↓ (25-02-11) This one was for sale on ebay and was located in Shropshire UK.
It is 3 phase and comes with a number of collets. The collets with flanges could be home made.
It has the original MEM work light.
The handle to adjust the vertical height of the spindle has been modified with a better crank, which looks easier to use than the original Clarkson small tommy bar handle. This modification can also be seen on the Lot 15 machine at the bottom of this page.
It looks a good honest machine, pretty much in original condition.
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↓ (14-02-11) This one sold on Ebay for 137 pounds and was located in Birmingham UK.
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↓ (12-02-11) This one sold on Ebay for 142 pounds and was located in Peterborough UK.
It comes with the Universal Head, 2 Straight Shank Holders, 7 Adaptor Bushes, LO - VO Light (not working), extension spindle, and is 3 phase.
Both the vertical height adjuster screw and the table feed screw have been extended by quite a few centimeters.
The 1/4 inch BSW x 3/4 inch socket set screws (that adjust the gib) have been replaced by bolts. The original screws tend to disintegrate over time.
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↓ (30-01-11) This one sold on Ebay for 515 pounds, located in Ripon.
It comes with a nice set of tooling, has a 3phase motor, and a 110 volt lighting transformer.
Serial Number = 9914
It is about the same age as my 9866 machine.
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↓ (31-01-11) This one sold on Ebay for 875 pounds, located in Cannock.
This is a Mark 1 model, just before they were rebadged March.
The sale includes :
- A new single phase motor, fitted in 2008.
- The original 3 phase motor.
- Drill Point and Tap Lead Grinding Attachment and the 6 jaw is undamaged.
- Radius Grinding Attachment which is all complete.
- Universal Workhead includes 8 bushes (6 imperial and 2 metric).
- Centres.
- Various tooling, tee bolts, collars, spindle extension, tooth rest bracket for spiral work, etc
- Operators manual and parts manual.
This is a very nice example, well worth the money.
The vertical height adjustment handle has been modified.
The ways are protected by bellows.
The main casting is raised up on 3 hex spacers.
It has the vertical plastic Clarkson nameplate affixed to the pedestal.
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↓ (30-01-11) This one sold on Ebay for 127 pounds.
It is mainly original with the original MEM switch gear.
Notice that the main casting is raised up on 3 spacers. I have seen this modification on quite a few machines and it is done to increase the working height of the machine.
The nameplate is missing. The feed screw handle has a graduated collar.
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↓ (17-01-11) This one sold on Ebay for 152 pounds, located in Peterborough.
Serial Number = 13287
The machine came with no tooling.
The Universal Head and Bracket are there. The rack feed lever arm is absent, which is not a problem as it is simple thing to make.
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↓ (14-01-11) This was up for sale for 1750 dollars Canadian (equivalent to 1113 pounds).
This silver one was advertised by Bell Machinery Warehouse in Vancouver.
There is a pair of centres, a spiral tooth rest bracket, and a Universal Head in the cardboard box.

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↓ (06-01-11) This was up for sale for 450 Euro (379 pounds) and was located in Amsterdam.
I saw it in a Dutch advertisement at marktplaats.nl (market place.nl)
Serial Number = 7674
It was described as a "Clarkson mk1 gereedschaps draaimachine", which google translated as a "Clarkson MK1 lathe tool".
The lamp is missing but otherwise looks in a good honest original condition. Nice.
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Here is a nice view of the nameplate. Looks like they used a new set of number punches when they did that serial number.
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It comes with a nice lot of tooling. The Universal Workhead is just off the picture to the right.
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