Scinta lathe

I am the happy new owner of a cute little Scinta lathe and thought I would start a thread on these apparently somewhat unusual machines.

No photos yet, as I only just picked it up Saturday in New Jersey on my way back to Texas, and it's still packed in the truck. Once I get a chance to clean it up, I'll post some pics.

It's dirty and showing signs of use, but it came with a number of interesting pieces, including a tiny Scintilla 3-jaw, a nice set of collets with drawbar, a tailstock, a steady rest, and whatever you call that little bar that one uses for wood turning. It also has a pair of the neat-o epicyclic pulleys that Tony describes.

It's set up with a carriage and cross slide for metal turning, and it looks as though it can thread, having a lead screw and change gears. More on the gears when I've had a chance to see what's fitted. It all sits on a sturdy baseplate and has a small US motor that at least looks period-appropriate even if it isn't Swiss.

There's good information on these on Tony's site but not a whole lot, relatively speaking, around the rest of the web. Any fans on the forum here?

Hi Turner, do post some photos. Could be the same lathe as mine.
Regards, fusker

Hello, Fusker, thanks for the reply! After 400 views and no responses I was ready to assume there wasn't another one around.

It was only this weekend that I was able to get the Scinta onto a workbench in the back room and to start tearing it down. Below is the "before" picture. This humble little lathe is a bit of a mess but should clean up nicely. Certainly it's nothing sophisticated, but it appears well made and has some clever touches. Once I get a fresh can of RAL6011 it will look the part, too.

I’ve got my eye’s on a GD 1110 but can’t find solid data on same.
Look as very old as no auto stop function on the apron travel.

Anyone knows?