Our machines

Fox Lathe 1820

Donated from Strutt’s Textile Mills near Derby. James Fox was an important Midlands engineer based in Derby. When the workshop was demolished, the cast iron roof frame (dated 1817) was donated to the forge.

Woodworking lathe 1817

Donated from Strutt’s Mill

Large woodworking lathe

Donated from…

Wire straightening and cutting machine

Donated from…

Superior lathe 1904

Manufactured in Tokomo Indiana USA. In regular use.

Lucius Pond’s planing machine

Manufactured in Worcester Massachusets

Lady Maude’s lathe 1900

Lady Maude, daughter of Earl Fitzwilliam, married Earl of Wharncliffe at Wortley Hall. She did war work in a munitions works and owned her own lathe. In regular use.

Cincinnati milling machine 1897

Imported from USA. In regular use.

Jones & Shipman vertical stand drill 1920

Still in regular use.