Goyen Ornamental Turning Lathe

ORNAMENTAL TURNING LATHE 


made by William Goyen of Newton Abbot. c. 1870-1890

William Goyen made a small number (11) of high-quality lathes for amateur use in Newton Abbot, England, in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Little is known about Goyen, a South American railway engineer who retired and took to making lathes as a hobby. He is credited with making single handily the finest ornamental lathes. They were probably made for friends; two of them were made for the Singer brothers of sewing machine fame for a reputed cost of £1,500 each. Only ten Goyen lathes are known to exist today.

This a machine with lots of add-ons and i must say this is finger licking good.

More pictures of Goyen a lathe are on Tony's site; http://www.lathes.co.uk/goyen/