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Yes I am keeping it along with many cabinets. I just wish I had much more storage space for these things.

Thanks Andy. That is just a small collection I found in the loft. I've found lots of others branded ASHLEY ILES ones also which I will research too.

Any idea what this is? One of hundreds of pieces I have found in my late father's workshop.

What I think was the last thing my dad made before he passed away. He saw it in a magazine piece from a stately home, and went to visit. The owner was kind enough to bring it out of storage, take photos and measurements. And he built this. This summer he was going to show me how to start...

And just uncovered this. Which I have no idea about.

And some of the hand tools.

Thanks again for all the info. I started to clean up a little bit and here are a couple of machine photos, accompanied by models labels. Loads more to do yet.

Thanks all for the replies. I today went up to sell the car, and didn't realise that his unused workshop in the rear of the garage still had many items of large machinery still in it, along with loads of other tools such as wood planes etc. And a lot of hard wood. In a few weeks when I start...

Thank you Andy. To be honest as long as they go to good use I am really not perticularly bothered about maximizing a return, I'd much prefer to say give a lathe away in return for something being made from it. And thank you for the link, I never though about tools that had historic value. Many...

Thanks for the reply. Based in Eccleshill. I'll be going up again in a couple of days so will get some more photos and post them as soon as I can.

Hi All Firstly I am not a woodworker but my father was a cabinet maker, Wood Turner and wood carver in Bradford. He sadly passed away recently, and from when I was a kid he made it clear that many of his tools and machinery could be worth a fair bit, and to make sure they went to a good home...