Catalogue engravings For Pattern B Lathes

                                                        Pattern B was the smallest and most basic with just 7" between centres and fitted on a tri leg pedestal stand.

                                                      B2 No. 1 was on either a tri-leg or trumpet pedestal stand and  11 inch between centres, it had a full set of worms & wheels  for screw cutting.

                                                      B2 No.2 was similar to the above but with the addition of an indexing spindle with two worms and automatic saddle stop.

                                                      B2 No.3 was 16" between centres and fitted on heavy cast iron standards with options for foot treadle or electric power.

                                                    Also a large range of options such as for back gear, automatic ball turning etc. Numerous accessories were available in 

                                                   addition to those supplied with the lathe, many of which are probably now lost forever.

                                                     B2 No.4 was the largest with 23.5 inches between centres and a presumably removeable centre bed support, probably very rare

 The quality of printed photographs for the earlier Pittler catalogues of 1899 and 1901 was not good enough so they probably continued the general practice of the time by using end-grain woodblock engravings for the majority of the images. These are works of art in their own right and required considerable skill to accurately reproduce the image back to front for printing.

                                              Shown here are  five different versions of the B pattern lathes along with their cost and what was included with the lathe in 1901