New member, hopefully looking for a little help with a lathe I bought recently. I am an absolute beginner and know very little about lathes -This was only £15 so I'm honestly not too bothered if I can't make it work, but if its possible... It looked like all it needed was a dead centre.I cannot find any sort of info on this lathe, and am starting to think its at least partially homemade.It's a strange design compared to the ones I've seen before... the first thing you may notice is the tailstock is just hanging upside down.It is tightened to this round steel bar by a thumb tightened bolt, so is practically impossible to actually align.The headstock is immobile but also quite a strange design.A threaded rod runs directly through the headstock into the back of a nylon chuck collet, which could tighten around something to be used as a dead centre. The collets I have don't match any MT0/MT1 etc size that I'm aware of, unfortunately.My plan was to make my own dead centre which would fit in one of the nylon collets. However, I'd appreciate if anyone could identify this lathe and tell me if a faceplate or jawed chuck could be fit. It may be possible to remove the bar and tap a new thread onto one the same diameter, although the collar might get in the way of that it doesn't seem to be removable.