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This is my latest purchase. The bloke I got it from says it is a Tom Boland machine. Does that mean Mr Boland bought the mechanism from Mills and made his own case or is it an American bandit re-cased? He also said it was '50s, but to me it looks '60s. Any info on age or history would be welcome. It's been converted to new penny, so I guess it was a working machine until 30 years ago when the seller got it. Hopefully I can put it back to old penny.

Yes, possibly Boland's last machines using Mills parts like most of their other machines. Would guess late '50s to early '60s.

Tom Boland 'Spinning Reels'

I know it should be red but it came to me yellow and I think it looks better yellow. I managed to locate some slot-less screws to replace the original rusted ones. Not many slot-less screws around.....

Looks fantastic mate

Where did you find a source for the screws

I got the main ones from here. The 4 case ones are 1 1/2" stainless rivets that I tapped a thread on.
https://www.ba-bolts.co.uk/steelrnd.html