Colchester student lathe

[Tom 215]

Hi all,

 

I'm sure many of you saw I have acquired a new lathe from Alan and John. I didn't intend on buying a lathe from them but after seeing it there and some light persuasion from Iain I agreed a price with Alan and John and brought it home. After some fiddling with the wiring I got the motor working. Both gearboxes were quite low with oil so I filled them up and the gearboxes sound much nicer now. I am very happy with it and it has already proved useful as my dad needed a pulley bored out and it did it no problem. John had soaked it in grease to prevent it from rusting which has kept it very well, although it has been a pain cleaning it up! 

 

This picture was of it at Johns:

 

 

Back in it's new home:

 

 

 

 

After a good clean up and I put some carpet in the storage area to tidy it up:

 

 

 

 

 

Tom

 

 

[Stormin 4,458]

Very good lathes those Colchesters Tom.  Good buy.

[Tom 215]

Thanks Norm, I'm very pleased. Bit of an upgrade from my Clarke lathe

 

Tom

[slf-uk 914]

Looks great Tom, you have done a great job cleaning that up. I like your idea to put carpet in the storage areas. I am pleased you are happy with it.

 

Iain

[Ian 2,417]

That's a very nice buy Tom, a handy tool indeed... How did you manage to get it out of John's shed and loaded? It looks rather heavy!

[Chris 642]

Reed the bolens stash thread Iain.

 

It was moved by BOLENS power as all the WH were dead

[Triumph66 1,256]

Reed the bolens stash thread Iain.

 

It was moved by BOLENS power as all the WH were dead

Brilliant!