My new Colchester Master 2500 lathe (Clicky) arrived today. Just spent the last 3.5 hours moving a tonne of metal into position, and that was with all the right lifting gear borrowed from work. I would have been stuffed without it!

I'll put some piccies up when I have some. Just need to get it cleaned, wired up and some new belts and it should be a good machine! (Well better than my 60 yr old myford anyway!)

David

[Edited on 15/7/09 by flak monkey]

[Edited on 19/7/09 by flak monkey]

thought you were skint!

enjoy your new toy!

looks good, i use them a bit at work, but only for homers.

Nice

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Originally posted by omega0684
thought you were skint!

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Oooh - I'm jealous!

I have a 1950's Colchester Student Mk1 - a fine old thing, but not up to that standard.

I fired-up my wobbly old lathe the other dat to make to bits for my De-dion set-up. I managed to burn a hole through my upper and lower eyelids and jab my eyeball with a hot curly bit of swarf......note to self (and others) USE GOGGLES!!!

I made these..


From a couple of these...


To go here...


[Edited on 15/7/09 by owelly]

Ohh thats a bigun

That looks a cool bit of kit mate. God knows how you use it but can you make anything for a kart?

Just waiting for some cable and oil to arrive and I'll be up and running

Some piccies


Lathe