3faze
Aluminum
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2006
- Location
- london ont
i recently purchased a colchester master 2500 made in 1974 used at an auction. i finally got it into my garage and have been trying to get it into working order. All the slides and moving parts are extemely stiff and even with the liberal application of oil they aren't moving much better. The spindle has about 30 thou slop in all direction. The leadscrew is bent pretty good. and when you crank the cross slide handle the far side of the carrige/saddle lifts off the back was a tiny bit. Also inside the head stock a few of the gears that drive the lead screw look like they are only half engaging, meaning that the gears are offset, however i think that this might be related to the spindle problem. if anyone has any suggestions or advice i would love to hear it.
THanks Brandon (sorry about the pic size)
THanks Brandon (sorry about the pic size)