Sachmanram
Stainless
- Joined
- Jan 17, 2011
- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
Hello everyone,
Well, I went and bought another Colchester lathe over the weekend. I had seen the ad on Kijiji a month ago when the fellow was asking $500.00 more than this time around, so when it appeared again, I decided to go have a look. Well... to be honest... I went to look at it while hauling a tip-car-trailer... For some reason, that fact did not escape the seller and seemed to void any chance of me haggling on the price... The drive from Moncton, New Brunswick to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was a bit hairy at times with heavy downpours and lots of stops on the way back to readjust the tarp. I had hosed it down with WD-40 before we loaded it, so when I got home, ther was very little that I had to do to dry what little did get wet.
I'm not sure if I am correct in calling this lathe a MK 1 1/2 or not. It seems to fit what I've read on "Tony Lathes UK". This lathe came out of a Nova Scotia Community College, complete with the cross-slide scarring inflicted whilst engaged in battle with the 4-jaw chuck . Other than that, it seems to be in pretty good shape. The "Induction Hardened" ways have some light staining, but appear to be pristine, at least to my eye. It came with a Burnerd 3-jaw chuck, a Burnerd 4-jaw chuck, a Burnerd scroll collet chuck (no collets), follow rest, steady rest, 4-way toolpost, catch plate, live center, a telescopic taper attachment, coolant pump, as well as all the necessary keys and wrenches. It has all of the original electrical equipment with a 3-phase 3hp motor built by the "Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto Ltd." of Willesden, London.
Here's a few pics of the lathe... the second photo shows the true and original colour of the lathe...
Serial # appears to date it to 1967 ...
Collet chuck...
Suds pump...
Telescopic taper attachment...
Battle scars...
That's all that I have for now...
Thanks for your interest...
Brian
Well, I went and bought another Colchester lathe over the weekend. I had seen the ad on Kijiji a month ago when the fellow was asking $500.00 more than this time around, so when it appeared again, I decided to go have a look. Well... to be honest... I went to look at it while hauling a tip-car-trailer... For some reason, that fact did not escape the seller and seemed to void any chance of me haggling on the price... The drive from Moncton, New Brunswick to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia was a bit hairy at times with heavy downpours and lots of stops on the way back to readjust the tarp. I had hosed it down with WD-40 before we loaded it, so when I got home, ther was very little that I had to do to dry what little did get wet.
I'm not sure if I am correct in calling this lathe a MK 1 1/2 or not. It seems to fit what I've read on "Tony Lathes UK". This lathe came out of a Nova Scotia Community College, complete with the cross-slide scarring inflicted whilst engaged in battle with the 4-jaw chuck . Other than that, it seems to be in pretty good shape. The "Induction Hardened" ways have some light staining, but appear to be pristine, at least to my eye. It came with a Burnerd 3-jaw chuck, a Burnerd 4-jaw chuck, a Burnerd scroll collet chuck (no collets), follow rest, steady rest, 4-way toolpost, catch plate, live center, a telescopic taper attachment, coolant pump, as well as all the necessary keys and wrenches. It has all of the original electrical equipment with a 3-phase 3hp motor built by the "Lancashire Dynamo & Crypto Ltd." of Willesden, London.
Here's a few pics of the lathe... the second photo shows the true and original colour of the lathe...
Serial # appears to date it to 1967 ...
Collet chuck...
Suds pump...
Telescopic taper attachment...
Battle scars...
That's all that I have for now...
Thanks for your interest...
Brian