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Evening Lads  



I thought I would bring my project lathe home from work were its been in storage , I got it for scrap ,had to fork out a hole 100 notes   , any way Its a round head Colchester Student with power feed problems   , came with TTA , unused Pratt 4 jaw chuck , face plate , travelling steady , Pratt 3 jaw and some other bits and bobs . 

So today was spent moving it , I fit into the van no bother , well I did have to take a fair bit of  kit out ,but it went in . 



Putting it in was no bother , getting it out took a bit more effort  :dremel:

Some cribbing ,jacks and chains  :dremel:




knocked up a ground anchor .


 

Then winched here out  :med:




All good fun  


Rob 

Well those flag stones came in handy  
Good lathe's them, spent many a time swearing at them   I'm just bad.
So it is out of the van .................. now what?
 
DaveH

Hi Dave

Move it to the rear of the house , then a good wire brush and Dettol  lol 


Rob 

Hi Rob,

Nice lathe, looks stout. Are all of the parts there or is it missing the tailstock, apron and cross slide?

Ed

... and lead screw

Nice score, I had the same one.

...and feed shaft

I'm sure Rob bought this because he was worried that I may have more non-working machines than he does. Your shed must be like the Tardis

Ah, the Tardis and it's many  "doctors" . Among his (their)  many companions Nyssa was my fav.


Steve

Cheers Lads  :lol: :lol: :lol:

No parts missing lads , I took it apart at work to see what was buggered ,also to lighten it a bit .

Well thats enough heaving and hauling for today , I think this maybe my alfresco lathe  




I see the problem  , looks a canny job  

 


The other doodads that came with the lathe . 




Some solid carbide long reach ball end mills and a selection of carbide insert milling cutters , with spare inserts  and screws . 




A rather nice 9x9x9 angle plate and wee tilting angle plate , most of the gear has the usual workshop oil and dust coating that just wipes off . 



Not a bad £100 spent  :)


Rob