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    Mystery lathe, for real

    A few miscellaneous comments to add to recent posts. There has to be an external fill plug -- I was going to take a picture of mine but see you found it. Not sure what that internally threaded plug is for, actually. Is the hole possibly threaded for 1/2 pipe from both directions? If not, there...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    No, it is imperial. Both cross and compound lead screws are 10 tpi but the cross is 2-start, so one rotation is 1/5 of an inch, or 200 thou. That explains the marks on the dials -- graduations in thou on both, and radius, not diameter (for Sasquatch, I totally agree). I THINK all the Bantams...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    Yep, I've seen, but never conversed with them. A random check on prices for parts I know shows fair pricing. Travelling steady for chippie, for example, at 100 pounds -- I bought mine for 50 but lots of searching eBay. I consider that fair for a one-stop-shopping experience and sellers who...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    I can't see the nut threads, but the eyeball metric on the screw suggests it is worth checking (I mean measuring, exactly) the backlash mid screw vs front and back. The best you can do is take it mostly out front and back, so if the difference is a few thou, that is going to stay, new nut or...
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    Deckel jig grinder, whatever that is. Vancouver (Delta) BC, offers.

    Ya, it's weird. I just popped up on my FB MP feed last week. I noticed it had been listed for a long time. Algorithms!
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    There is a fellow on UK eBay that runs a small production of top- and cross- lead screw nuts for our lathes. He always has something listed, but maybe not showing Chipmaster at the moment. Find him and use the contact seller utility. Last I checked he provides a cross slide imperial chipmaster...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    The printed plastic wipers that are widely available on eBay.co.uk are cheap and work well in my experience. I crashed one of them into my bed stop, but otherwise they are going strong after 2 years. The originals were some kind of phenolic so the 3D printed plastic is a closer match than felt...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    I could have saved you the effort, but good to know they are still pursuing the same 'business' model. There are companies in the UK like this too -- anything aligned with 600-Group, for example.
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    There is a dot-io group that holds a lot of static information and has a few posts a day from users. I've found this helpful as an archive. Try THIS link. You can certainly join from Canada, but you have to request and be approved, like most groups. I think I've seen a couple of members...
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    Mystery lathe, for real

    On top of it being an outstanding deal for you, getting this lathe to someone who cares enough to put this back to work is a big deal for the Colchester community. I run a Chipmaster, which is approximately the same lathe but with fancy variable speed drive and higher top end. You're gonna have...
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