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  1. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Send it? Or no? Ok I go to put a plug on for to run it, and come across this Im no professional mind you, but something aint copacetic there. Fished through the armor is 3 16awg wires. Melted little whaddya callit. But 16 gauge? Wtf? I went to the big city and grabbed some 10/4 getting...
  2. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Now you have me paranoid about particles. I was about to send it with the old oil for a bit, it looked not terrible, but getting right in there with an eyeball there was small particles in there, so Ill drain and flush a bit before new oil before I run it. Ya I got iso32 on tap.
  3. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    The thread dial is completely seized patiently waiting to be looked at. Good point with the magnet, Ill do that.
  4. quitereal

    Metal parts bin FREE Calgary, AB

    I'd love to have a couple of them but never see them go for less than $200 empty. This is a steal.
  5. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    And lastly I had a look at the electrical. Ok first I give you exhibit A which led me to believe it was setup for 440v. Very good lets have a look at the motor Alright lets crack the wiring box. Oh look a little envelope Yes, yes, What is this?! There are B1-C2,A1-B2, and C1-A2 jumpers...
  6. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    The oil in the qcgb was way low and pretry brown All the gears look great. Onto the headstock Just barely starting to show a contact pattern Im debating on whether or not to flush the headstock and or run it for a bit with diesel...
  7. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Cleaned the compound and toolpost Check out the factory scraping under there So pretty Slap it back on, its starting to look deadly Ok on to the tailstock, got it free and it felt good so i didnt do a full teardown. Also the live center cleaned up nicely Ill have a peek in the gearbox and...
  8. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Ya me too, it would have been way better for maintanence if it was a detachable block. It seems like they were showing off their casting chops by casting that support in.
  9. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    So I guess in my case this would be a morse 6 to morse 4 adapter...
  10. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    You no see pics? Anyone else? I see them... Too many in one post?
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