• Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
  • Several Regions have held meetups already, but others are being planned or are evaluating the interest. The Ontario GTA West area meetup is planned for Saturday April 26th at Greasemonkeys shop in Aylmer Ontario. If you are interested and haven’t signed up yet, click here! Arbutus has also explored interest in a Fraser Valley meetup but it seems members either missed his thread or had other plans. Let him know if you are interested in a meetup later in the year by posting here! Slowpoke is trying to pull together an Ottawa area meetup later this summer. No date has been selected yet, so let him know if you are interested here! We are not aware of any other meetups being planned this year. If you are interested in doing something in your area, let everyone know and make it happen! Meetups are a great way to make new machining friends and get hands on help in your area. Don’t be shy, sign up and come, or plan your own meetup!

Search results

  1. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    That's also another option I'm considering. The bushings have a wall thickness of 1/8" and not enough meat to bore the casting any larger, needle rollers are a no go. I do have plenty of room on either side to mount ball bearings on the outside of the worm box. Really I think the bushings are...
  2. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    It's -30 where I'm at today so decided it was a good afternoon for some shop time. I wanted to clean up the steady and follow rests. These are in great shape other than the grime and flaking paint. I am itching to start painting but must be patient, why do all the good paints have to be so bad...
  3. S

    Restoration/Repairs on a 10" LD Utilathe - Standard Modern

    Awesome work Brent! Great seeing that old beauty get the love it deserves with a real rebuild!
  4. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    @RobinHood Right! Haha just measured them actually, only 11.5 thou left before it would have started into the casting! I also never run feeds system if not using, one less thing to get your fingers wrapped around and less wear. I'm tempted to make a 2-piece bushing, inner bush keyed to the...
  5. S

    Hello Everyone

    @Dabbler - Yes they are very widely used on structures! May not seem it at first but all the same design. They are all essentially a mass at a certain distance away from a pivot point, moving the mass closer to or further from it's pivot changes the natural frequency and that's how they are...
  6. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    @Tennalum® 7068 Yeah that's a little guy as far as VDF lathes go! @Dabbler I also love the Colchester's and was happy to find one. They are very well built machines, great designs made to last. I especially appreciate all the wear areas being easily replaceable. One of my favourites in terms...
  7. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    Thanks Peter! Spindle is an american L0 taper, little more on the uncommon side now but a solid simple design in my opinion. Looking for a nice collet chuck and 4 jaw at the moment, just missed out on a rubberflex in Edmonton. Maybe someone here got it? Currently has 1.5hp single phase motor...
  8. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    Funny you should mention that! My cousin has a nice VDF lathe that I helped him setup the other week. The headstock is a little out though and he's got the bug to work on it again. I sense a teardown coming. Awesome machine!
  9. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    Pulled the chuck apart the other day, expected a lot more in there! Pictures below are as it was when opened. Wipe down and back together it went with a light oiling. This is where the lathes at right now! mostly reassembled with just the feed shaft remaining and much cleaner. Always nice...
  10. S

    Colchester Student 13"

    The apron was also covered with chips and solidified oil, but again no serious damage. Tore it apart and scrubbed everything down, lapped any burrs/highspots and reassembled. I always make sure to thoroughly clean the oil ports. No good cleaning everything else if the next time you oil it, it...
Back
Top