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  1. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Rolled her inside today. I wondered if the L1 taper to the chuck was rusty so I popped the chuck, it wasn't at all. Did some cleaning in the area. Then decided to clean the 3jaw. Got it loosened up, jaws out and cleaned up. Shes nice and smooth now. Ultimately I intend to use the 4 jaw...
  2. quitereal

    Blast room

    That gantry sure would be handy. Are you pulling the tags and such? Masking a bunch of stuff? Is there a 7/8 threaded hole in the bed on those for an eyebolt?
  3. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    I thought I saw it somewhere for the acid ones, maybe it was just used as an abrasive... Cant find it now, maybe someone else will chime in.
  4. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    When I said it was on the ground it wasn't quite yet - while still up on blocks I wire wheeled the rust at the bottom of the legs inside and out and applied some primer I went and bought a gallon of wd40 and filled one of those pressurized sureshot sprayers and started soaking everything...
  5. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Serial 4/46635, dates it to 1963 via https://www.lathes.co.uk/colchester/page14.html
  6. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    I just noticed thats exactly whats in alka seltzer...
  7. quitereal

    New to me colchester lathe

    Well its home and on thr ground with no tipovers! Unfortunately the photos were deceptive and it had been sitting outside for a year. Wrapped in plastic that is now disintegrating. Home and unwrapped the real work began. The saddle seems frozen, the tailstock seems frozen - there is another...
  8. quitereal

    Power issues.

    Gas engine pulleyed to lathe, done.
  9. quitereal

    A nice use for a universal table on a mill

    Sure, its a cincinnati horizontal with powered dual swivel overarm... I love the vertical overarm, its like two mills in one!
  10. quitereal

    A nice use for a universal table on a mill

    A friend asked me to make a slotted piece for finishing a fireplace. The ends and slots were to be 14 degrees. At first I started doing this by swiveling the vise 14° and then unclamping and stepping over (with measuring tape and eye - not terribly critical). Actually it gave me flashbacks of...
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