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    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...
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    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...
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    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!
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    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...
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    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...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    Next up was the feed shaft worm box. When pulling out the feed shaft, the worm box (has the gearing and lever to select surfacing or cross slide feeds) comes off as well. This thing was beyond packed with chips and old solidified oil. The first picture is after I had already cleaned some of it...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    It's a type of toolpost that lets you change angles to repeatable positions very quickly. I've never owned one until now, now don't think I could buy a different style.
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    Colchester Student 13"

    Thank you! Don't mind at all, paid $3k for it. I thought it was a great price given the shape and coming with all steady's. The multifix that came with was brand new and some beautiful skoda live centers that were never used still go for around $1700 total.
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    Hello Everyone

    I noticed some high frequency ringing when cutting on longer parts that'd cause a poor surface finish. A mass damper tuned to the same frequency will absorb the energy and oscillate instead of your workpiece. It will just let you push your lathe further before having to add a steady rest or...
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    Colchester Student 13"

    Once the machine was sat where I wanted it, I pulled the headstock cover to inspect. Opening it up revealed all the gears to be in great shape. The spindle has no play in it and almost no runout with a tenths indicator on it. Just recently I've noticed that the input shaft and idler have some...
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