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Exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find out. Thanks!Chippie’s have a hole drilled thru the bed at balance point. Makes for easy lifts.
Tell him to swing by here with it, I'll show him how to unload it.My coworker Gabe, who some of you met at the April meetup, is going to have a look at it on Friday. His girlfriend Siobhan’s parents have offered him some space in their barn for a little machine shop.
Any suggestions on moving, especially Chipmaster specific ones, are welcome. (I volunteered to help, of course)
I messaged Matt back and forth and was going to buy this as a parts machine. According to Matt it is his parts machine as he has another chippie.It will be a great lathe for somebody! great price if it is working and tight
I use a narrow dual sling threaded thru that hole and then connected to the hook of my hoist to lift mine. But you need appropriately rated slings.Exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to find out. Thanks!
Hmm. Food for thought. I’ll pass it along to Gabe when he gets in.I messaged Matt back and forth and was going to buy this as a parts machine. According to Matt it is his parts machine as he has another chippie.
There appears to be issues with the ways, as I noted and Matt responded that someone gave them a amateurish attempt at scraping. Even after Matt dropped the price substantially and relisted it that issue alone was enough to make me pass on this one. Anyone considering the lathe should bring all the metrology tools they'd need to thoroughly evaluate the accuracy.
I tried to buy just the taper turning attachment alone with a parts swap from my lathe and Matt's desired price was well above what my desire to add to the original equipment options on my lathe.
As far as colchesters and chipmasters in particular I love them and anyone buying this should be happy as long as it isn't totally clapped out.
ps check the variator, as it has the original. A video I saw of it sounds smooth and issue free. This fact should mean the rest of the lathe is in decent shape since the variator fails before anything else usually.
I was never a machinist and leave such things to my brother so I'm sure that someone other than me can point you to a thread on the pre-purchase inspection process. Also I know a google search yields many good thread from the usual machining forums.Hmm. Food for thought. I’ll pass it along to Gabe when he gets in.
Any favourite tips for assessing way condition, beyond ‘eyes’?
I like the indicator base on tailstock, indicator touching top face of carriage, bump tailstock up against the carriage, and drive the carriage left to right, watching variation, but that seems tough on such a short lathe. Relatively quick and painless.
Tighten things up snug-ish near the headstock and see how far right you can get?