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 Post subject: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:20 pm 
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Lately I've been busy working on my newly aquired Bridgeport J1 mill and Clausing Colchester lathe. I've got them both cleaned up and in exellent working condition, thanks to ebay :lol: I've been wanting my own machines for years, as I've been learning on, and using friends machines. I finally came across these thanks to one of those friends in the machining business.( Probably just tierd of me bothering him :lol: ) These machines are old, and out dated for him and were sitting un used for years. I've got under $1000 in both machines, counting tooling and extras I've been buying for them. I've cleaned, repaired, painted, and leveled them. I've always been facinated with cutting metal, and these things make me more dangerous than ever :twisted:

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:28 pm 
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The Colchester

Made in England late 40's early 50's. This is still a very popular lath for hobbiest like me. Parts are very expensive for them, they have odd ball size lead screws and gears. you can't just buy a tap to replace a lead screw nut. In my case , since the lead screw nut was worn out, it would cost $500 to replace it. It has a 5 TPI Acme left hand thread. I found a way to make a new one using Actel (or Derlin) and melting the threads to the lead screw. Found the trick on a U.K. forum while searching the Web for parts.
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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:33 pm 
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I love old machine tools, looks great man

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:47 pm 
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I love old machine tools, looks great man


Thanks Doug!! Crazy, making parts on machines made 20 or 30 something years before I was born. Manual machining is becoming a lost art/skill. I love talking to these older retired guys about how they make them sing.

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 8:57 pm 
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Scored all these vintage L.S. Starrett, Lufkin, Mitutoyo, etc percision measuring tools, layout, and set up tools from a friend. Painted a hood on one of his trucks for the whole lot and other stuff too.

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:41 pm 
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Hell ya your more lethal now, lethal like a ninja hiding in the shadows waiting to slice the head off a unsuspecting samurai, kind of lethal :dance:

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:30 pm 
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great score Eric!

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:02 pm 
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Looks Great Eric! :thumbs:

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
PostPosted: Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:58 am 
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Nice addition to the shop!!.

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 Post subject: Re: Old machines
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We will be calling you the metal wizard before long. Nice stuff and way to bring that old iron back to life :thumbs:

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