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Hi,
I bought this Colchester Bantam 1600 lathe with the Condor metric screw cutting gearbox from a local school, when the government decided that kids no longer need to be trained in hand skills.
The lathe came with all of the standard parts that the machine was originally sold with, namely a 3 jaw chuck, a 4 jaw chuck, a face plate, a 2 point moving steady, a 3 point stationary steady, a full set of change gears, two dead centres, a live centre, a block type tool post and a Dixon quick change tool post with 5 tool holders. one tool holder being a parting tool holder.
I have cleaned the lathe and have everything stored at the moment, mainly because I don't have 3 phase 380 volt at my house, but this will be addressed in the new year. When the lathe was being cleaned I noticed that the compound slide was tight, so stripped it down and found that the slides had picked up. I will be repairing this over the Christmas holidays (I hope) and want to put the machine onto rubber mounts, as well.
From the internet, Tony Griffiths site http://www.lathes.co.uk I see that my lathe is a 1972 model. The lathe is in a very good condition for her age and I don't expect to find much wrong with it. The spindle has a D-1 backplate mounting system. It's a pitty that I did not take photos of the loose components that came with the lathe, but I'll be posting them at a later date for all to see.
Here are the pictures of the machine after the clean-u...... Enjoy, Geoffrey Owen.
I bought this Colchester Bantam 1600 lathe with the Condor metric screw cutting gearbox from a local school, when the government decided that kids no longer need to be trained in hand skills.
The lathe came with all of the standard parts that the machine was originally sold with, namely a 3 jaw chuck, a 4 jaw chuck, a face plate, a 2 point moving steady, a 3 point stationary steady, a full set of change gears, two dead centres, a live centre, a block type tool post and a Dixon quick change tool post with 5 tool holders. one tool holder being a parting tool holder.
I have cleaned the lathe and have everything stored at the moment, mainly because I don't have 3 phase 380 volt at my house, but this will be addressed in the new year. When the lathe was being cleaned I noticed that the compound slide was tight, so stripped it down and found that the slides had picked up. I will be repairing this over the Christmas holidays (I hope) and want to put the machine onto rubber mounts, as well.
From the internet, Tony Griffiths site http://www.lathes.co.uk I see that my lathe is a 1972 model. The lathe is in a very good condition for her age and I don't expect to find much wrong with it. The spindle has a D-1 backplate mounting system. It's a pitty that I did not take photos of the loose components that came with the lathe, but I'll be posting them at a later date for all to see.
Here are the pictures of the machine after the clean-u...... Enjoy, Geoffrey Owen.