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Hello all,
Through another thread, I came across a fellow Colchester enthusiast who is in the process of restoring his own Colchester Master lathe. The workmanship that I am doing pales in comparison to what Gilles is attaining. He does outstanding work and through a casual exchange, he indicated that he knew of a fellow on Kijiji in Quebec Canada that was selling NOS Colchester LO spindle 12" face plates.
With Gilles extensive help, I am the proud new owner of one of those faceplates....
Unfortunately, I bought the very last one...
It took awhile to arrive but was worth the wait... the way that Gilles had thought out the careful packaging of the faceplate was worthy of pictures....
The faceplate was in brand new condition and only needed the original "cosmoline" cleaned off....
Gilles had bought one for himself and could have easily made a few bucks for himself, but instead, he only acted as an intermediary and passed the face plate along to me at cost.
This is a testament to this site and the good and helpful people who are here and just want to help.... :thumbsup:
Cheers...
Brian
Through another thread, I came across a fellow Colchester enthusiast who is in the process of restoring his own Colchester Master lathe. The workmanship that I am doing pales in comparison to what Gilles is attaining. He does outstanding work and through a casual exchange, he indicated that he knew of a fellow on Kijiji in Quebec Canada that was selling NOS Colchester LO spindle 12" face plates.
With Gilles extensive help, I am the proud new owner of one of those faceplates....
Unfortunately, I bought the very last one...
It took awhile to arrive but was worth the wait... the way that Gilles had thought out the careful packaging of the faceplate was worthy of pictures....
The faceplate was in brand new condition and only needed the original "cosmoline" cleaned off....
Gilles had bought one for himself and could have easily made a few bucks for himself, but instead, he only acted as an intermediary and passed the face plate along to me at cost.
This is a testament to this site and the good and helpful people who are here and just want to help.... :thumbsup:
Cheers...
Brian