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New Cromwell S800 MK3 Lathe - 2 Pages Now
Hi All,
In my previous posts New Lathe Thursday and New Lathe Thursday and Movin in Monday I posted some pictures of the new to me Cromwell S800 Mk3 which I purchased from the Canadian govt. If asked a couple of weeks ago I would have said that I have a 13" Collchester Student and it's all the lathe I need. True enough but when I saw this unusual precision lathe with tooling and read up on it, I knew it was a one time opportunity.
It has been home a week and I have the base cabinet cleaned, sanded and painted one coat.
The plan is to get a nice finish on the base and then install a sheet of heavy poly over the chip tray and set the lathe down on it. That way when I'm cleaning and painting the lathe, the poly should save the newly painted chip tray from getting scarred up by solvent etc.
I had the paint store mix up some paint to match a sample I took in, but the first coat on the base looks a lot different than the sample. However it is still a nice colour and it may change as it dries - I've had that happen before. I do have the tailstock but forgot to put it on for the pics.
Below is a link to the UK Lathe site for the lathe as well as some pic of the progress.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cromwell/
Thanks,
Michael
Hi All,
In my previous posts New Lathe Thursday and New Lathe Thursday and Movin in Monday I posted some pictures of the new to me Cromwell S800 Mk3 which I purchased from the Canadian govt. If asked a couple of weeks ago I would have said that I have a 13" Collchester Student and it's all the lathe I need. True enough but when I saw this unusual precision lathe with tooling and read up on it, I knew it was a one time opportunity.
It has been home a week and I have the base cabinet cleaned, sanded and painted one coat.
The plan is to get a nice finish on the base and then install a sheet of heavy poly over the chip tray and set the lathe down on it. That way when I'm cleaning and painting the lathe, the poly should save the newly painted chip tray from getting scarred up by solvent etc.
I had the paint store mix up some paint to match a sample I took in, but the first coat on the base looks a lot different than the sample. However it is still a nice colour and it may change as it dries - I've had that happen before. I do have the tailstock but forgot to put it on for the pics.
Below is a link to the UK Lathe site for the lathe as well as some pic of the progress.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cromwell/
Thanks,
Michael
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