lol your not kidding. I quickly discounted the option of buying new. Things like steadys etc cost a fortune even 2nd hand. I finally got a fixed steady but had to pay through the nose for the bloody thing. I think I got my faceplate from home workshop though and it was reasonable.Many parts still available new from 600 group....not cheap though!
last time i spotted both steadies past it to a member on here was 300 for both in good nick as welllol your not kidding. I quickly discounted the option of buying new. Things like steadys etc cost a fortune even 2nd hand. I finally got a fixed steady but had to pay through the nose for the bloody thing. I think I got my faceplate from home workshop though and it was reasonable.
I recon I paid that for the fixed steady. If I ever get another lathe I'll make sure its got plenty of tooling with it.last time i spotted both steadies past it to a member on here was 300 for both in good nick as well
lol your not kidding. I quickly discounted the option of buying new. Things like steadys etc cost a fortune even 2nd hand. I finally got a fixed steady but had to pay through the nose for the bloody thing. I think I got my faceplate from home workshop though and it was reasonable.
What, the thrust bearing on the end of the leadscrew? That should be easy enough to reverse engineer and make a new cover plate for, and find a thrust bearing to suit.
Need this piece, also a handle for the carriage
£245 for a new one is pretty good tbh - have they reviewed their pricing?.Fixed steady from the 600 group is £245 (plus the vodka) or there is one on ebay for £480.
I think you are right - I seem to think it was fitted with a key rather than a spline.Download the manual from here: http://www.lkctraining.co.uk/S2-CentreLathe/M300 manual.pdf and you will see that "this piece" is at least three pieces, one of which is a standard thrust bearing with its washers, available anywhere.
You are not going to get far with any supplier unless you know part numbers. That particular assembly is easily made.
Similarly with the handwheel. It will be a standard part, used on more than one of the M-series lathes (and possibly on some Colchester ones as well). So look around at pictures and identify as wide a range as possible of models which it would fit as then your chances of finding one will multiply. It looks like a keyed connection, so that is much easier to sort out than a splined one.
Sorry if I don’t get the terminology right, I’m relatively new to it all, couldn’t see this particular assembly in the manual though?Download the manual from here: http://www.lkctraining.co.uk/S2-CentreLathe/M300 manual.pdf and you will see that "this piece" is at least three pieces, one of which is a standard thrust bearing with its washers, available anywhere.
You are not going to get far with any supplier unless you know part numbers. That particular assembly is easily made.
Similarly with the handwheel. It will be a standard part, used on more than one of the M-series lathes (and possibly on some Colchester ones as well). So look around at pictures and identify as wide a range as possible of models which it would fit as then your chances of finding one will multiply. It looks like a keyed connection, so that is much easier to sort out than a splined one.
Yeah found that mate, it’s the assembly on the end of the lead screwIs it the wheel on the Apron? - its called the longitudinal transverse handwheel on the diagram or on parts list its part 304011 on page 31 I think.