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Try here:
https://store.lathes.co.uk/print/mc314
Edit:
Cheaper here: https://www.machinemanuals.co.uk/manual.php?p=8
https://store.lathes.co.uk/print/mc314
Edit:
Cheaper here: https://www.machinemanuals.co.uk/manual.php?p=8
HI
Thanks for the info...I had already found that site but it's £40 for the download which the school won't pay...was hoping for free
Thank you for replying though
Did you see this link?
http://mcooke.solarnexus.co.uk/wp-c...1/Colchester-Student-1800-Basic-Operation.ppt
Plus I added another (cheaper) source of the manual to my original reply.
http://mcooke.solarnexus.co.uk/wp-c...1/Colchester-Student-1800-Basic-Operation.ppt
Plus I added another (cheaper) source of the manual to my original reply.
More Googling.
Here you go: https://www.retsd.mb.ca/WSH/procedu...olchester Metal Lathe Student 1800 Manual.pdf
Here you go: https://www.retsd.mb.ca/WSH/procedu...olchester Metal Lathe Student 1800 Manual.pdf
Hi..yes I had found the student manual but it was more the machine working etc that I was after...and the cheaper version is still not cheap enough for the school... thanks tho
cumbriasteve
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HI
Thanks for the info...I had already found that site but it's £40 for the download which the school won't pay...was hoping for free
Thank you for replying though
That surprises me, surely if a school considers a lathe as part of the budget it should also consider the minimum literature required for safe use, servicing and operation of all functions essential to own and therefore budget for at the time of the lathe purchase.
We have 5 lathes! 2 band-saws (staff use only), 3 pillar drills, a milling machine, morticing machine, wood lathe, 2 disc/belt sanders, grinders, vacuum former, 4 scroll saws, 2 guillotines, a table saw, with planer& thickness-er (staff use only) a few welding kits (not used at the moment as curriculum doesn't require) and we have just lost the use of our forge...I think that's it. A lot of bits and bobs but all very very old!
I thought it may be prudent to repost this link, some else on here posted some time ago and I book marked it. There are free to download manuals within the link. I hope the page never goes away!
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=547FE296ECFD561F&id=547FE296ECFD561F!1448&parId=547FE296ECFD561F!164&action=locate
Adrian
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=547FE296ECFD561F&id=547FE296ECFD561F!1448&parId=547FE296ECFD561F!164&action=locate
Adrian
Email Colchester support via 600 groups website. I enquired on parts and they emailed me the whole pdf scanned original manual plus parts diagrams for my Harrison without me even asking. It was exactly the same as the printed one I bought from lathes.co.uk the week before :-/
You make sure you keep them Wardy, and don`t let them replace the machines for new ones which will be indifferent quality to old ones.
I was for my sins a technician in a school for 19 years and had all the equipment you have plus other bits and bobs.
I had to leave when they stopped teaching practical skills and replaced it with box ticking! Oh well that was a few years ago now. I hope you enjoy the job, it was my favorite form of employment.
I was for my sins a technician in a school for 19 years and had all the equipment you have plus other bits and bobs.
I had to leave when they stopped teaching practical skills and replaced it with box ticking! Oh well that was a few years ago now. I hope you enjoy the job, it was my favorite form of employment.
thank you
thank you
Unfortunately I spend most of my time in the kitchen cleaning up after the students as we only get 1 hr practical lessons and they know that if they take their time they don't have time to clean as they have to go to the next lesson so I seem to spend all my time in my rubber gloves cleaning and doing laundry...
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You can`t let them win, get them removed on H+S grounds, you and the Teacher must report that every time.
The little darlings used to clean up after themselves, or no practical next time.
This of course is the ideal, reality can be somewhat different.
One pair of eyes is not enough, two is barely enough.
Bloody good luck, you will need it.
The little darlings used to clean up after themselves, or no practical next time.
This of course is the ideal, reality can be somewhat different.
One pair of eyes is not enough, two is barely enough.
Bloody good luck, you will need it.
