Colchester Triumph 7.5”

Crap maybe, but miles better than a lot of worse crap out there, in fact if mine wasn't worn in the bedways I would love it so much I'd move it into the house with me....

 

Far too late mate this is at least a 1966 going by the serial

 

Mine is hardly worn at all. Trouble is how can I justify another lathe? It will cope with most jobs big or small. Remember never buy something medium sized again

 

They are reasonable lathes but a lot better out there, the round heads however are much better than the 2000 that I have, I had to fit a servo to the spindle and bypass the headstock gears because they are made of cheese and the noise is unbearable.
Still use it a fair bit, turned a 220mm Dia lump of EN8 with it today, just have to put a 2.1/2" bore in it now.

 

Mine is 52mm or 2.05"

 

Ideally I want a Harrison m400 or m450 but this is a decent stop gap till then

 

Nose does have a internal taper. 3.00” down to about 2.825”

 

Well it’s not a L1 spindle. It’s L2. How rare is that gonna be.

 

Unique possibly!!!

L1 is big enough - L2 must be huge. Not going to be easy to find chucks though!

 

There’s about a 0% chance of finding an L2 just pop up.

I do have a L1 backplate to sell now on the bright side.

 

That’s a coke can. It’s looser than a, well, God knows it’s massive!

 

There are a few on Ebay USA. If anyone buys it we can offer cheap shipping back from there.

I bought 2 Jacobs Rubberflex collet chucks from the USA - buy one get one free! Bloke out there priced it with DHL - $600. Our price was £125 so well happy. He crated it beautifully as well.

 

Back plates are available from Bison so it’s not all doom and gloom.

 

Jeepers, how big are the bearings?
Wonder how many of these were made?

 

Huge. Bearings must be 7 or 8” in diameter.

 

I hate to think what the 600 group would charge for those!

 

Lathe will be in Poland by now.

 

You sold it to someone from Poland?
Just hope it's gone to a good home.

 

Sold to whoever bought it on eBay

The buyer sent transport. A guy turned up with cash in £50s, didn’t speak much English, had a transit type recovery truck. OSB board between the Ali ramp bits the car sits on. Wonder if it actually made it to Poland.