Colchester Triumph 7.5”

[minimutly]

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....

 

[Brad93]

Wonder if the arrow denotes Ministry of Supply e.g War Dept?

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

 

[fizzy]

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....

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

 

[Hood]

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....

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.

 

[fizzy]

Mine is 52mm or 2.05"

 

[Brad93]

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

 

[Brad93]

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

 

[Brad93]

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

 

[fizzy]

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!

 

[Brad93]

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.

 

[Brad93]

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

 

[fizzy]

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.

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.

 

[Brad93]

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

 

[minimutly]

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

 

[Brad93]

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

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

 

[Keith 66]

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

 

[Brad93]

Lathe will be in Poland by now.

 

[fizzy]

Lathe will be in Poland by now.

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

 

[Brad93]

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.

 

[david treadwell]

That is the best Colchester to get, a round head, or a slightly later Square head, basically the same but with a flat top. The later 2000's are crap, I know I have one.

Looks like that may be what they call the Mk1.1/2 with the single lever for engaging feeds rather than the sliding lever of the older ones.

Don't think the bore is that much, 2 1/8 rings a bell.

That is the best Colchester to get, a round head, or a slightly later Square head, basically the same but with a flat top. The later 2000's are crap, I know I have one.

Looks like that may be what they call the Mk1.1/2 with the single lever for engaging feeds rather than the sliding lever of the older ones.

Don't think the bore is that much, 2 1/8 rings a bell.

Hi Hood, I've got this exact machine with all the accessories. It's very good. I have used a 2000 at work but not for anything precision. What wrong is wrong with 2000s?