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The Thompson is 18 ton.
Bit gutted as Brian was going to phone me when ready and I was going to buy his stuff. The person who actually bought it all was only there by chance.
After finding out it cost £5500 in transport im kinda relieved !
The stuff is fairly local now so maybe..
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Hes is on PM forum. I remember him saying he regretted it and never again, must have been a lot of re work
Good answer @pete, thanks. I did some googling, making more sense now. The lead and feed screws are mounted on the bedway on the far end, and I'm not sure the gearbox end can be adjusted or would it come down with the headstock.
Yes I can see how the carriage would need to go up to compensate for a lower bed.
Yes I can see how the carriage would need to go up to compensate for a lower bed.
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There are a lot worse...
He started off with 15 - 20 thou" wear and finished with less than a thou" (then restored the height with turcite/similar under the carriage), probably better than a lot of folks here cope with!
I think he regretted the time he spent doing it, not the end result, but said he wished he'd just spent the money!
Dave H. (the other one)
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There may be a lot worse but that doesn't make that one a good job. If he regretted the time he spent doing it then it's BECAUSE of the end result. If it had been satisfactory you wouldn't regret spending the time. He might just as well hit it with an angle grinder IMO, but standards do vary.
Hmm, if the apron bolts onto the carriage (not sure if mine does), it could be ajusted there without needing to shim or coat the carriage.
I wonder if I could make a fixture for machining off the tailstock ways - it would have to also work on the headstock of course.
I wonder if I could make a fixture for machining off the tailstock ways - it would have to also work on the headstock of course.
Yes they do, and in my book that would be a good result, so a bit ott to say an angle grinder would be just as good - but then standards of angle grinder work also vary....
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It's not OTT at all I know someone who used a grinder to 'scrape' in a bedway and HE did a very nice job of it.
Perhaps he's the man I need for this...
I certainly won't be freehanding with an angle grinder, sure way to scrap an old Colchester.
It wouldn't hurt to see if I can get hold of a manual for it though, just to see what my options are - besides living with it of course.
I certainly won't be freehanding with an angle grinder, sure way to scrap an old Colchester.
It wouldn't hurt to see if I can get hold of a manual for it though, just to see what my options are - besides living with it of course.
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I used to use a grinder for hardened ways on linear transfer machines and broaching machines. Ive seen some comments about material contamination, how do they think they were machined in the first place!
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Nope. Your wrong on that score.Not on the retiring bit,the last job bit! My Krv3000 milling machine bed was his last job. Picked it up the week before Christmas ! Last thing on a couple of pallets after everything was gone. Pity he got all arsey with me when he drove his forklift into the back of my truck when he finished loading it. Apologised at the time,then totally denied doing it the following day. £250 later its repaired. Left a very sour taste in my mouth as I always held Brian in high esteem.
Apparently the bloke who bought all his stuff is in Kent. Either Rochester or Sittingbourne..
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Buyer is a electrician from Rochester
Bought it on a whim whilst dropping something off at brians. I did think I had a deal with Brian but obviously not!
Bought it on a whim whilst dropping something off at brians. I did think I had a deal with Brian but obviously not!
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That makes two of us then that are not overly happy with him then!On the bright side,if you stay in contact with the Electrician, maybe you can buy the machines at a later date. Bit closer to you ....
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That’s what went through my mind! Kent is quite close to Essex and much cheaper haulage
On the bright side,if you stay in contact with the Electrician, maybe you can buy the machines at a later date. Bit closer to you ....
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It was probably true at the time, because Keith66 was also told that he would be taking no more jobs after his lathe re-grind - until I phoned him up!
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If it were not for his lease expiring and not wanting to carry on for a number of years more I recon he would have carried on a bit longera northerner cannot say no to money!
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He had had enough. He could have continued renting without a lease, he knew the landlord well enough. As far as I know he keeps the place for storage of another business his daughter and son in law run
