A Few Machines from my Workshop

[awemawson]

As a newcomer here I thought rather than expand my 'Hello' post I'd start a thread showing a few machines from my workshop.

What floats my boat is taking something, usually unloved, and often slightly off the main line of things, and bringing it back to life for my own use. In the last few years I've restored / rebuilt several machines.

Starting with my Colchester Master 2500. I bought this when I was contemplating early retirement. At the time I had two Colchester Students - a 'Roundhead' gap bed and a 'flat head' straight bed - both I'd rebuilt but I didn't need two lathes - the gap bed was relatively slow at 550 rpm tops, and the straight bed was faster at 1200 rpm. But which to keep? I decided to trade them both in for the Master 2500, which was a long bed with gap with a top speed of 2500. The machine was relatively tidy but had seen some work. The ways were rather worn by the headstock and it needed a little love and attention. I farmed out regrinding the bed and other ways, turciting the sadle and scraping it back to alignment. Came out very well in the end and some twelve years later it's still a nice lathe to use. Pictured here in my previous workshop before I move a few years back.