Clausing Colchester 15
A Clausing Colchester 15 popped up in my area for $1000, delivery included. I'm planning to go look at it this Saturday to look over it and pull the trigger on it if nothing jumps out to me. However, I am a newbie. I've operated lathes plenty at work and school, but you could fill several books with the amount of things I don't know.
Can anyone comment on the 13" Clausing-Colchester?
The Colchester is very highly regarded. It is perhaps the Rolls Royce of lathes. It sounds like someone had a bad experience with a Colchester, like they had to use a lathe someone had butchered or they had a fight with their wife that day, and then they generalize to include all Colchester lathes in their unfounded opinion.
Clausing Colchester 13 Questions
First post here. I own a precision welding shop in Snohomish Washington and recently acquired a Clausing Colchester 13 lathe along with some other machinery. I have some basic turning experience, but I'm rusty and haven't used this particular model of lathe before. I just hooked up power, leveled the machine and started setting tools.
Clausing Colchester Cross-Nut Adjustment
Hello all, discovered a *rich* petroleum reserve inside my lathe tonight, the cavity under the cross-slide was nearly packed solid with a neolithic black tarry grease. These issues aside, I will need to adjust the backlash on the cross-slide split nut (square head 8000 series 13x40 lathe - Master 2500).
Clausing Colchester Lathe Oils
Also this is because the PO did an amount of polishing with this lathe. Since there are about a dozen oils (everything from hydraulic to gear oil) listed in other postings as the correct modern replacements for the Shell Tellus oils used on the CC Lathes, I called Clausing to find out their recommendations.
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clausing clutch adjustment Hi Rosie, there is a very chance that they just need to be adjusted.they are very easy to adjust.just turn the adjuster coller in small increments.They are designed to slip while coming up to speed;they don't lock up instantly.The instructions are generally on the back cover.If you don't figure it out,I have the instructions at work and can …
15" Clausing Colchester Threading Problem
Hello, I recently posted a thread about my problem of trying to cut 6 tpi on my round top Clausing. That problem was put on the back burner. The latest finding is that by setting the change box at 16, I can get 14 tpi, which I also needed to make. The additional problem is that the thread that I...
Need help and parts for Clausing Colchester 13x36 6500 lathe
The lathe looks like Student/Master lathe from Tony's web site, but I don't know how to tell which exact model it is. The serial on it is 3/37041 B. Looks like it was made in 1960. Here is a full set of pictures for the following discussion:
Thoughts on Clausing -Colchester lathe
Sorry about short notice, however, auction tomorrow that has a Clausing-Colchester lathe on it. I believe it swings 17" and is 60" between centers. Does both inch and metric threading. That's about all I know about it right now. I was hoping for some input as to 1) how good a machine it is and 2) what to look for when I see it tomorrow. Thanks!
CLAUSING-Colchester 15" lathe clutch, engagement, …
CLAUSING-Colchester 15" lathe clutch, engagement, inspection, adjustment, binding I purchased a 15" swing CLAUSING-Colchester gear head lathe. I did not receive any history on the lathe when I purchased and it was not powered up for inspection. I started a full inspection and service before testing/powering it up.