Well i have an update to my first ever complete lathe,.......I have scraped it, i made money acctualy. and kept a few bits off it as well.
Now the new lathe,.. Its a Colchester triumph (around 1965 ) its known to you guys over the ditch as a clausing 15 inch i think, it has a 48 inch centre to centre, is complete, with some tools etc. i paid 200 pounds for it and it was local as well.
I whould have realy wanted a bit smaller model the 13 inch x36 inch bed model whould have been nicer i think but i have enough room so i am not grumbling too much, a mate has a colchester master in the 13 inch its vertualy the same machine just dimentions .
Now it is three phase i only have single phase here, i was toying with the idea of a converter or a motor swap, so far the motor swap sounds the cheapest option and the most practical long term, any advice on this please, and what if any thoughts do you guys have on this my choice of machine, have i got off on the right foot this time do you think. ???
