New toy: Setting up Colchester Student lathe

[Jonathan]

EDIT: I must have been looking at the wrong page in this thread when I wrote this so this post is a bit of a duplicate!

I somehow missed the last post here...

Even if the lathe is old it does not mean it has had it. Just look at the old DSGs and Halifax lathe in the mech eng toolroom at the uni!

I would if I was allowed in! That's the problem with doing Electrical Engineering...

I am sure you will enjoy taking cuts with a machine with a bit of meat.

Yep, now I've used it a fair bit I'd say it seems as good as the Harrisons (M250 & M350) at school. I've not cut anything too ambitious on it yet though, so we'll see.

The saddle also has T slots which are great for boring jobs.

Why are they useful for boring? It's not something I've come across. I've got a travelling steady for it now which fits in the T slots.

The coolant I got works well. It's not caused any rust yet and I've been using it liberally I've also put tools in 7 of the holders which makes changing tools very quick.