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Thanks for the advice Ian I finally found time to pull the bottom part of the gear train of and sure enough there it was another shear pin, but this one was in to half’s so I made a new one quick sharp 3mm x 11mm I think it was, now everything’s working as it should, just have to get used to working in metric but so far so good.

Thanks again chaps, Regards Alan.

Not in the Colchester Master 2500: The lubrication of the "Master 2500" headstock reflected the harder work the lathe was intended to undertake (in comparison with the 1800) and was taken care of by an impellor-type pump mounted on a oil tank fitted inside the headstock-end plinth and driven from an extension to the main-motor spindle; from the tank the oil was taken to a "distributor block" fastened beneath the headstock's top cover and from there by pipes to the required locations. A flow-indicator sight-glass was fitted to the front headstock face to allow the operator to check that oil was flowing correctly.

Hi Alex , there is usually a plate somewhere on the back on machines to say what oils to use , but ii can tell you that in our shop at work where we had 4 Colchesters two Triumph 2000 and two Master 2500 lathes the boss always used Shell Tellus 68 oil in the headstocks and none of them ever gave trouble in the 15 yrs i was there , a lot of makes do similar spec oils like for example the Esso Nuto series , ARC Eurotrade sell Rock Oil 32 and 68 machine oils but only in 1 litre bottles i think , i am going to get some 68 myself to put in my Harrison L5 headstock , my boss usually got the 25 litre oil cans from Cromwell Tools as he had a trade account with them.

regards Geoff

Edited By Kettrinboy on 23/02/2016 08:40:18

The link to lathes.co.uk says the taper is 23 degrees. I don't know if the spindle is bored for a draw bar. If it is then making an adaptor to use ER collets may be an option.

Martin C

Is the Taylor a horizontal mill with an MT3 spindle ?

Emgee