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Jens Eirik Skogstad14/01/2015 23:15:37
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Posted by Clive Hartland on 14/01/2015 20:41:10:

I took over a Colchester Lathe one time and it was noisy, the machine was 3 Ph and I started looking and found that the oil pump was running backwards. I reversed a couple of wires and the noise went away. I wonder if this would apply on the Colchester here?

Clive

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.

Andy taylor 228/12/2020 14:53:15
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Posted by Jens Eirik Skogstad on 14/01/2015 23:15:37:
Posted by Clive Hartland on 14/01/2015 20:41:10:

I took over a Colchester Lathe one time and it was noisy, the machine was 3 Ph and I started looking and found that the oil pump was running backwards. I reversed a couple of wires and the noise went away. I wonder if this would apply on the Colchester here?

Clive

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.

why is it so difficult to find out the sizes of the sight glasses without taking them out! I would like to replace them at the same time but I know as soon as I take them out to measure I will need the lathe ...lol

Kettrinboy28/12/2020 15:00:29
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We had two Master 2500,s at our shop , one was low mileage and very quiet , the other had been used hard for a long time and was way noisier but soldiered on for all the time I was there(15 yrs).

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