Colchester Bantam 2000 lathe wanted

I am looking for a Colchester Bantam 2000, the gap bed version - metric or Imperial. A well cared-for machine is wanted, and would be given a good home. Immediate cash payment for the right machine. Collection arranged. Can anyone help please?

Jim

Edited By Stuart McG on 06/08/2022 10:00:53

Stuart, we have a wanted classifieds section for this sort of thing, suggest you use that.

Thanks. Will do.

Stuart,

There is a Student for sale on eBay, 240 volt supply. Look under the category " Metal lathes" and it comes up as the first entry. .. Current bid price £430. Scroll further and there is a Mastiff 1400 and a Triumph 2000, both of these are probably 3 phase machines

Regards

Brian

Edited By Brian Wood on 06/08/2022 12:48:04

Thanks Brian. However, it is a Bantam I am after, not a Student.

You asked about end float concerning a previous lathe, so may be useful

The Bantam 2000 is set cold to 0.0001 inch and the freely moving spindle is tugged about by hand

GL

Bantam 2000 on Lathes.co.uk site

Thanks Bernard. nice condition, but a straight bed machine.

There's a nice one on Ebay located in Rugby. They are asking £4200 for it. I don't know if this a good or bad price but I can tell you that I paid £2500 for a very nice Student circa 1992 plus it was £150 for a part-load delivery, 200 miles from Kent to Lincolnshire, insured and by a professional machine mover. Don't risk anything less if you buy a lathe because the Bantam is very top heavy, unstable and easily toppled. I know that because I have one in my garage that some cowboy who the previous owner had paid to move it dropped it off a pallet. I have repaired it over the years I have had it and I think it is a sound machine with a lot of life left in it, but because of the accident I don't think you would be interested.

( I mean I bought the Student in 1992, that is not the year of the machine which is of 1969 vintage)

Edited By Chris Crew on 06/08/2022 23:57:37