colchester bantam

colchester bantam

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20 January 2010 at 14:51 #47612
Ian MILLARD
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hi i am thinking of buying a colchester bantam lathe. can anyone tell me if a vertical milling slide can be fitted to the top slide and if the mandrill has a morse taper for mounting arbours. thanks ian
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20 January 2010 at 14:51 #4925
Ian MILLARD
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26 January 2010 at 18:32 #47885
John Whitby
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The Bantam is a great machine, never regret buying mine.

It has a morse taper, I think it’s a No4 1/2 but comes with a reducing sleeve to take a No3. The cross slide is solid – no tee slots but it has a number of tapped holes which could be used for fitting a vertical slide. I don’t think Colchester ever made one (and it would cost a fortune if you found one!) but you could make one up, there was a very good conversion of a cross vice in an early issue of MEW.

I have turned up some morse taper tooling to fit in the nose of the Bantam and hold items like driving wheels for turning.

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