colchester student lathe

[DAVE smith 16Participant @davesmith16]

hi, I have recently bought an old Colchester Student lathe – it needs a little bit of work – but generally is ok – needs some tooling and a 4 jaw chuck – my question is from the serial number F2/61688 can anyone tell me when it was built – I know its ancient like me! Thanks in anticipation

[DAVE smith 16Participant @davesmith16]

[larry PhelanParticipant @larryphelan54019]

WHO CARES ? IF IT WORKS,ENJOY IT !!

[Nick_GParticipant @nick_g]

Posted by DAVE smith 16 on 19/07/2017 16:46:02:

my question is from the serial number F2/61688 can anyone tell me when it was built –

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Only last week a friend of mine bought a new cross slide leadscrew for a Colchester lathe. When he gave the guy in the parts department the serial No. he automatically informed him that it was made in 1984.

So perhaps a call to them would be an easy route.

Nick

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

This may be a bit more useful to you – colchester serial numbers

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