IMPROVING THE COLCHESTER BANTAM FINE FEED FACILITY

摘要

I retired three years ago and realised a long held ambition of owning a lathe. I bought a Colchester Bantam that was being 'retired' in favour of a newer model that apparently conformed better to modern ideas on Health and Safety. It had been well maintained and showed few signs of having been abused. The four jaw chuck had never been used. After a thorough clean up I began teaching myself how to use it. Everything was fine, apart from a banana shaped gib strip in the topslide which was remedied on the mill.