Colchester Master 2500, Ottawa

[gaff]

there is one on the crown assets site. appears to be the metric version.

 

[trevj]

No taper attachment.

I don't recognize the unit bolted on the back side of the tail end of the bed, but suspect it is part of a tracer unit.

Mine is a little grubbier than that one!

 

[shelby78]

I have no issues with Colchester but I am partial to Standard modern (Canadian made)… nice 14/40 on gov deals right now with a few days left. Also an old 13/34 and a few 2000 series.. there’s always lots on gov deals.

 

[trevj]

I have no issues with Colchester but I am partial to Standard modern (Canadian made)… nice 14/40 on gov deals right now with a few days left. Also an old 13/34 and a few 2000 series.. there’s always lots on gov deals.

Ran both SM 13x40, and Colchester 13x40 machines at work. Buy the one that is in the better shape! And better outfitted with chucks and other goodies.

The SM's were a bit lighter built than the Colchester, on a size for size comparison, but most guys would never be pushing the machines hard enough to tell.

SM's are no longer a Canadian product. The buyers of the Company moved it stateside some years back, and now outsource their castings from the Far East, doing only just as much of the manufacturing in the States, to meet the letter of the Laws as far as foreign sourced products being supplied to the US Military.

 

[trevj]

Well the Colchester went for $2125.00.

Not a bad buy, for a guy that understands that he needs to tool it up!

A careful $2K in spending would make that a pretty kick-ass lathe, for about the price of way less of a new machine out the door from Busy Bee!

 

[shelby78]

Ran both SM 13x40, and Colchester 13x40 machines at work. Buy the one that is in the better shape! And better outfitted with chucks and other goodies.

The SM's were a bit lighter built than the Colchester, on a size for size comparison, but most guys would never be pushing the machines hard enough to tell.

SM's are no longer a Canadian product. The buyers of the Company moved it stateside some years back, and now outsource their castings from the Far East, doing only just as much of the manufacturing in the States, to meet the letter of the Laws as far as foreign sourced products being supplied to the US Military.

You are right that standard modern are no longer Canuck. The old stuff was supposedly good though, Bury castings for 5 years to age voodoo type stuff. The 14-40 went for $6300.