Colchester Master 2500 with Fagor DRO Lathe for sale

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I have one of those.

I bought it off the CADC site a few years back, with a BUNCH of other goodies with it. I pushed pretty hard on the price i was willing to pay, as it was in my own back yard, so to speak.

I have seen a few guys complain that they are noisy, but I have not found it objectionable.
YMMV. :)

Cheers
Trev
 
SAIT uses those machines and also found them quite loud. They replaced a couple of the gears in the back with some sort of heavy duty fibrous material to deaden the noise.
 
I have a 2500 also . as there not saying if the accessories are with it, or the running condition . this could be a very good or very bad deal.
 
That is a powerful unit. Without accessories and by the pics I think you would be purchasing a pig in a poke. I have bought government release equipment before, not a lathe. Everything was very well used and needed a complete overhaul. The description recommends a complete overhaul. IMHO the price for this unit is to high. By the time you get all of the accessories you will want and need add at least the price you paid for the lathe. If you can't overhaul it yourself, add another thousand or maybe more.

I don't see that lathe being a good deal at all. Relatively hard to access parts that are expensive to boot. It looks like a project in waiting.

They are good lathes though and would do everything you would require and then some.
 
Blastattack said:
The main shop on the first floor, Room TT122. It's got 14 mills and lathes, a half dozen CNC machines, precision grinding room, CMM room and foundry.
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I know the room where the foundry is. Spent lots of time at the sandblast cabinet and the room next door that has the pedestal grinders for grinding carbide.
 
trevj said:
I have one of those.

I bought it off the CADC site a few years back, with a BUNCH of other goodies with it. I pushed pretty hard on the price i was willing to pay, as it was in my own back yard, so to speak.

I have seen a few guys complain that they are noisy, but I have not found it objectionable.
YMMV. :)

Cheers
Trev
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2500 is belt driven?? if so, if the belts aren't exactly the same length, it'll be noisy. dad just sold an older coalchester. It rattled like hell with all 3 belts on it. if it was taken down to one belt, it was very quiet...
 
amosfella said:
2500 is belt driven?? if so, if the belts aren't exactly the same length, it'll be noisy. dad just sold an older coalchester. It rattled like hell with all 3 belts on it. if it was taken down to one belt, it was very quiet...
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It was the gear noise in the head that was mentioned.

There are belts from the motor to the head. This is pretty standard stuff. More HP usually just means adding an extra pulley sheave and another belt to handle it. Each belt is only good for so much Horsepower transmission, so dropping belts is asking for a breakdown, unless you don't actually make the machine work.

Cheers
Trev
 
trevj said:
It was the gear noise in the head that was mentioned.

There are belts from the motor to the head. This is pretty standard stuff. More HP usually just means adding an extra pulley sheave and another belt to handle it. Each belt is only good for so much Horsepower transmission, so dropping belts is asking for a breakdown, unless you don't actually make the machine work.

Cheers
Trev
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I didn't say I worked it with one belt. Just pointing out where the noise came from... I think that lathe cut of one pto shaft while we had it...
 
not all Colchester's are same or equal. you can put a jug of oil stabilizer in the oil , it cuts the noise in half. the 2500 has a clutch system that makes them awesome for cutting threads.
 
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