Axminster CQ6230B metal lathe

[mrcabrach]

Been looking for a lathe this last few weeks thought i could mabe make some air conditioning pipe fittings & mabe the odd agri shaft.
So i was thinking around 500mm - 1000mm between centers .
Been looking at Warco, Axminster, Meyer, all around the 3.5k mark
also enquired about a Colchester but £11700 + vat made me gulp then say ok i will think about it
Anyway i have agreed to purchase a 2nd hand Axminster ex school use if as good as described £1500 8 year old all the tools.
Can anyone advise on any faults to look out for.
viewing next week

 

[Norcon]

Air conditioning pipe fittings? Agri shaft?
Is this a wind up?


Both have the potential too kill and maim, bodged up incorrectly on a home lathe.
And in any case a lathe is useless in either case.

You go too Dean and Wood for the ac pipe fittings and your local argricultural machinery dealer for the agri drive shaft.

 

[mrcabrach]

Air conditioning pipe fittings? Agri shaft?
Is this a wind up?


Both have the potential too kill and maim, bodged up incorrectly on a home lathe.
And in any case a lathe is useless in either case.

You go too Dean and Wood for the ac pipe fittings and your local argricultural machinery dealer for the agri drive shaft.

If idiotic replys could kill you would be dead

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Nice to see the art of genteel conversation is not dead

 

[Norcon]

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[mrcabrach]

Still alive i see. Tell me what experiance have you had with lathes ?
Because judgeing by your first reply you have nocorn between the ears.
But mabe you know everything.
heating system working fine now glad you couldent help with that

 

[Norcon]

Tell me what experiance have you had with lathes ?

Not a lot but do have one of these in the workshop and was using it today in fact. Almost 8hp in that big beastie.
A Colchester Mascot 1600. Highly sought after and a fine piece of engineering.

And have this little model almost completed which was done on my Delta wood lathe. Real purdy innit?

 

[mrcabrach]

mmmm looks ok
so what do you make with the Colchester ?

 

[Norcon]

Used to make quite a few bushings for digger buckets and dump trailer axels.
Also the odd brake disc skim.
Was skimming a pin for a log chopper yesterday to make it fit the 30mm hole I'd just drilled.