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I have a Colchester Chippie as well, one of the first ones made judging from the serial number. I didn't have any choice about replacing the variator, as it sounded like a bag of hammers for years,...

For the power feed for my old Denbiegh I used a serpentine ply -V belt from SuperCheap. I had to cut it and sew it to get it to the right length - works a treat and doesn't stretch like leather.

With my Chipmaster, I found the loss of torque with a 1440rpm (4 pole) motor below 50hz to be a problem. I have recenlty replaced it with a larger, 6 pole (960) rpm motor, overdriven up to 75hz,...

That's clever. I am going to have a look for laser pointers next time I am in the local Emporium
Geoff

Hats the one (or similar). My motor controls are in a different position and the DRO readout is where the controls are shown on that one.
They seem to be really common/ generic in China from the...

I don't have any specific projects. At present I have a RF30 drill mill (from my later father in law) with a DRO and a 1920s ish Debiegh flat belt drive horizontal mill. This will replace the...

I have been looking for a horizontal/ vertical mill for a while, preferably with a DRO and quill feed, rather than the fixed head of a lot of older ones. The ones at the local dealers were a bit...

You can buy the adapters (at least here in New Zild) and what I did with mine is change the bullnose fitting on the regulator to the CO2 one.
CO2 certaily saves some money, and the bottles seem to...

I have a Hattersley and Davidson hammer. It doesn't get much use these days due to other commitments, but it certainly moves some metal. Geoff

I bought a 1.25" and 7/8in arbor from here:
http://www.tools4cheap.net/proddetail.php?prod=mt2arbor
Well made. I fitted a MT3-2 adapter so it will work in my Denbiegh

Yes, I was thinking of another one. A Mititoyo DRO does seem overkill on this machine.
There is no horizontal arbor, but i have found a supplier who has them for $NZ200 or so.

Yes from the Lucky Dragon Precision Noodle Manufacturing Plant no 1. It is overpriced too (around $NZ3.5k) for one that looks well used, as is and no DRO and no horizontal spindle. A HM50 (vertical...

Over here in the Shakey Isles, our prices are higher than in Oz, partly due to higher Grab, Snatch and Take = our GST is 15%, and of course "because they can".I missed a nice 1960's Pederson the...

Anyone have one of the HM52G geared head horizontal / vertical mills from Machinery House (and others)
https://www.machineryhouse.co.nz/M161D
I really want the horizontal function as well as teh...

I use CO2 and my comments echo others. It doesn't seem to do as tidy a job as Ar/CO2 mix and the results are not as good looking - but it works, and with an owner bottle it is a no-brainer.
For...

Went to our local tool dealer Emporium, and they had those tables with "everything on table $x" signs.
Got a new 75-100mm mike, new 125-150mike, new electric spray gun, and centres for the woodlathe...

No I haven't - it was sold to me as a 230v-415V device, and the previous owner had been using it as such. Anyway, it works for me and the motor runs cool, however it is an old (50years or more) beast...

Well, I have it set up on a 240v 1h in on a 3 pin plug, The motor is an OLD 1.5hp 440v 3ph motor that used to run the milking shed vacuum pump and then later on one of my wood lathes (on 440V 3ph),...

I have a PDL Xtravert drive that does 230V ->415/440V.
Xtravert
It is a good piece of kit and is running the 3ph 440V motor in my Colchester Chipmaster lathe. The big advantage is the control...