{"product_id":"colchester-chipmaster-lathe-stock-code-5728","title":"Colchester Chipmaster lathe","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOur own Colchester Chipmaster, in use until just before  Christmas (the cylinder end cover seen in the pictures was the last job Barry  did on it). It's old but un-abused, bed in good condition. I bought it about ten  years ago to replace a Colchester Bantam I was using at the time - same spindle  fitting (D1-3) but a very much more rigid bed (the Chipmaster was effectively  the toolroom version of the Bantam) and a much more comprehensive gearbox - in  particular you can change between the common model engineering threads plus  19tpi without having to resort to moving changewheels gears about, as with the  Bantam. Since then it's done a lot of work here, continuing in use as a  second-op machine when we bought the new CNC lathe a couple of years back.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIt's now only up for sale due to the arrival of a larger lathe,  being installed even as I write this.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIn recent days the clutch has started to slip - happened before,  we've adjusted it before, but it will need doing again. The tailstock hand wheel  was broken many years ago and has been welded back together, works fine.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOn the plus side, it turns accurately and is complete with a  good three jaw chuck, four jaw chuck, face plate, travelling steady, ten quick  change tool holders (although not the tooling shown in them in the pictures),  rear toolpost and bed stop.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019698360661,"sku":"5728","price":675.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/5728-1.webp?v=1779906295","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/colchester-chipmaster-lathe-stock-code-5728","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}