{"product_id":"colchester-student-lathe-stock-code-6778","title":"Colchester Student lathe","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e   A Colchester Student lathe - it was one of these I learned to turn on when I was  at school, I remember seeing a picture of one in Sparey's excellent \"The  Amateur's Lathe\" book, described as \"a machine for the hobbyist for  whom... cost is not the first consideration\" (I may have paraphrased him  slightly loosely, but the gist was, this was the lathe you should aspire  to!). I've had several Colchesters over the years - a Bantam, two Chipmaster and  three Triumph 2000s (including the one we've still got in the workshop which is  used for machining tubeplates) - and rate them highly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e   This is a well kept machine, it came from a local man, an accomplished engineer  with several excellent engines to his credit (most of which have appeared on  these pages over the years, \u003ca href=\"..\/3883\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eincluding  3\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"..\/6504\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e4 inch scale\u003c\/a\u003e Savage  traction engines and a \u003ca href=\"..\/5471\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e3 inch steam  wagon\u003c\/a\u003e). The lathe was rebuilt when he first got it and converted to single  phase with a new motor - it runs well off a standard 13 amp plug.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e   There is a lot of equipment with the machine, including 3 and 4 jaw chucks,  faceplate, catchplate, taper turning attachment, quick change toolpost, fixed  and travelling steadies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009634357589,"sku":"6778","price":895.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6778-1.webp?v=1779898732","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/colchester-student-lathe-stock-code-6778","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}