After over 700 hours of work I have completed my lathe restoration. I am excited to share this video. Enjoy! . . . . Follow us on Instagram / vanovercustoms . . . . . . Music By: Chris Dingman (select track)
Congratulations, this is one of the finest restorations I’ve ever seen. The amount of time and effort put into recording and editing is amazing. It’s nice to see someone willing to take on a project like this with such attention to detail. You must have had special parenting.
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Incredible, as everyone below has already said. The scary part of all that is how you managed to keep track of all the gears, shims, clips. And the finishing work...so many layers of fillers and ... the polishing. WOW. I think I'd really hate to get it oily and covered in chips. SO WELL DONE. A true piece of mechanical art.
Mate that's not just a simple restoration. It's heroic dedication to the last detail! I really admired your step by step working progress. I wouldn't have the patience and persistence to do anything close to this. This is a charisma you 've got, for real! Greetings form Greece!
@@VanoverCustoms Hi Kyle. I'm moving along with my Colchester restoration. I'm looking for how to get new data plates made up. Did you do that with your lathe? They look new.
@@supergarball I got them designed then took them to a sign place to get them printed. They are not brass but quite a bit cheaper than the brass ones would be.
@@VanoverCustoms Ah. Is it kind of plastic? While on the topic, did you replace the oil glass sights and if so, do you have a part number (looks like a McMaster Car part)?
Díganme que no soy el único al que le dio satisfacción ver el video, lo hizo excelente. Hay otros videos donde restauran pero lo hacen por hacerlo y este hombre disfruta lo que hace, es perfeccionista,, le dedico el tiempo necesario para hacerlo bien.
F*ing incredible! I have a small Logan machine I’m going to restore. Won’t be nearly as extensive as what you’ve done here. I hope my old brain can remember where all the parts go. Wish I had words to describe the motivation and inspiration your restoration has given so many people like myself. Thanks for sharing the experience. Subscribed.
Im so glad I stumbled across this and your channel!! I saw another video on youtube and compared to this all they did was apply new paint! Looking forward to more
You are a restoration artist! Wow...wow! I want one, seriously. Your video of the disassembly, clean up, priming, sanding, painting and reassembly is 10 out of 10! Absolutely excellent. You're thorough, methodical, precise and a craftsman. Thank you for capturing the entire process from beginning to end. I love seeing the old become new again. I assume you do this for a living and that you've become very good at it. Your skill shines through.
That is one fine looking lathe absolutely fantastic restoration glad to see guys like you saving these machines from the scrap heap huge pat on the back for all your hard work
This is pure love !!! Great outstanding mind-blowing job ! The result is incredible because of all the love you gave in the hard work ! It deserved the best you should have it done and you did it so well, so perfect. Congrats.
Honestly one of the most satisfying things I have seen in a long time, makes me wish I hadn't left the machining industry. Great job though, absolutely stunning piece of kit. Its always good to see those doing it for the passion and not just for the money. :-)
I have counted the number of skills/trades required to undertake a restoration of this is kind let alone the filming and editing and considering the relatively young age of the restorer makes it an even more incredible and remarkable achievement. Well done that man
A thing of beauty. Bought an old Colchester master that needs a restoration. After watching this I have an appreciation of attention to detail that is needed and feel like it is to big a job for the amount of time and skills I have thus far. Thanks for sharing.
Salute to the men and their respective companies that made these awesome machine tools. Imagine the world without these tools! I cannot get enough of every machine tool I fest my eyes on, especially those from the last century...they are great works of art and engineering. Thumbs up to you sir for the effort put into the restoration of this beautiful lathe.
thank you sooo much for the attention to detail ( in everything you do) you son are awesome and are a craftsman !!! others talk restoration ( with a thinner wipedown and paint) you are a GREAT steward of our great old tools and america needs more of people like you PRIDE in a job well done thank you because of your workmanship i subscribed so glad i found your video NEVER GIVE UP ON QUALITY
I like this restoration a lot, and the color change is tasteful. I watched another one recently where the guy mainly just cleaned it and got it working but never repainted it which was kind of a bummer. This was much more satisfying to watch.
@@robertpearson8798 it’s funny you had this comment as I wondered the same! And then was weird cause I hadn’t texted anything and we both share the same name and spelling 😂👌🏾 Great Pearson’s think alike!!
Nice job. :) Those old Colchester's are the true workhorses of the trade. The company where I apprenticed as a fitter back in'93-'96 had 3 Colchester Triumph 2000's. God, I miss having access to those...
Stunning! Absolute perfection I'm filled with admiration for your dedication and microscopic attention to detail! If Colchester was still around, I'm sure they'd send you a medal.
Amazing job. I would be a bit worried that that bondo might crack over time, however, with it being a piece of machinery. Also, I feel like that black rhino liner on the back might be a bit hard to clean oils and cutting fluid off of. Regardless, it turned out beautiful and seems to cut really well!
That is an absolutely beautiful restoration. I probably would not have picked that color thinking it would be too light but it looks fantastic like it could have been a factory original color. Your paintwork is better than what some new cars have.
Да, мы тут тоже в спор ушли! Почему бы не привести его полностью в рабочее состояние, чтоб по 6h точил. Может автор покажет нам на что он реально способен!
WOW !!! THAT'S a restoration :-) Awesome work, and thanks for sharing - a whole series of vids on how you attacked each piece of restoration would be good :-) Don't car what anyone else thinks - I think the colour is gorgeous ! Subscribed and can't wait to see what it can do !
A machine with a soul and after renovation, it returned from beyond the worlds in the light of glory! Great job! Congratulations on the championship :) !!!
Beautiful work! I had to mute the nauseating music but still enjoyed the video. I'm curious what condition the bed/ways were in. And how would you go about fixing them if they had excessive wear? Same question about the spindle bearings.
Amazing work! The only thing I disagree with in this resto is your abundant use of bondo. If I were a buyer of this lathe and light wear and tear of future steel projects, saw bondo showing under the paint on all those surfaces, I wouldn’t be happy… But that’s just me. I’d rather see the porous cast and have steel show where the paint will inevitably chip with use than white obvious bondo showing. Other than that, great job! 💪
@@VanoverCustoms I restored a 1960 Italian lathe several years ago…there were multiple inch-thick potholes in the casting that were packed full of bondo. It’s how it was done.
Many high end machines including hardinge, Bridgeport, monarch etc. we’re finished this way. Prior to bondo, you had a version of bondo that used linseed oil. Personally, I prefer Rage over bondo. I also use a spray on filler which is less work prior to an epoxy primer.
Лол, да. Дядько Максим, Негода, SID, Кава, Chernega Rouse, Grandistok - вот там true restoration. Abom, в конце-концов. Впрочем, тут тоже немало работы, и смотрится довольно приятно.
Просто у людей не доводят станки до трупов, которые с завода попьяне лепили совки, а потом возвращают из приисподни. Это реально реставрация!!!! Качество литья, износостойкость просто космос, и тв, дип, иж - просто хлам рядом. И всем кукарекающем о том, что при совке делали хорошо, сразу скажу- а зачем с Германии вывозили целые заводы с самыми приметивными станками? Потому , что на своих получались - москвичи, волги и т.д.
@@ForYouNegative а на что там смотреть? не рихтовку валов на гриндере? или на грубую обдирку пары плоскостей летучкой? ) с дивана трындеть конечно просто но надо называть вещи своими именами. кто-то видел индикатор на станине или на патроне? я видел много шпаклевки и покраски ...
I totally agree. This young man didn’t miss a thing on this lathe. Every piece was either improved or replaced including the awesome paint job those lathes had.
I noticed that too. He did a stellar job overall. Arguably the best of all the guys that do restoration vids on RU-vid. But it just seemed like more emphasis was placed on its outwardly appearance rather than what is most important, its function. Not to say he totally ignored that aspect. As I was really impressed when he went so far as to break out the surface grinder. Yet many mechanical such as the brake didn’t even appear to have been at least disassembled and cleaned. The DRO reader head looked the same. I’m not 100% sure but it looked like the headstock might have been together still and just taped off (rather well 👍🏻) when he sandblasted the outside of the casting. I don’t care how well you tape something off when sand or bead blasting that shit get everywhere. Been there done that. Just seemed like some of the most important mechanical and functional parts and pieces were “glossed over” as they don’t show so maybe weren’t deemed important. Yet still, the young man did a superb job overall. Very nice and I even like the color oddly enough. So please don’t take this in the wrong way as I’m trashing you. Just pointing out an observation and my opinion on when restoring a lathe more focus should be on restoring precision into the lathes functionality. There a good old video on RU-vid from the Colchester company detailing the care and effort they went into building these machines originally. The Gamet bearings are hand picked for the best possible examples and fit/finish/tolerances, if I remember correctly. Again excellent work and going to subscribe and check out your other vids 👍🏻!
Colchester lathes were at work, college and university such a well known brand. I think you done a really good job with the restoration, one of the better ones I've seen for sure. Well done 👍
Sorry. I have to rain on your parade: that is not a "restoration." This video shows what is essentially a last part disassembly, cleaning, and paint job of an engine lathe where minor repairs were performed. What was NOT performed was an initial survey of wear and accuracy, critical part inspection, machining/grinding/scraping of the way bearings to original manufacturer's specifications, in process geometry checks, measuring room quality inspection of the spindle and bearings (replacing them if necessary,) restoring original manufacture's fit and finish on the tailstock quill in the tailstock upper casting, step by step reassembly of the machine (verifying axis geometries for quality of fit, linearity, squareness, etc), final testing of the whole machine running a test card where as-found error is recorded and compared to OEM specs. Finally the run-off where every mode of operation and control position is verified, the cutting capacity is validated by taking full capacity cuts in test pieces of differing diameters, drilling holes from the solid using the largest twist drill available for the tailstock socket, finish cuts where roundness, taper and finish are verified, etc. Restoring a machine tool is quite a process traditionally practiced as a niche specialty of the machinist's trade. A full restoration for a lathe like the one in the video might take a skilled machine tool specialist working in a fully equipped shop several hundred man-hours. I'm not detracting from your beatiful job of COSMETIC restoration nor your excellent video exhibiting your process. I'm only pointing out it us not a restoration any more than dismanting cleaning and painting an automobile engine to glistening perfection without replacing the rings and bearings, and deglazing the cylinder bores is an engine overhaul. Having scotched your accomplishments, I should mention my qualifications for doing so. I've been a machinist for nearly 60 years with 15 years diversified experience in the rebuilding and reconditioning of precision machine tools. I've written technical specs for contracting the restoration/reconditioning of machine tools going into the finest detail. I've taught classes in precision scraping going all over the country wherever 12 or more students who desired my services organized classes.
Correct. Beautiful cosmetic restoration- highly commendable. But not a "rebuild". To me, this could be considered a "cosmetic restoration". The higher level you describe in my book would be a "rebuild". But it's all just semantics, it's the work that counts. To his credit, he doesn't claim to have performed a rebuild, just a restoration. But it is an important point you make that people should be aware of. Unless there is a bunch missing from the video that we are not shown, you are completely correct. There is a whole additional level of inspection and potential correction that is missing here.
Amazing! I would not have dreamed of any of those things! (electronics engineer, speaking). But I would have at least replaced all bearings. It was very interesting to read your description of what should have been done. Loved it.
Also import to note: many many things were done off camera. It’s not a full restoration I agree. That would include scrapping the bed and adjusting for wear in saddle etc… I have no experience doing that, but also this video was super long and not everything was captured in the footage. When I got the lathe I ran it for a few months to see the issues and fixed many of them, backlash, bushings, etc… then I decided to pull it apart and do a “RU-vid Restoration” then I turned on the camera during the disassembly, hence this video.
Clausing Colchester is one of the best high quality machine brands in the world. And what you did to this one makes it even better. You have the gift, that much is certain
Great resto, nicely done...but for god's sake get rid of the music. Watch some of the other, successful RU-vidrs and see how many play music. You'll find that most of them don't. Other than that, well done.
No cool. To call external cosmetics a restoration of a lathe ? it impresses boy scouts, but not adults. Sanding without metal scraping is also pointless work. the electronic ruler will not add accuracy.
@@mrgremer357you are aware that he is allowed to free speech, so calm down and respect his opinion, he did not insult anyone , just saying the music is awful, and yes it could use a better theme
