Background

Clausing / Colchester: many of the Clausing / Colchester lathes were identical to the ordinary English Colchester machines and convert as follows:
13-inch Clausing = Colchester Student/Master
15-inch Clausing = Colchester Triumph
17-inch Clausing = Colchester Mascot and later Mascot 1600
21-inch Clausing = Colchester Mastiff 1400
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Colchester Triumph 2000 Lathe, Data Pack Manual (also for the Clausing, "Liberty" and "Champion" Models)

Colchester Triumph 2000 Mk. 1 and Mk. 2 Lathes Data Pack (also coversr the Liberty 1340, Champion 15/50, Muller ET Pesant MPS180 and Clausing 15-inch Lathe Models 8030, 8031, 8032, 8033). Full 110-page Comprehensive Instruction & Maintenance Manual & Illustrated Parts Manual as Exploded Diagrams with 17 Electrical Schematics.

Colchester Triumph Lathes - Manual for early models with rounded headstock: a full data pack

Colchester Triumph (and "Dominion") 7.5-inch centre height (Model 15-inch) lathes - early models with "rounded" headstock Mk.1, "Mk.1.5 with safety apron) and the Mk.2 (also sold, in the USA, where it was called the "15-inch" and often with the Clausing brand name with the Model numbers: 6535, 6576, 6577, 6536 and 6537).

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Parts Manual
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Catalog
Colchester-Clausing "11inch" Manual

Colchester-Clausing 11 (sold in the UK as the Bantam "MK. 2" 800, 1600 and 2000. Full 95-page Instruction and Maintenance Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual as exploded diagrams and Electrical Diagrams.. Includes complete translation of the text into French and German - and copies of the useful Specification, Sales and Specification and Accessories Brochures for each model.

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Parts Manual
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Catalog
Fortis & Broadway (Clausing 100) Lathes Manual

Fortis (a re-badged Clausing) 100 Series and 4800 Series "12-inch" (6-inch centre height) Lathes. Three Instruction and an Illustrated Parts Manual (with detailed Cross Sectional Drawings and exploded illustrations) that cover all variants of these early lathes from the 100 Model of 1938 to the renamed machine (Series 4800) of 1952 - and to the last versions made in 1964.

  • Operators Manual
  • Parts Manual
  • Catalog