Background

Many Colchester manuals are listed below. However, pre-1946 there were no proper technical publications for Colchester lathes - but we can offer an interesting set of early Catalogues (listed below).


Manuals, Parts Lists and Catalogues

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Colchester Mastiff VS1800 & Mascot VS2000 Operation, Maintenance and Parts Mantainance & Parts Manual

Colchester MASTIFF VS1800 and MASCOT VS2000 (variable-speed) Large and detailed Instruction and Maintenance Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual as Sectional Drawings. Includes sections on the accessories: high-speed threading units, bed stops, taper-turning unit, steadies, toolposts, guards, Heidenhain Glass Scale and other fittings, coolant assembly, etc.

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Parts Manual
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Other
Colchester Magnum 1250 & LB800 Lathes. Operation, Maintenance & Parts Manual

Colchester Magnum 1250 and LB800 lathes -English Language Edition. Instruction and Maintenance Manual and a Parts Manual as Exploded Component Drawings. Includes an Electrical Schematic and two copies of the maker's Sales, Technical Specification and Accessories Catalogue.

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Parts Manual
  • Electrical Diagrams
  • Catalog
Hepworth Tracer (hydraulic copying) Attachments Manual. All types from 150 to 620

HEPWORTH HYDRAULIC COPYING (TRACER) Attachments for the Series 150, 300, 400, 450, 470, 472, 600 & 620 as fitted to Colchester, Harrison, Milmor, Smart & Brown, Dean Smith & Grace, Willson, Kerry, Broadbent-Schofield and many other makes. A complete 140-page Data Pack with Detailed Operation Manuals and Spare Manuals as Sectional and other drawings.

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Parts Manual
COLCHESTER HYDRO NC540 Lathe Manual

COLCHESTER HYDRO NC540 Lathe: "This manual covers the detailed maintenance of the mechanical parts of the machine and the setting of electrical items such as limit switches". Includes a circuit diagram for the Variator Mk. V1 Servo Controller.

  • Operators Manual
  • Maintenance Manual
  • Electrical Diagrams
Colchester Student, Master and Dominion Lathes Mk 1 and "Mk. 1½" Instruction, Maintenance & Parts Manual

Colchester Student, Master and Dominion Lathes Mk 1 and "Mk. 1½" (and other versions, by Clausing the 13 x 24 and 13 x 36 etc). Round-headstock model but with either a "sliding-lever" on the apron that lifts into either one of two slots to engage the power feeds - or with a single, centrally-mounted round control lever. The differences between Mk.