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.

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.

Oh my gosh, you turned this into a work of art! Wow!

This is hands down my favorite restoration video. The amount of talent you have blows my mind.

This old Tony might have something to say about you messing around with his time machine lol

Wow, that's some gorgeous rebuild footage. Love the paint job, and excellent color choice!

Beautiful restoration. Thank you for sharing it with us and bringing a great piece of equipment back to its original state.

Absolutely outstanding!!!! One of THE best restorations I've seen.

Man, that is gorgeous! Love the colour choice. Good on you for spending the time.

That's a lot of work, attention to every detail, but the result is amazing, congratulations

I enjoyed every second of this restoration video. What a great restoration. Well done.

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.

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

that finish is simply stunning.

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

What a pleasure it was to was to watch you restore this tired old lathe back to life. Great project. Paul from the uk 🇬🇧

That was spellbinding stuff! You’re commitment to the work is inspiring stuff 👍🏻🔥

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!

What an amazing job. looks like it belongs in a museum, to be left in that pristine condition for generations to see.

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

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. :-)

Truly gave this machine the attention it deserved. Gorgeous work. This was an easy sub

The most talented restoration I’ve ever seen, awesome, I’m just ran out of words.

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

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.

That is just a beautiful finish! Great work. Thanks for sharing this.

It turned out pretty awesome!!! Never seen this kind of quality restoring a powermachine. Very great job!

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.

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.

Absolutely blown away by this restoration. You make it look easy (which it is not). I'm genuinely impressed with your skills.

A stunning restoration AND filmmaking tour de force! BRAVO! #wizardlevel achieved! 💯 Thank you for sharing!

Man, its awesome. If it were mine i would have painted it pink lol.

I almost cried. How much love for an old soldier. Thank you.

Incredible work. That's easily the best restoration job I've seen. Congratulations!

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

Beautiful a master piece, greetings from The Netherlands

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.

Mate I’m a toolmaker. I’m salivating over what you have done. Big congratulations. BEAUTIFUL.

A true renaissance man, so many skills and knowledge of meny different areas.

The best lathe restoration on KZfaq hands down... Especially the paint job.

Simplesmente magnífico!!!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

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...

The result is just insane! Excellent work.

A tool should never be so beautiful that you don't want to use it but DAMN, this is gorgeous.

Seeing that lathe come apart really makes me appreciate the engineering that went into creating it.

Outstanding job and well video documented. I can see this was a real labour of love for you. Colour choice is amazing.

Beautiful retro paint color choice ... fine attention to detail. Well done!

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.

I have the same lathe, never seen one with paint... the decades of cutting fluid are a fine protectant.

Work of art! Best restoration I have seen on KZfaq

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 :) !!!

Que capricho é esse? Foi muita mão de obra para lixar essa massa plástica. Parabéns!!!

Ficou simplesmente ótimo,bela ferramenta, parabéns.

The best restoration video on youtube i have ever seen 👍. So i decided to restorate also an old german lathe. Thank you!

Great job! Beautiful paintwork. Did my engineering apprenticeship 1976- to ‘80 in a place on the south coast of England, where we made the complete saddle gearboxes, cross slides and top slides for Colchester lathes. A good apprenticeship, we had various processes, such as machining the raw castings, turning shafts and gears, milling, horizontal boring, copy turning all sorts of grinding etc. I was running the gear cutting, indication hardening, broaching and drilling shops at the age of 19 - three years into my apprenticeship! Each week we shipped out fully assembled and tested gearboxes up to Colchester in Essex. Finished my apprenticeship as a toolmaker. Still in engineering…..

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 !

Espetacular seu trabalho! O torno é uma maravilha de máquina. Parabéns!

This is not a restauration, is a piece of art ! Congrats !!! ❤

Great work. You should be very proud of that. Colchester have always made beautiful lathes.

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!

Restoration videos are great to look, without music.

Well, this is a kind of ... mesmerizing to watch. Fantastic work!

Stunning. Absolutely beautiful restoration. You should be incredibly proud.

I don't think even the original manufacturer did this extensively. Good job mate. Such persistence is rare.

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! Your attention to detail and skill is out of this world.

The effort that went into what is effectively cosmetic “bodywork” on an industrial machine is a step above and beyond.

Did you do any metrology and scraping to make it accurate again? Would love to see some content on that.

Проточил бы по госту стальную заготовку с замерами конусности например. Иначе не ясно был ли смысл его красить.

This is probably the nicest looking lathe I've ever seen. For me, it is also the perfect size as well, excellent job my friend!

Wopnderful restoration, nice to see an old Clausing restored.

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! 💪

А шабрить кто будет?

A work of mechanical art. You should be very proud of this outstanding restoration. Cheers!

Geez mate! fabulous! what a brilliant lathe and super tidy work!!!! unreal.

это не реставрация а помыл покрасил))))

Косметический ремонт.

Semplicemente stupendo, è il tornio più bello che ho visto nella mia vita !! Si vede con quanta professionita e passione è stato eseguito anche il restauro, congratulazioni !!!

colchester student, cousin to this one, is one of my three dream lathes. love the old clausings

As I am sure you know, it's the hidden surfaces that are of any interest on a lathe, not the paint ...

Awesome vid. Would have been better without the music. With just the sounds of the workshop

Outstanding! Absolutely beautiful restoration.

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.

Я так понимаю, главное хорошо покрасить, да? А направляйки, геометрия , то такое....

Great resto, nicely done...but for god's sake get rid of the music. Watch some of the other, successful KZfaqrs and see how many play music. You'll find that most of them don't. Other than that, well done.

You have mad skills...Idk how you kept track of all the parts...incredible!

OMG that end result is stunning. Going to have to see if you have more videos, with narration, of this lathe.

Зaeбато хлопцы робят

Great but can you make other one without the music?

One of the best restoration I’ve seen in here man! Great job 👏

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.

PAINTING A WORN OUT LATHE does not make it work like new.

Stunning! Absolutely wonderful to see your work in the over the top restoration of the lathe. The color ( family had a 52 Chevy the same ) caught my eye initially, but the careful disassembly was a joy to see, and the amount of effort to return an already classic machinery work of designers art was a textbook show of craftsmanship. You definitely have great skills in attention to detail. On a scale of 1 to 10, you get a 14. Almost seems a shame to get it dirty, but with the care in preservation it should clean easily. And, the editing was delightful to show just enough of the work, but not overdone with repetitiveness. You must be proud of your skills.

The sound track is as awesome as the restoration work. Congratulations

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.

music is unnecessary, irritating, distracting and ridiculous

10 out of 10 Best restoration I've seen excellent work you should be very proud.

Well done! Finally someone who was not scared to get his hands dirty while doing this awesome job.