Our manual turning services are carried out using a range of reliable and maintained Colchester lathes, allowing us to handle a wide variety of turning requirements with accuracy and consistency. Our machines are capable of turning components up to 100 inches between centres and 21 inches in diameter, with a spindle bore of up to 88 mm, making them suitable for both solid and hollow workpieces, including shafts, rollers, pins, flanges and more.
We regularly undertake both one-off precision work and small to medium batch production, offering flexible turnaround times to suit urgent and planned maintenance schedules. Our turning capabilities cover a wide range of materials, including mild steel, stainless steel, aluminium, brass and various engineering plastics.
With decades of hands-on experience, our skilled team produces high-quality finishes and tight tolerances across all manual turning operations, whether its a single bespoke component or repeat batch work, we offer dependable, technically capable support to your needs.
Colchester Master 2500 | Colchester Triumph 2000 (x2) | Colchester Mastiff 1400 |
Swing over bed: 330 mm | Swing over bed: 400 mm | Swing over bed: 533 mm |
Swing over cross slide: 210 mm | Swing over cross slide: 240 mm | Swing over cross slide: 320 mm |
Between Centres: 1000 mm | Between Centres: 1000mm | Between Centres: 2500 mm |
Spindle bore: 40 mm | Spindle Bore: 54 mm | Spindle Bore: 88 mm |