A selection of photos showing some of the work that has been done and the workshop in which it happens.
With thanks to Rory Oliver Photography for all the good photos
Turning the bearing journals on a 4.2 meter long shaft to be made into a mixer paddle for animal feed.
The Kearney and Trecker 3K vertical mill, a reliable old workhorse that has been around since the 1940s
There are multiple photos of this mixer shaft as its the largest part we have ever squeezed onto the Colchester
New Holland tractor stub axles which have had the seal surfaces repaired with stainless steel sleeves.
A Landrover Defender wheel hub which needed a broken drive flange bolt removing.
Milling Bevels onto some long treadplates with the Huron universal mill.
Lineboring the mounting bosses on a JCB headstock using the Richmond radial arm drill.
Boring out stainless mounting brackets to receive new mounting threads.
Weld build up carried out on the rolling jig, ready to be turned down to fit new bearings.
Opening up holes in these 316 stainless steel gable plates.
The mounting links for a tractor pickup hitch, repaired to remove the wear from years of service.
Pressing new PTFE linings into an air bearing.
These Sykes-Pickavant door skin crimping pliers have had a new nylon seat fitted.
Machining a bearing pocket into a part using a rotary table on the Huron milling machine.
Some tooling for a button press that needed some modifications.
A brass bush turned from some stock bar on the Colchester Lathe
Starting the machining process on an eye that required extensive weld buildup.
New pins and bushes for this tractor loader bracket.
Machining the spotfaced pockets onto these treadplates on the Kearney and Trecker 3K mill.
Fresh bores, pins and bushes for this roller cam assembly.
Machining the bevel onto a blade for a hydraulic log splitter using a tilt and swivel vice on the Kearney and Trecker 3K mill.
This roller mill roller had multiple flat spots which we turned off on the Colchester lathe.
With two sets of beam cranes and a forklift, even large parts can squeezed into our compact and well equipped workshop.
A pair of stainless steel locking pins for a recovery lorry.
Using the KKS boring and facing head to open out this mounting boss after weld buildup.