The carriage handwheel moves maybe 5 degrees side to side but the cross slide handwheel is completely solid.
The carriage and cross slide are still solid. The carriage, cross slide, tail stock and compound rest were seized but after soaking in penetrating oil the tail stock and compound rest have eased. It was sat in a damp outbuilding for around 10 years, and as such is in pretty poor condition, the majority of exposed metal is rusted, although it is not pitted, and when lightly scoured the ways come up clean and smooth. My dream is to be able to make whatever I feel like, and to that end I picked up a rather sad, but free Colchester bantam mk1 1600 lathe a little while ago. I am an engineering student, and a very driven "maker" I have no real machining experience though, the course I am on is very light on practical work. The school will also provide counseling to students and faculty and to any students in Litchfield Hall, where Chapman and Graham lived.Īll of us here at Townsquare Media Danbury send our deepest condolences to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy.Hi all, first time poster and beginner machinist so apologies if I'm asking any stupid questions The police report also says that the car the students were driving was going at a high rate of speed when the crash occurred.Īside from the vigil held on Sunday, Western Connecticut State University is also planning a vigil for the students and the University's counseling center has already met with the lacrosse team’s players and coaches. Two of the passengers in the front seat, Chapman and Graham died either at the crash site or shortly after, and according to State Police, the third passenger, Trey Massaro, 19, of Dalton, Massachusetts, was airlifted to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries. For an unknown reason, the car left the road and collided with a metal guardrail and multiple trees before stopping down an embankment, according to the incident summary. In an incident report released from Troop K, state police said Chapman was driving a red 2010 Nissan Altima westbound on Route 354 when he attempted to pass another car at a high speed.
The vigil was held on the Colchester town green.Īccording to, the accident that took the students' lives happened shortly before 1 PM on Friday on Lake Hayward Road near the intersection of Route 354, an intersection that police and the Department of Public Works were already working on plans to improve the safety of.
Hundreds gathered to mourn the two Colchester residents, 18-year-old Jacob Chapman and 18-year-old Tyler Graham and were asked to wear red, the two boys favorite color.
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