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| awemawson:
Steve, I'm actually rather disappointed in you :( If you are going to REALLY make a lathe from scratch, first you need the iron ore and coke, cast your pigs and start mould making :lol: Now were it me, I'd find a suitable scraped lathe bed and try and fettle it back to life - unless I were keen enough to go down the epoxy granite route, which would be very interesting, home making a properly rigid bed is no small undertaking. |
| vtsteam:
Just trying to imagine sort of what a person could do, if they accidentally sawed up that tube into pieces and were trying to find a use for them. Maybe a sturdy ladder for their pet dachshund/border collie mix. Something that would last.... You'd probably want to get those rungs within a thou and square, or they wouldn't fit nice. Dogs is particular about that kind'o thing... Pekka, oh that tube........ I tried to turn it over so the darkside didn't show -- but they're all dark. Andrew, yes, I agree. But....... I'm not building a lathe, remember? |
| Swarfing:
Looks like a fantastic rigid bicycle chain you got there. You may need some heavy lumps place on each end to help bend it? it could take a long time for that to happen so you may need to stick it on a stand and wait for that to happen? :thumbup: |
| awemawson:
Must be a bally heavy pet dog !!! |
| Brass_Machine:
Sturdy fence for garden gnomes? :thumbup: |
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