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Building a New Lathe
vtsteam:
Simon, Simon, so great to hear from you again! It's been so quiet with most of the old hands off somewhere else, I guess. Well life intervenes...
What are you doing these days? What are ye up to? Do you still cruise the electric bike? Does the helmet still fit? Sanded anything with your purple machine, making files, gee I miss all that stuff!
vtsteam:
This is my favorite lathe -- the Rolls Royce of lathes, naturally.
While mine is quite different in construction, size, and probably well let's admit it, quality, there's something about it's classic style that influences what I do with this lathe. Within the bounds of my skills and what I have to work with.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/rolls-royce/img6.jpg
Neubert1975:
no wonder why its your favorite lathe, what a beauty it is.
And so is yours, nice work (as always ;-) ) :beer:
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 09, 2018, 04:17:27 PM ---Simon, Simon, so great to hear from you again! It's been so quiet with most of the old hands off somewhere else, I guess. Well life intervenes...
What are you doing these days? What are ye up to? Do you still cruise the electric bike? Does the helmet still fit? Sanded anything with your purple machine, making files, gee I miss all that stuff!
--- End quote ---
Thanks for the concern. I've kinda lost the plot the last couple years. Been doing stuff that's too mad for Madmodder. See this, for example. And try not to get a fright!
And boy was that video a flop. I think I posted it at the worst possible time since youtube had just changed its algorithms to bury anything that isnt a top 10 lifehacks finger family kids react cringe compilation video, plus it's a weird niche topic.
At some point i'm going to get into the 3d printer game - I've had a couple false starts and i'm distracted with another project.
I think 3d printers are silly and overhyped, but for the urethane masks featured in that video it'd probably be the ideal tool to eliminate the messy expensive moulds and toxic chemicals. I'd like to make a thread for that when I get around to it. Really I should've made a thread about that mask since alot of the stuff involved is fairly interesting. At least I think it is. But it's taken me this long to get over the embarrassment.
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 09, 2018, 04:41:24 PM ---This is my favorite lathe -- the Rolls Royce of lathes, naturally.
While mine is quite different in construction, size, and probably well let's admit it, quality, there's something about it's classic style that influences what I do with this lathe. Within the bounds of my skills and what I have to work with.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/rolls-royce/img6.jpg
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That is a nice lathe! I've got a bookmarks folder of various tiny lathes i'd say I look at once every couple weeks, and that's one of them.
My personal favorite are the Pultra lathes. I keep forgetting they're English made. Something about them feels French to me. The French are good at being just that little bit weird, but in a very appealing way.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/pultra1750photoessay/
http://www.lathes.co.uk/pultra/img52.gif
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