Hello all,
i'm Gary, known as gazz tho,
always had an interest in making things, have build 2 motorhomes, a beach buggy, re-built a few motorbikes, added a tow bar to a scooter, made a scoot rack for the motorhome then a doggy trailer so the dog could come with us when we went out on the scoot,
got a few tools in me garage, had a wood turning lathe a few years ago, but sold it as it took up too much space, and i prefered to turn bowls rther than spindles,
but i'm now looking to buy a small metal lathe, probable one of the sieg C3's under one of it's guises,
money is extremely tight for me (medicaly retired) so i'm currently selling everything i can to afford a lathe... anyone want to buy a kidney, maybe a leg or 2.... also got a brain i guess i could sell, still in it's origional packing, never been used

Been reading through a few projects people have been doing, i abdolutely love the things 'bogstandard' does, given me a lot of inspiration.
one of the first things i want to do one the lathe when i get it, i build replicas of train control levers, for a train simulator drivers desk i'm making, i prefer to 'pretend to' drive diesel and electric loco's, and am basing the desk on a german class 120 loco,
been looking for real train control levers, but they go for silly money (1500 euro's for a power lever for a german train) so hoping to replicate one using some bits of delrin turned to the right profiles.