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Brass_Machine:
Nice one Gazz... the extra money for tooling is going to come in handy. Show us pictures of it when you pic it up.
Eric
raynerd:
It looks great Gazz, similar to a machine I had up until a while ago. There is a nice little grinding jig/rest in Workshop Practice 38 - Tool and Cutter Sharpening by Harrold Hall. Only a few quid for a copy off amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tool-Cutter-Sharpening-Workshop-Practice/dp/1854862413
I`ve not made it yet, but I have now seen two of them made and they work really well. It is certainly on my "soon" to do list!
--- Quote from: gazz on February 24, 2011, 08:00:11 PM ---ahhh. nuts, thought i was being clever by shortening the ebay auction code thingy,
http://tinyurl.com/6cyg23s does that one work? tiny url'd the full address.
I figured the tools wouldent be of great quality, but better than the tools i'd have got with the lathe had i bought it new.. i.e. none at all,
i want to learn how to grind my own tools, need to fetch my bench grinder from my parents, then get some decent wheels for it and make/buy a grinding jig and decent rest,
The 'halogen work light' is just a cheapie low voltage bedside lamp i've seen, but i'm sure i can make it into something better, make a new head out of alli tube, a paralell bar arm thing... where you move it to any position and it stays put, like on me lighted magnifier i have at my solder station,
i got it on a buy it now, it had been up for a very short time when i spotted it, so i thought hard and fast, and decided to go for it before anyone else got it.
Think the first item i buy with the 'spare cash' will be a dti and stand, i have a dial gauge, but i cut the mounting bracket off as i got it to time the injection pump up on engines, thus i use a threaded bush type holder in the back of the pump, but from what i have read, a lever type dti is better.
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AdeV:
--- Quote from: andyf on February 24, 2011, 07:44:28 PM ---Nice one, Gazz :thumbup: . Your link only pops up for a second before the "listing has ended" notice appeared, but a bit of fast fingerwork to get a screenshot shows a very tidy looking machine, with the 4" chuck. Good price; I'm surprised there weren't other bidders.
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Andy - try scrolling down after the "listing has ended" appears - the original listing should be below it....
Gazz - nice catch there, looks like a really nice lathe. You'll find that the "few quid" you have left for tooling will soon disappear, followed by £££ more.... at least, that's what I discovered.
andyf:
--- Quote from: AdeV on February 25, 2011, 04:43:46 AM ---Andy - try scrolling down after the "listing has ended" appears - the original listing should be below it....
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Ooo er - so it does, Ade! I see that the lathe is in your neck of the woods, too.
Andy
jim:
good buy!
it should fit in the "boot", just make sure pack it well, a lathe can roll very easy!! (i know, it happened to me!).
choose your tooling wisely, i have found the best general tools are HSS, but everyone has there own preference, post on here and you'll get plenty of help!
if you are lacking the tools for grinding/regrinding tools, i'm happy to sharpen some up to get you started.
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