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i have had a mini lathe for a couple of years chester conquest just to turn nylon 66 for body post for my model car racing
last week i purchased a milling machine from rdg tools its the same as a vm 14 from warco
not sure if it was a good choice or not tell me what you think of it
the main reason for purchasing it was for a drill press as im disabled with 1 arm i was finding using a drill press a bit difficult
so thats why i got the mill
but im hoping to learn how to use it
im not goinbg to be able to turn out like some of the excellent projects on this site
i can just get buy at the minute i also got a selection of endmills and collets for it
maybe in a few years i might have a go at 1 of them little stationary engines i cant believe the prices of them
so im got to learn before i spend that sort of money
thanks colin
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Welcome Colin, just hope you keep all that Skeggy sunshine shining on us.
Never worry about what you have purchased, the choice was yours, and if it does the job you want it to do, then it was the right choice for you.
With regards to one arm use, it is only fairly recently, after two operations, I have got some of the use back in my right arm. I had nearly 3 years with almost no use. You will soon learn to cope with just one. It used to take me ages to change the gears on my lathe, but you soon come up with bits of sticks, wedges or clamps that will help you get done what is needed. There is no need for a handicap to hold you back from what you really want to do. I used to 'book' my mate for an hour so he could come around the next day and change a chuck for me. Things take a little longer, but, what's the rush?
maybe in a few years i might have a go at 1 of them little stationary engines i cant believe the prices of them
so im got to learn before i spend that sort of money
Colin, when you meet any mates or relations, ask them to search out any old materials you might be able to use, steel bars, bits of brass, gold sovereigns etc. It is astounding what people have got in their sheds and garages. Then use that raw material for making engines from plans. It works out a whole lot cheaper.
But above everything else, enjoy what you are doing.
Bogs
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Hi Colin and welcome to the collective :borg:
Pull up a chair and join in the madness. Just dont forget to take pictures of what you do as :worthless:
Tim
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Hi Colin :wave: ............ just hang around, join in the friendly banter and ........... have fun :thumbup:
If along the way you have some questions or something you want to share that's fine too ............. enjoy :beer:
CC
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Colin
A great big welcome Colin. Now that you have made that first post and broken the ice so to speak, just pull up a seat and join in the madness at MadModder. We're all harmless (mostly) and have a lot of fun. :lol: :lol: No matter what question you ask you could end up with an international opinion. :smart: I'm sure you will find something here that you like. Before long you will probably have :proj:
Cheers :beer:
Don
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Hi Colin
Welcome aboard the cube :borg:
Its fun her the chaps are helpfull so just join in ask ? pull a few legs and you'l soon catch a dose of :proj:.
Have fun
Stew
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Hey There Colin
Welcome to the collective :borg:
Eric
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Hi Colin,
Thanks for sharing that sunshine this past couple of days! :thumbup:
There`s a lot of clever kids on here.... So don`t worry about trying to match project quality....... :scratch:
Enjoying what YOU do is what counts! :thumbup:
Join in. Ask questions. Show pics...... ENJOY yerself.... :ddb:
David D
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Hi Colin :wave:
Another of my too short hello's.... There's still a lot to catch up on!
Glad you took the time to post, many don't bother ::)
Speak to you around the posts :thumbup:
Ralph.