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Posted: 20:35 - 18 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Cheers ZRX61, that link is now in my favourites ____________________ it ain't broke...
i ain't fixed it enough |
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Posted: 21:15 - 18 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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I've got a 1936 atlas lathe that I bought for £70. It's come-in very handy but is quite low-powered and slow - but I love it.
I have my eye on a Colchester which is in excellent condition and much bigger, but it's 3-phase. If I buy it I'll have to convert it to single phase and suffer the performance loss. The guy also has a Bridgeport clone for sale wich is also in great shape but I have no way of getting it into my workshop ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good |
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Klause World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:19 - 18 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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I bought a lathe from an old boy today. He had a heart attack recently so can't stand up. It came with loads of bits. Took 3-4 of us to lift it into the van up my motorcycle ramp. Will post up pictures tomorrow. ____________________ Current bikes: 1960 Triumph 5ta x2, TTR600RE, KTM200EXC, Cagiva Elephant 900ie. |
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MattHirst World Chat Champion
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Posted: 21:24 - 18 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Meh, these little lathes are childs play....we got some reyt monster ones at work. Although i work on CNC's (started out on the NC's for you old gits )
For a small lathe (when i say small i mean 4/5 foot bed) you will be paying £500 for an oldish one (the college i went to sold all theirs and they went for about £600 each) but you have to bear in mind, they run off 3 phase.
So you can have to £1000 or so to get a 3 phase installed into your house/garage or get an invertor but with an invertor, it won't perform half as well and they are very inefficient (and cost a lot on your leccy bill )
Anything i need making, i just stop at work for an extra 15 mins or so after my shift and jump on a manual lathe. Aslong as its your own material or scrap they don't mind. ____________________ It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, then it's bloody hilarious!!! |
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Posted: 21:58 - 18 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Matt: I'm looking for a small bench-top mill to fit CNC control to. Gonna use this kit or something similar. More of a curiosity than a serious working project for me:
https://www.diycnc.co.uk/html/stepper_motors.html ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Posted: 06:48 - 19 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Bit unfair that, most people will only be making standard 60-degree threads and a novice will struggle with even that let-alone single-pointing a multi-start acme. I thought it was a pretty good suggestion. ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Klause World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:56 - 19 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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You gotta be well-pleased with that. Looks like a real beauty. Make sure you don't expose the bed & ways to any sort of grinding dust, and don't be tempted to use a grinder to cut off any parts whilst in the chuck (unless you cover everything first). Situate your bench-grinder as far as possible from the lathe. Grinding dust ruins lathe beds faster than you would ever believe.
The Keileigh is listed on page 4 of that URL if you missed it ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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SoND World Chat Champion
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Posted: 22:16 - 19 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Do you know what mill you'll be going for?
I've bought a Sealey Sm25 (Here) and I can't exactly say it was very good for the money. Very little movement in the bed and any time you want to change the speed you need to wind the head right up to the top, lift the lid and move the belts. Maybe it was the vise (awful POS that is better suited for a bench than a mill), maybe it was me (no skills) but I couldn't get it to cut square at all. ____________________ Go back to bed - You have no rights - "Streetfighters ~ Mainstream motorcycling's crackwhore sister." |
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owdamer World Chat Champion
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Posted: 17:48 - 20 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Pah. Mere toys. I used to work on one of these things when I was at Bae. This is a proper machine. Spent some time on 60ft long wing spar machines as well, but cant find a pic of those.
https://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d12/owdamer/other%20stuff/flexitrace.jpg
I'd recommend the colchester lathes. I used those as an apprentice, plus I did an nvq turning course on one. |
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Pete. Super Spammer
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Posted: 18:31 - 20 Oct 2008 Post subject: |
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Bloody big machine! What do you do - feed in lengths of strip-metal and buckets of plastic granules one end and it spits-out ready-made 747's the other?
I guess you only work half-day on Saturday so all you get out is a dash-7 ____________________ a.k.a 'Geri'
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 15 years, 231 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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