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Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:36 pm
by VTRDark
I think what he means is Whitworth or Metric :wink:

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:39 pm
by Solarboy
Sorry, just made me laugh, too much whisky probably.

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:38 pm
by tony.mon
The lead screw needs to be metric or English to cut screw threads.

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:55 pm
by fabiostar
tony.mon wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:38 pm The lead screw needs to be metric or English to cut screw threads.
i doubt il be doing to much screw cutting for a while :D .. a LONG time since i done lathe work lol

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:55 pm
by sirch345
fabiostar wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:48 am waiting for this bad boy to arrive :D


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I like that :thumbup:

Chris.

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:51 pm
by alanfjones1411
13 months MOT and no advisories,not even the usual noisy exhaust. :thumbup: :D :D

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:40 pm
by tony.mon
alanfjones1411 wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:51 pm 13 months MOT and no advisories,not even the usual noisy exhaust. :thumbup: :D :D
Has it healed up?

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:10 pm
by alanfjones1411
tony.mon wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:40 pm
alanfjones1411 wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2017 12:51 pm 13 months MOT and no advisories,not even the usual noisy exhaust. :thumbup: :D :D
Has it healed up?
The tester couldn't care less whether it's noisy or not as he's closing down on 9th September.

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:24 pm
by fabiostar
well my new toy arrived today. working great and just out playing with it at the min until i get some proper tooling for it..


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Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:39 pm
by sirch345
Installed and working already, nice work Rob 8)

Chris.

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 11:11 pm
by fabiostar
sirch345 wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:39 pm Installed and working already, nice work Rob 8)

Chris.
one of those,meaning to get a lathe for 30 years type of things :clap:

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:18 am
by AMCQ46
I keep having the same thoughts rob, as you always need to knock up spacers for ever project.... But those hobby lathes you can get are a bit sh1t, so getting hold of a proper old apprentice schools type lathe is a real find.


I want one now

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 7:40 am
by fabiostar
AMCQ46 wrote: Sat Sep 02, 2017 6:18 am I keep having the same thoughts rob, as you always need to knock up spacers for ever project.... But those hobby lathes you can get are a bit sh1t, so getting hold of a proper old apprentice schools type lathe is a real find.


I want one now
ay i was warned about getting the new hobby lathes. they are a bit lightweight..been meaning to get one for years as you say.they are a handy we thing. i hunted round a few facebook lathe pages and this one came up. they can be had for little money but you have to be quick,as soon as they come up for sale they go that day..

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 11:00 am
by tony.mon
Are you taking orders yet :lol:

Re: Whats cheered you up today...?

Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:59 pm
by VTRDark
Nice one Rob...now all you need is some Titanium to play with. Some Ti wheel and swingarm spindles would be nice :biggrin For something a bit smaller and on a more serious note some Ti bolts that go into the chain adjusters would be a good thing as these always rust. They could also do with an allen head as an option milled into the bolt head too. :wink: