I would just like to say

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...and here is the news.
Struggled through the traffic into Poole to the phone and pooter shop to put a bit of a banger up their bum. The guy has decided he dare not just swap the hard-drives over. So it's taking for ever. So it may be ready by the end of the day,. or not.
No rain so far. I will be helping Wifey hang some overlong curtains so they can stretch.
Shopping arriving later. Picker never seems to be able to tell the diff between "one" and "kilo".:mad::mad::mad:
 
DanClarke said:
Very sorry to hear this sad news. :(
Because my initial experience with the crock of absolute $hit mini-lathe was that it ate the supplied drive belt in about 1 hour; I modified it and used a bigger & better belt and bought "2" so I always have a spare ;)
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I am seriously thinking of changing my pulleys to 'V' type but the down side of that is you have to remove the spindle to change a belt. It would be quieter in operation though!
 
Went for a good drive in me tratter this morning, 110mile round trip into yorkshireland to collect some large packages with garden furniture in them. Just squeezed them into the back but had to move the driver n passenger seats forward so's I could shut the rear door. Was a bit of a cramped drive home, with my knees on the parcel shelf and elbows touching the steering wheel. Think my nose was touching the windscreen anorl :D
 
Wimblowdriver said:
Went for a good drive in me tratter this morning, 110mile round trip into yorkshireland to collect some large packages with garden furniture in them. Just squeezed them into the back but had to move the driver n passenger seats forward so's I could shut the rear door. Was a bit of a cramped drive home, with my knees on the parcel shelf and elbows touching the steering wheel. Think my nose was touching the windscreen anorl :D
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Int that the normal tratter driving position?

oops someone gottid there fust
 
My Old Landy said:
I have toyed with the idea of removing the bulkhead but the thing would probably fall apart....
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Mine doesn't have a rear bulkhead, its a pooma station wagon with a tubular stiffener thing behind the front seats. Makes for extra legroom and extra rake on the seat back. Very comfortable for up to about six feet of body height and maybe just a little bit more :cool:
 
Wimblowdriver said:
Mine doesn't have a rear bulkhead, its a pooma station wagon with a tubular stiffener thing behind the front seats. Makes for extra legroom and extra rake on the seat back. Very comfortable for up to about six feet of body height and maybe just a little bit more :cool:
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Ah, a modern one ;) my beast has the strengthened full on 'push you into the windscreen' bulkhead :(
 
My Old Landy said:
I don't even have a heater! Still the beast is safely in the garage with no MOT so heat is not a problem at the moment..........
It will run again as it will have to pull the trailer with the contents of my workshop in the near future ;)
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Did that a few years ago when I moved from Kent to Lincolnshireshire. Took 12 trips with a trailer to move the contents of my garage (including four and a half motorbikes) and all the gardinging crap. Think it tallied up to 2500 miles and one burst trailer tyre - possibly due to slight overloading, honest guv.
 
Wimblowdriver said:
Did that a few years ago when I moved from Kent to Lincolnshireshire. Took 12 trips with a trailer to move the contents of my garage (including four and a half motorbikes) and all the gardinging crap. Think it tallied up to 2500 miles and one burst trailer tyre - possibly due to slight overloading, honest guv.
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I will have to do this twice. It is all going into storage at a local farm then wherever we end up I will have to come and get it. It is more stressful than the sale/move itself :)
 
DanClarke said:
.. @My Old Landy ...well, I have tried parting off in reverse and with an upside down cutter.....and still no joy. :(
It seems I am destined to cut oversize and "face-off" forevermore. :)
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That's a shame. Can you make a screw jack support? I am sure it would give more rigidity when parting. A hss cutting tool as opposed to a carbide one on a mini lathe is good from what I see on YouTube too.
 
My Old Landy said:
That's a shame. Can you make a screw jack support? I am sure it would give more rigidity when parting. A hss cutting tool as opposed to a carbide one on a mini lathe is good from what I see on YouTube too.
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I have tried both HSS and Toungecrap-fairbride and neither works. But it might just be me that's not doing what I need to. I will keep plugging away at it.
 
DanClarke said:
I have tried both HSS and Toungecrap-fairbride and neither works. But it might just be me that's not doing what I need to. I will keep plugging away at it.
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Once I have fixed my lathe, I am planning on a short video showing the difference between front and rear toolpost. I will add a bit about using a jack screw in case it is of any help.
 
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