I am pleased to have made my first part on the Boxford lathe. :D
It isn't for me but for a friend.
It is a little alignment tool to allow a shaft collar to be aligned with a bottom bracket cup and welded to it.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and it’s the first real thing made on the Boxford.
A piece of 30mm round bar fits snug inside the cup, the 18mm section fits snug inside the hole in the cup, and the protruding boss is about 12.5mm long and 16.99 mm diameter to fit the 17mm shaft collar.

All very much certain to ensure perfect alignment. :D
 

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following on from @Hippo post about webuyyourcarfornowt.com, I had a look on Mercedes web site (idly thinking of buying a new one), and as they have a fill in box to value your trade in, I plugged me tratter info in. Valued at £22600 trade in - which is a drop of less than 3k sovs compared to what I paid for it at a dealer 11+ years ago. Held its value well :cool:. So, do I go for a new merc, which will plummet in value to about 30% of its buying price in about 4 years, or stick with me tratter which might even go up in value in that same time. Easy decision really - and I can still fix me tratter with a couple of hammers and some big spanners.
 
If peeps remember I got a free boat a couple of weeks ago....one in question I did work on about 10 years ago lol
It wasnt until I spoke to the yard owner & said that boat had over 100k spent on it & it came from Cameron house
the penny dropped I knew the owner. I done gelcoat repairs on it & I remember it had a full refit 2 fully recon Detroit
engines & drive legs full interior trim & rewired everything in the boat was replaced for new. :oops: :oops:
The lad let his dad drive it & he hit another boat in the marina, its sat ever since. I trolled though my pics n found
one when it was white (now has been wrapped) an my old m3 haha
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kevstar said:
If peeps remember I got a free boat a couple of weeks ago....one in question I did work on about 10 years ago lol
It wasnt until I spoke to the yard owner & said that boat had over 100k spent on it & it came from Cameron house
the penny dropped I knew the owner. I done gelcoat repairs on it & I remember it had a full refit 2 fully recon Detroit
engines & drive legs full interior trim & rewired everything in the boat was replaced for new. :oops: :oops:
The lad let his dad drive it & he hit another boat in the marina, its sat ever since. I trolled though my pics n found
one when it was white (now has been wrapped) an my old m3 haha
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