Probably cos they aint sosidgees.
brianp38dse
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Very nice proper old school machine will last forever, good result with all the extra bits..that the LATHE has landed.
Snowing here!
Now I need to work out how to get it working.
3 very nice gentlemen have just delivered the lathe I bought on e-Bay.
It is a little Boxford AUD (Serial Number 12161 and it appears (to my eyes anyway)to be in pretty good nick.
The ways are sound and unmarked, the slides are all silky-smooth and with no discernable backlash.
It came with:
An engineers surface plate- goodness that's heavy.
A full set of cutting tools (mostly unused).
A set of 24 collets and two collet arbors, but no drawbar.
A set of 4 tool posts and tool-holders of different style/flavours.
A micrometer carriage stop.
A standard carriage stop.
The backplate on there has an index (72 position) and an index pin mounted on the headstock. Don't think that was standard?
There is a backplate for clamping items to as well, and a drive dog.
@fizzy on the mig forum gave me some good advice on how to move it, but in the end the seller popped up and said "my mates in the moving business" and for £150 they brought it here and I didn't need to lift a finger.
I will give it a clean and lube and sort out a VFD (3-phase). Really pleased I am.
UPDATE:
I just took another look at it, and....
In the centre section of the cabinet I found:
A Pratt-Burnerd 4-Jaw Chuck
A fixed Steady.
A travelling steady.
The draw bar for the collet set.
Stone me, I think the 2 chucks are worth as much as I paid for the whole shebang. PMSL
RustyDefender
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...that I am "unwell".
Very little sleep last night because of "hack-hack-hack" coughing.
Throat is so sore I cannot swallow my own spit without thinking "ouch that hurts".
Nose is running (not snot, just water).
Feel like the very devil. Arghhhhhhhhhh!
Oh no hope yer get over it soon.
Ditto that. Had simlar through Crispmus. Hopes Mrs Dan is as tolerant as my missus. (Sleeps like the dead mind you).Oh no hope yer get over it soon.
Get well soon @DanClarke an @Dippypud
WhiskyLassie
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Get well Dan.
Left off work to bump into some Mormans. Very nice gentlemen and didn't scream when I said I had different beliefs.
Not a bad day for a Monday
Left off work to bump into some Mormans. Very nice gentlemen and didn't scream when I said I had different beliefs.
Not a bad day for a Monday
Is she the sister of Britney Spears?....that Britney Ferries, after my request to upgrade my email to a complaint, have decided to become all reasonable.
So I should now be getting what I thought I had booked.
Result!!
"and all who sail in her!"
And you flippin do this again!!!Think more peeps have sailed in Britney the singer than the ferrys
When WILL I learn to read to the end of the thread!!
EDIT. Great minds think alike!!!
They weren't shocked by your broomstick, cauldron and back cat then?
...that we are WINNERS!!!!!!!
In the Omaze Somerset House Draw!!!!!!!!!!
£20 voucher, well better than a smack in the face!!!
In the Omaze Somerset House Draw!!!!!!!!!!
£20 voucher, well better than a smack in the face!!!
WhiskyLassie
Well-Known Member
They weren't shocked by your broomstick, cauldron and back cat then?
No and I also told them about Easter
Sleepy
Wahoo
Morning folks
