Sanny
Migtastic
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Hi
Always wanted a lathe and finally managed to get one that is not to big for the shed and was not to expensive to buy, The idea behind getting the lathe is to make a start in model engineering as to my experience in using a lathe is Nil, I'm going to be asking many questions
here is a few pics of the lathe
I have started stripping it down as parts are seized and there is yellow paint is over most of the running parts and also down the oil holes, my aim is to get it working again and try my hand at model engineering
I have manage to talk to the sparky's at work and they are going to test the motor for me and also tell me what i need for to drive i.e switches.
After stripping the paint off what would you recommend for painting it up with? some sort of enamel paint maybe or do you get specific machine paint?
Sandy
Always wanted a lathe and finally managed to get one that is not to big for the shed and was not to expensive to buy, The idea behind getting the lathe is to make a start in model engineering as to my experience in using a lathe is Nil, I'm going to be asking many questions
here is a few pics of the lathe
I have started stripping it down as parts are seized and there is yellow paint is over most of the running parts and also down the oil holes, my aim is to get it working again and try my hand at model engineering
I have manage to talk to the sparky's at work and they are going to test the motor for me and also tell me what i need for to drive i.e switches.
After stripping the paint off what would you recommend for painting it up with? some sort of enamel paint maybe or do you get specific machine paint?
Sandy