Fintray
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Just Google malleable iron fittings but shop around as prices can vary quite a bit.
P.S. Mpats light is purely fittings no pipe sections.
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Just Google malleable iron fittings but shop around as prices can vary quite a bit.
P.S. Mpats light is purely fittings no pipe sections.
northwest
Searching for the Holy Grail.........
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I once passed on a HLV for £600 complete with everything.
In my defence I think it is the only bad decision I made with machine tool buying in all the years. Still rankles though. :-(
selectedgrub
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eLuSiVeMiTe
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Is that a 10EE? Beautiful looking machine, I've never seen one in the UK. That or a Hardinge HLV would be my dream lathe.
One day il get me one of these.
http://www.lathes.co.uk/smartbrown/page5.html
Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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When I collected my M300 bits from Slideway Services, they were just finishing off a full rebuild of a HLV.
Cost was 25k
Maker
Most folk just call me; Orange Joe
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Can I ask what it cost to get the M300 done? It's almost certainly more than I'm going to pay but there's some pitting and scoring on my Chipmaster bed that could do with sorting.
Cyclematic make a licensed (I think, looks very similar) copy of the HLV, I think a new one is around the 20k mark !
Shox Dr
Chief Engineer to Carlos Fandango
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I had the bed reground (he had to take 70thou off
) plus crosslide, topslide. Saddle built back up with Marlon. the and stock and tailstock scraped in.Cost was about 800. ISTR. It was a while back. I had the TS done a few yrs later and that was just a tickle job, cost was £750
Shox Dr
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Bought a Parkside grinder a while back, kind of works so long as you don't push the blade, or it will trip.
However I didnt buy it for that, I wanted to see if it would be any good running 50mm flexloc discs. Problem is the female thread is m5. I need m6. Not knowing if this would cause it to trip even more, I didn’t want to invest any more time than needed to prove concept.
Note I’ve already lost the damn m5 bolt.
I turned down a flanged m5 bolt to 7mm, and bored out nut to 7mm.
silver soldered
It works and doesnt stall the motor
Shame it vibrates like a
, with a velco pad on. Not that would be balanced,the threads aren’t central in the nut.
I’ll machine a one piece now I know it works
However I didnt buy it for that, I wanted to see if it would be any good running 50mm flexloc discs. Problem is the female thread is m5. I need m6. Not knowing if this would cause it to trip even more, I didn’t want to invest any more time than needed to prove concept.
Note I’ve already lost the damn m5 bolt.
I turned down a flanged m5 bolt to 7mm, and bored out nut to 7mm.
silver soldered
It works and doesnt stall the motor
Shame it vibrates like a
, with a velco pad on. Not that would be balanced,the threads aren’t central in the nut.I’ll machine a one piece now I know it works
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Hood
I am obsessed.
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Got the frame for the small gate welded up and the previously plasma cut sheet welded to it. Still have the big gate and side part to make then I will take it to the blasters and see what it looks like just plain, if I don't like the look then I will get them to powder coat or paint it.
Moose McAlpine
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Very cool!
Hood
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I might just stick weld up the big one, tig is slow, took me the best part of the day
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Granite... now that will bump the prices up...
The one in Windmill hill?
mrsbruce
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Been busy watching my 3D printer printing out a non spill oil brush pot for my lathe.
I also printed out a little 1-12 scale car battery for a miniature workshop/shed I’m frittering free time on building. That’s the wee black square thing on the left.
I also printed out a little 1-12 scale car battery for a miniature workshop/shed I’m frittering free time on building. That’s the wee black square thing on the left.
The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Granite... now that will bump the prices up...
North Warehouse, Gloucester GL1 2EP
Be nice and ask, but take what you are offered.
I did.
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Parm
Respect The Sound System
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Found a bit of rusty tat up the garden and since the fashion is to 'upcycle' tat, I made a table out of it. I am going to cover the ply with something, as soon as I remember where I left it.
I made a pastry table like that with thick granite top
