Today I acquired...........

[Hood]

i ts an aborga copy strand s68
ripped it apart to check it out bent spindle on motor and drive output obviously been dropped on its side and sheared g box mounting screws not been run so gears are in good nick thankfully. il straghten the shafts and replace spindle bearings
the small rack elevating gear is toast too but il build up the damaged tooth with the tig
will put a plug on the lathe next and adjust the clutches nephew gave it the once over and reckons its all good nick hes a machinist time served toolmaker

When my Arboga arrived it had fallen off the pallet (had paid for it lying down on two but they sent standing on one) and the motor shaft was bent, table snapped off and a few lever snapped. I got a full refund and was told to scrap it myself. I initially thought of a way of fitting an external motor in place of the built in one but decided to try and straighten the shaft first. Took it out of the head and mounted in the lathe and rotated slowly whilst bringing the toolpost up against it, had a piece of brass mounted on the toolpost. It straightened up surprisingly easily and it has been going strong for 10 or more years now
Fixed the table by making a spigot and bolting it to the base instead of the snapped cast spigot and have repaired a few of the levers but others I have not got round to yet.
Beautiful machines, much much better than they look and in my opinion the best there is.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

You are a bleedin' carpenter, make a bench that slots over the top of the S&B

And buy some stilts to reach it.

Half my garage is taken up by Benches.
Might sell the big wheeled bench on to make a lot more room.

 

[Hood]

And buy some stilts to reach it.

Half my garage is taken up by Benches.
Might sell the big wheeled bench on to make a lot more room.

Dig a pit and have an electrically controlled lifting platform

 

[Hood]

And buy some stilts to reach it.

Half my garage is taken up by Benches.
Might sell the big wheeled bench on to make a lot more room.

Half my workshop is benches as well, sometimes I call them lathes and milling machines.

 

[zeppelin builder]

When my Arboga arrived it had fallen off the pallet (had paid for it lying down on two but they sent standing on one) and the motor shaft was bent, table snapped off and a few lever snapped. I got a full refund and was told to scrap it myself. I initially thought of a way of fitting an external motor in place of the built in one but decided to try and straighten the shaft first. Took it out of the head and mounted in the lathe and rotated slowly whilst bringing the toolpost up against it, had a piece of brass mounted on the toolpost. It straightened up surprisingly easily and it has been going strong for 10 or more years now
Fixed the table by making a spigot and bolting it to the base instead of the snapped cast spigot and have repaired a few of the levers but others I have not got round to yet.
Beutiful machines, much much better than they look and in my opinion the best there is.

exactly fit is wrong with mine cant be fecked aguing wi seller or carriers il fix it anyway
old school life o fixin like a weegie junkie

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

Half my workshop is benches as well, sometimes I call them lathes and milling machines.

Yup likewise.
Takes me longer to pull the tools of the lathe to clean the swarf up that cleaning the swarf up.
Double the size of my garage and would still be the same story.

 

[zeppelin builder]

When my Arboga arrived it had fallen off the pallet (had paid for it lying down on two but they sent standing on one) and the motor shaft was bent, table snapped off and a few lever snapped. I got a full refund and was told to scrap it myself. I initially thought of a way of fitting an external motor in place of the built in one but decided to try and straighten the shaft first. Took it out of the head and mounted in the lathe and rotated slowly whilst bringing the toolpost up against it, had a piece of brass mounted on the toolpost. It straightened up surprisingly easily and it has been going strong for 10 or more years now
Fixed the table by making a spigot and bolting it to the base instead of the snapped cast spigot and have repaired a few of the levers but others I have not got round to yet.
Beautiful machines, much much better than they look and in my opinion the best there is.

somebody has cnc machined new levers on this one .i used an aborga when i was an apprentice nice and,slow unlike the belt drive jobs

 

[Hood]

somebody has cnc machined new levers on this one .i used an aborga when i was an apprentice nice and,slow unlike the belt drive jobs

Not believing that, would have been treadle powered in your days

 

[zeppelin builder]

Not believing that, would have been treadle powered in your days

this good weather is nae use the burn has dried up and the water wheel is not working mr watt is trying to sell me a contraption that works with steam but im not convinced
a horse powered gin might be safer

 

[Hood]

this good weather is nae use the burn has dried up and the water wheel is not working mr watt is trying to sell me a contraption that works with steam but im not convinced
a horse powered gin might be safer

Aye, go an see Cherlie, he had the flushed complexion of a Gin drinker in your pic

 

[zeppelin builder]

Aye, go an see Cherlie, he had the flushed complexion of a Gin drinker in your pic

aye aw this flavoured gin fad
if youre no a Gordon yer nae use tae me

 

[Ruffian]

Either way if it's sloe
I'll make it go!

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Today I found myself in need of a new "Figure 8" for a old style DVR for work.
I used to have a few, but, yes I have recycled them.

I was walking into town with Mrs TYA and we popped into a local charity shop, we were being nosy.
For the price of £4 I got this lot.



Old style Zip drive, power lead, USB lead and 2 x "fig 8" leads.
Yes it does work, no I am not showing what was on the discs.

Plus this pair.

 

[Hood]

..........
Yes it does work, no I am not showing what was on the discs......

I think we would be more worried if you showed what will be on the disks after being in your possession for a short time

 

[Kayos]

I used zip and jaz drives right until usb storage got fast, still have various internal and external drives in the loft

 

[Hood]

I used zip and jaz drives right until usb storage got fast, still have various internal and external drives in the loft

Had zip and also another one which I forget the name of, threw them out a few weeks ago in an attempted clean up of my office/workshop/midden at home.

Edit
Could it have been LS Drive? kind of rings a bell.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I had one a few years ago, in its time it was a good system. replaced by CD rom and USB drives.
The down side was the cost of the discs.

I brought it as it was cheaper to buy that lot as a bundle, instead of a new "Fig.8" lead.

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Not today, but a few weeks ago.



Victorian Childs sewing machine.
Yes it goes work.

Sadly the matching lathe, sent to a member was destroyed in transit.

 

[Mikey D]

A. Little chain wrench
£5
£749 new at buck and Hickman !

 

[gav0994]

A Boxford Vm30 milling machine - well my mate Peter (the guy with the big shaper i posted about a while back) managed to aquire it from an old chap through the week but Peter managed to get an Elliot Sturdimill 1500 with tooling and phase converter for £700 this afternoon in a workshop clearout so I got 1st shout on the Boxford

I've got it for the absolute bargain price of £100

The picture is as it is sitting in the old guys yard. Hopefully get it up to the workshop tomorrow evening.