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

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What's the second to last one? Don't recognise that.

That's my vintage pipe threading machine. I will take a 6.5 inch pipe

 

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How has your wife not killed you already @spencer 427 ???

Very understanding.
Happy wife...happy life lol

 

[4String.]

Very understanding.
Happy wife...happy life lol

Talking of which, a couple of pressies from my everloving. A pair of fleecy Jim-jams in a Homer Simpson stylee, and another gluttonously large bar of chocolate from one of those "pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap" shops in Consett.

 

[zx9]

I forgot to mention.
Once that lot on the drive is shifted.
I will be filling it up again with the machines I couldn't get on there Friday...these...View attachment 200634 View attachment 200636 View attachment 200638 View attachment 200639

I like the LeBlond, looks a nice small usable size lathe, by your standards.

 

[DAPPH]

Today I treated myself to a 2.2lb lump hammer from Stax

I’ve had the same hammer for the last 20 years but I split the shaft when I stupidly ran over it!!!

my dad bought me first hammer when I was 16 after I had completed 3 months of my apprenticeship along with many other tools, the hammer was one of the few remaining as the majority were cheap ‘make do’s’ until I could afford better gear.

I think these hammers are weighted just right and you can get a right good swing on it when chiselling off mono bolt heads of the like

Talk with Ardy & his MIS gangs ,. they might make you a 20 inch shaft of British ash if you ask nicely & cross their palms with beer tokens or similar .

 

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I like the LeBlond, looks a nice small usable size lathe, by your standards.

The picture is deceiving. It's a big ol lump

 

[Parm]

The picture is deceiving. It's a big ol lump

@spencer 427 how are you going to power these all up?

Do you have 3 phase or planning lots of VFD type devices ?

 

[ronan]

Those old Snow surface grinders have a seriously good reputation. There is one on ebay at the moment for not much money.

 

[zx9]

The picture is deceiving. It's a big ol lump

I did put a

 

[ronan]

Arrived yesterday... quite nicely made and much much better than the price would suggest.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174059591028
40 micron stainless steel mesh fuel filter.

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Thats not a fuel filter, its one of those dodgy rifle moderators you've got there.

 

[DAPPH]

@spencer 427 how are you going to power these all up?

Do you have 3 phase or planning lots of VFD type devices ?

400,000 volts and two substations sounds more like his needs .

 

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Those old Snow surface grinders have a seriously good reputation. There is one on ebay at the moment for not much money.

I see the one on ebay. Its very similar to mine. Fantastic build quality

 

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@spencer 427 how are you going to power these all up?

Do you have 3 phase or planning lots of VFD type devices ?

Probably go down the phase converter route

 

[Seadog]

Certainly worth considering building a rotary converter or two. Not all the machines will benefit from a VFD.

 

[Farside]

Thats not a fuel filter, its one of those dodgy rifle moderators you've got there.

Bit hard to see how it would work like that, without making something from scratch to fit inside, and once you do that, you may as well make a complete dodgy moderator anyway.

 

[ronan]

Bit hard to see how it would work like that, without making something from scratch to fit inside, and once you do that, you may as well make a complete dodgy moderator anyway.

https://www.banggood.com/13Pcs-58-2...eft-hotproducts__4&ID=514802&cur_warehouse=CN

https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/banggood-fuel-filter.95715/#post-1431422

 

[Farside]

Totally different filter. May as well use a bit of tube that anyone can find anywhere, and there's no postal trail for nosey coppers, innit?

 

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Next year's I acquireds and wants.
Big lodge and Shipley lathe.
And a pacemaker.

And one of these gardener grinders

 

[zx9]

Next year's I acquireds and wants.
Big lodge and Shipley lathe.
And a pacemaker. View attachment 200658 View attachment 200659
And one of these gardener grinders

Not too long ago I remember you setting up your Myford, keep going at this rate and you will be capable of turning ship's crankshafts by 2021.

 

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Not too long ago I remember you setting up your Myford, keep going at this rate and you will be capable of turning ship's crankshafts by 2021.

That's funny because only the other day I found old pictures of the little myford.