What do you think

So what do you think this is, delivered to my workshop on Friday, no prizes I'm affraid.

nice laithe......or a mini moto gp,

A small elephant trunk!!!

It's a large wooden box

Jimmy

It's a boat used by the boat people of Cuba.

Mat

Thai Bride? I hope there is enough water for her in there?

Like mattycoops idea, could keep her at the allotment.

So before someone says something they shouldn't.

Here is my new toy

Lucky bugger

Jimmy

COR that's nice. I do hope you're going to give a demonstration.

Ken

I want one.

No, I NEED one.

Don't we all

Jimmy

way too big for my diminuative shed mate (he says filled with jealousy


Phil

I think thats bigger than your shed mate!!!

Very nice, Alan

Well don't just stand there admiring it! ..... connect it up and put it to work !!!!!

Very nice,now we will see more of your metalwork skills to go with the woodwork skills.

Give us a go, ahh go on, give us a go,


Jimmy

I have completely stripped it, cleaned it and set it up, that bit I can manage, so that's £130 saved.

All I have to do now is learn how to use it I am hoping to make all the pulleys for the shrimper on it, but they are very small.

I will have to make something to show the wife, to warrant buying it, the one thing I have made up to now is a lot of swarf


Alan

AlanP wrote:

the one thing I have made up to now is a lot of swarf


Alan

YEH, BUT BOY AIN'T IT FUN.

a lot of swarf eh 1st thing I said to Pam when I saw it unwrapped was how long before its buried in swarf! not long by the sound of it

Well I have learned four things already.

1 Don't join the wrong forum for lathes and get told off for having a foreign import

2 Lots of swarf on the machine looks as if you know what you are doing when a buddy comes round

3 After metal has been turned it is hot, blister on index finger

4 Use the tail stock, otherwise you get different sizes as the metal distorts

Steep learning curve this turning thingy

Alan

Alan don't discard all that swarf scrunch it in to balls and your missus has new pot scrubbers and if the job gets hot enough to burn your fingers your cuts are too deep or use a coolant oil if the lathe has one fitted if not a car screen washer pump does a good job for me.
Cheers, they are fun tools.
Damien.

Pot scrubbers !!! I don,t think so, I may cut my hands as I do most of the dishes



Alan