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Kinda quiet around here with the holidays and all so thought I'd share something I've been working on:
Just a stock photo but I havta admit mine's almost that bad...Terry
Your lathe is so clean do you ever use it.LOL A clean machine is not making any money.
SICK CLEAN !!!!Just a stock photo but I havta admit mine's almost that bad...Terry
Your lathe is so clean do you ever use it.LOL A clean machine is not making any money.
"Classic antiques" are usually way better than "Quality imports"!I would post a picture of my lathe, but it is old enough to be a classic antique and has chips in the paint and in the drip pan. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Terry. JB
Hey Jerry, if you remember mine is one Kathy's dad went right to Southbend and picked up in 1934, a nice 9 inch bench mount and every accessory. Terry's right, the old stuff is much better.I would post a picture of my lathe, but it is old enough to be a classic antique and has chips in the paint and in the drip pan. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Terry. JB
lol!Terry ... I see a wrinkle in the vapour barrier behind the lathe. Doesn't that bother you!!! Lol.
Now you really got me curious, whatchagot there???My son Mike will inherit the "classic antique". However it will not happen until I am in a nursing home or gone. Ha Ha!!!! There is no way I am not going to be around to move this pre WWII cast iron anchor out of the basement. By the way. I bought this lathe from John Bridge II. It was his dads. Half near killed myself moving it from John's place into my basement. I rebuilt a big portion of it. Between John Bridge and I, it has made a lot of boat parts. It is high tech enough to even chase threads. Imagine that!!!!!!!!! JB
You never know, wouldn't be that hard to add another axis down the road. My toolmaker buddy (another Rudy BTW) converted his lathe to full CNC a few years ago, even added a 3rd axis. He built this V8 from plans and is currently working on an inline 4 cylinder for his Chris Craft...If/when you go full CNC, you may find programming/CAD/CAM displacing-replacing your boating hobby. Hmm I see an EDM power supply and stepper controller in your future.
Got my Z axis running! Now just a little programming and I should be drilling 4" long holes in Ti rudder blades, stay tuned.
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