[modeleng] Little lathe complete

Hello everyone
This is a red-letter day - after many false starts, and several years of 
playing in the workshop, I have completed the little lathe that I have been 
making from scratch.

I wish to thank you all for your encouragement and for your suggestions - 
particularly over the possible methods of producing the change-wheel cover.   
After considering all of the suggestions, I made a cardboard model of the cover 
and took it to a friendly sheet-metal-basher who followed my cardboard template 
and created it from sheet steel, at a very moderate cost.

This has been a happy project for an old codger, and has produced a little 
screwcutting lathe, which works very well indeed.   I have learned a lot in the 
process!

For anyone wishing to make a similar lathe, I have one word of advice - this is 
NOT a cheap option - the materials and accessories (chucks etc) cost a lot more 
than buying a Chinese lathe!

If anyone wishes to see a couple of pictures, please contact me on 
shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx

I will spend the next year making a series of accessories for the little beast.

Cheers!    Hubert
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