And I hope that gentleman lives long enough to make lots and lots of chips on his new lathe!! Al Messer --- Eric Walker <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you were going to build a railway engine & have > got your plans it would > pay you to order your castings. It can be very > frustrating looking at your > newly acquired lathe, keen to have a go but having > nothing to turn. While > waiting for the castings you can cut the frames out > with a hacksaw & a cold > chisel, I would buy a pillar drill, you could manage > with a hand drill but > there are some bargains about.Then your old lathe > big enough to turn 18in in > the gap & at least 2ft long, I presume the tools & 3 > & 4 jaw chucks would > come with the machine but the vertical slide would > be extra. A stick welder > would be useful & they are cheap as most people want > mig now, gas welding > tackle is handy for building water tanks & tenders. > I think you could build > a loco with this, then later you must have a > bandsaw, a milling machine & a > myford for the small jobs. I have stopped going to > sales as there are to > many bargains, I have enough lathe tools & milling > cutters to last me > 100years. > At Harrogate Show I met a bloke who was 83 & he had > just bought a new lathe. > > E.W. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alanjstepney" > <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:02 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Machinery order > > > > If you were setting up a model engineering > workshop, what order would you > > buy machinery, and what machines (types) would > you buy? > > > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > www.alanstepney.info > > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway > technical pages. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.