[modeleng] Re: What do you make?

Peter, I tell SWMBO that when I'm in the Shop, at
least she knows where I am and with whom I am keeping
company.

Al
--- "Peter J. Cathcart" <peter.cathcart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Alan
> 
> My two interests are locomotives and workshop
> machinery.
> 
> At present I'm still building a 14XX and a
> Britannia, both Winson design.  I 
> do also make other bits and pieces when time allows.
> 
> What I have enjoyed most though is restoring
> machinery.  I have two 
> Bridgeport mills, vertical and horizontal.  Both
> were ex factory and the 
> vertical in particular has taken countless hours so
> far and many more to go, 
> including changing and adding power feed motors. 
> Very satisfying when it 
> actually WORKS.  I also restored an ex factory
> Myford Super 7 3 phase 
> including having to sort out the electrics.  What a
> great machine that is. 
> The next main item still waiting lots of attention
> is a Startrite bandsaw 
> but that still inhabits the back of my garage.  All
> I've done with that so 
> far is put it on a set of castors so I can roll it
> around which is very 
> useful as there's not enough room to keep it
> permanently in my workshop.
> 
> Funnily enough my wife and children do not think
> time spent in the workshop 
> is particularly productive!
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
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