[modeleng] Re: Adept/Super Adept lathes
- From: "shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:25:49 -0000
That's what I meant about amazing - how our between-the-wars predecessors
made locomotives etc from such basic equipment (usually without electric
power), and amazing that this very basic little lathe, with skill and TLC
produced these working models!
Cheers! Hubert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Stepney" <alesara2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:39 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Adept/Super Adept lathes
> Amazing is perhaps not the word to apply to the
> machines, which are pretty-basic.
>
> However, read throuh some of the older ME's and see
> articles where people have built 2 1/2" and even 3
> 1/2" locomotives, using just an Adept and a hand
> drill.
>
> Now, THAT is amazing!!
>
> Puts the "gotta have a shop full of machinery" brigade
> into perspective.
>
> Alan
> --- shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi George
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>> Good luck with these aazing little machines!
>>
>> Happy New Year.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Hubert.
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