[modeleng] Re: Machinery order
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:23:27 -0700 (PDT)
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"
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> 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?
> >
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