[modeleng] You can still find a bargain!
- From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:38:34 -0000
A couple of years ago I spotted an advert in a local paper:
"Old lathe, dismantled but believed complete. Buyer must collect, very
heavy".
I went along, complete with pal who owns a truck, to find, well, I wasnt too
sure.
However, it had a 2hp motor, and "some sort of gearbox" which I recognised
as a variable speed hydraulic drive. The owner said "I wont accept less than
£40 for it", so after some deliberation (about 10 microseconds) and the
obligatory sucking of teeth and double act between pal and self, I bought
it.
We soon found out that the total weight is around 1 ton!
Anyway, got it home, left all the main castings outside to wash off the muck
(It was in a chicken hut) and eventually, cleaned it off and gave it a first
coat of paint.
This is it with a trial assembly to find what is missing (not much), how
badly worn it is (not very) and see what it looks like.
http://www.alanstepney.info/z/z50.jpg
Alan Stepney
http://www.alanstepney.info
Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
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