[modeleng] Re: You can still find a bargain!
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 06:51:12 -0800 (PST)
What a beast! It's rreally looking good. How far
away are you from making chips on it?
Al Messer
--- Alan Stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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