Re: Driven to (Xmas) booze.
Originally Posted by
Donkeyman
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What lathe have you got WM?
A long time ago l used to be carrying out the long lost art of
machine tool fitting for a living and may be of help if you have any
problems?
As you have wood available why dont you make a fire in an old
oil drum with no top as a heater for the workshop?
Donkeyman!
It's a Zyto lathe D, it's in my album pics on here. It is basic and vintage so ' driven by feel and hand' I do use a micrometer just by hand on the chucked job ( usually brass)
I've made parts for steam engines and refurbished internal parts on old air rifles and my mates .22 I , like a lot of us on here , had lathes at school ; a lot of decent lathes have been scrapped by schools now.
I actually have a fireplace in the workshop but hard to get to it, ironically that end of the shed is packed with firewood for indoors !