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Today I am up my local market bidding on two items.
A Drummond lathe.
And this big vice.
A Drummond lathe.
And this big vice.
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Lathe number five...
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Took me a moment to twig there.
Worth it if he can get it. Those BS lathes have powered crossfeed.
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Took me a moment to twig there.
I remember when I bought my Bantam, I tested it out at the workshop it lived in, and pulled the lever under the cross slide into surfacing mode. The guy actually said to me ‘I never knew it could do that!’. Almost seemed a shame to rob him of his newly gained knowledge of the machine!
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I went £85 on the lathe. It sold for £110.
The vice I have told my friend to place a bid on. Will see what happens.
The vice I have told my friend to place a bid on. Will see what happens.
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Yer. I was going to go to £100. But you getting it to a bidding war with people. The vice will be the last to sell as it's the last item.
Will find out soon. I like the Drummond lathes and currently watching a round bed
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They're likeable machines. Good quality, well finished etc. I'm currently in the process of mounting the bed of my 1913 5" dual height bed. Uprated the benchtop it's on, so farting around with placement currently, and figuring the best way to bolt it down. Can start reassembly once that's sorted.
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Cool. You got a picture
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I'll take one this aft. Keeping the placement atop the two tool cabinets, but they've had a length of butchers block added to the top now, to give a better, more sturdy, mounting surface. Nearly killed me, oiking the bed up onto blocks to slide that under. I've decided I'm going to use 5" no.2 as spares for this and no.1, rather than classing that one as a future restoration.
I've decided I'm going to use 5" no.2 as spares for this and no.1, rather than classing that one as a future restoration.God mode restorations
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lost the vice. That sold for £50. I left a bid of 45 on it. The same foreigner who brought the lathe had the vice.I'll take one this aft. Keeping the placement atop the two tool cabinets, but they've had a length of butchers block added to the top now, to give a better, more sturdy, mounting surface. Nearly killed me, oiking the bed up onto blocks to slide that under.
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Damn foreigners buying up good old British industry 
*only joking*
Still, I suppose you’ve got more time now to treat us with some restoration pics of that big power hacksaw your bought recently
*only joking*
Still, I suppose you’ve got more time now to treat us with some restoration pics of that big power hacksaw your bought recently
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That's in line ready for strip down and sorting. Got a few more bits I got my eyes on.Damn foreigners buying up good old British industry
*only joking*
Still, I suppose you’ve got more time now to treat us with some restoration pics of that big power hacksaw your bought recently
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A friend of mine was given one of the Admiralty lathes a few months ago, he's cleaning it up at the moment.
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Whats the betting they both end up on some famous auction site
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Yes mate if you could. Be appreciatedChrist. That's just reminded me I need to photograph that lever.
