Many thanks for your reply, hope your keeping well, its only 15 miles away from me, so may take a look at it, but like i say im a complete notice, so wouldnt have picked up on the the mixture of different bits.
They seem to be going for silly money at the moment, so will have to Keep a eye on...
Hi all,
Another newbie questions.
Ive been looking at buying a small lathe, just as a hobby lathe, i had some good advice from here last time with a model c boxford,
Im now watching another model c, it is advertised as having manual cross feed, and change wheels etc, the pictures dont seem to...
Thanks Richard,
Im am actualy based on the uni with my job, thats how i knew about the sale, the project has been put on hold for now and the people involved are not at work, and it looks like there is no face to face teaching this year, so not sure when anyone will be back to ask, i can usualy...
Many thanks, for the advice, i had sort of decided against it, plus my local university is selling off a load of equipment, ready for a demolition and rebuild of the building, but unfortunatly due to covid is closed down and no one available to talk to, so maybe wait until i see what they have...
Hi pete.
In your opinion would you say this would be ok, as a first lathe, not looking to do anything fancy with it, max stock size 70mm x 100mm. May be some thread cutting on 10mm rod, never used one since school,
I know ive missed out on much better ones. But there seems to be a lot of...
Hi all, im looking a buying this lathe,
But not sure of the type, some say its a model B, but i think it may be a model c.
Any info or what to look out for would be much appreciated.
Many thanks.