Roger Williams
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Hello, it was certainly a bit quieter , but to be honest, wasnt really that bad before. Nice project really.
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Roger Williams
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I was just very lucky getting it in good condition in the first place. I nipped up to Hitchcock motorcycles where it was for sale who were going mainly to cnc , had a look round it with my untrained eye and bought it. Took a big chance really. Could have been 2 + tons of scrap to get rid of.
Unfortunately, after getting it delivered and in place, the motor made a horrible noise, long story short, some registered blind person messed up fitting a new 5hp unit (didnt connect the earth either), leaving the pulley wobbling a treat. Apart from that, all was well !.
Just love lathes, dont know why, must be in my DNA !!.
Unfortunately, after getting it delivered and in place, the motor made a horrible noise, long story short, some registered blind person messed up fitting a new 5hp unit (didnt connect the earth either), leaving the pulley wobbling a treat. Apart from that, all was well !.
Just love lathes, dont know why, must be in my DNA !!.
My Old Landy
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Once you get the bug, there is no cure
pressbrake1
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Can’t beat dsg
Yanks go on about monarch lathes, well I’ve got two monarchs and they’re dog doo compared to dsg
Yanks go on about monarch lathes, well I’ve got two monarchs and they’re dog doo compared to dsg
bletchmonster
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That's a beauty. Thought my 1307 was reasonable, but it looks a bit of a dog compared to that.
I've not studied it, but a 13x30 has just come on ebay for £2000 in Brum.
I've not studied it, but a 13x30 has just come on ebay for £2000 in Brum.
bletchmonster
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That's a beauty. Thought my 1307 was reasonable, but it looks a bit of a dog compared to that.
I've not studied it, but a 13x30 has just come on ebay for £2000
I've not studied it, but a 13x30 has just come on ebay for £2000
indy4x
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There's actually 2 on the bay ATM
The one in Brum is £2k buy it now or offers
There is another in Hull, £1500 buy it now or offers
Tinbasherdan
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Absolute rolls Royce of lathes, DSG. Shamefully I have been responsible for smashing up a bit insignificant amount of 3-4t sized dsgs as the company I worked for were scrapping them and didn’t want them useable or saleable by the scrap man. Broke my heart, they were equally as mint as that machine
Tinbasherdan
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They stopped the scrap note due to a manager signing off cuni pipe as scrap and weighing it in for a good wedge. The only option was to let our waste management take it but to ensure they couldn’t sell it on
Tinbasherdan
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I think the key thing is where I worked and what the pipes were off......
Tinbasherdan
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Well there we go. And it wasn’t scrap
Roger Williams
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Talking of lathes being smashed , I heard a story which Im sure was true, of a chap who was told of a lathe sitting by a skip !. Dont know the model, but I think it might have been a Harrison in very good nick that had come out of a college. He zoomed over to the place and asked a bloke about the thing who informed him that they hadnt yet worked out the risk assessment for getting it in the skip !!!. So if he wanted it he had better hurry up and remove it from the site before they did !!??. So he did.....
