Have I been an idiot?

[Maker]

Or possibly a better idea; any old car with a towbar and I'll get a trailer.

 

[Spark plug]

Or possibly a better idea; any old car with a towbar and I'll get a trailer.

Just remember you are limited to trailer capacity, so I would recomend doing your trailer test after your driving test.

 

[MattH]

What about one of these as a practical vehicle:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=331616898555&alt=web

To be fair their Jags and Range Rovers are nice motors!

 

[owas]

Thinking about it all a bit more, I think the only way I'm getting more machines is in a year or so when I can drive so I'll be able to go and collect it myself...

Which means I really need to be saving to get a car. And as I'm not gonna get any proper machines in a Corsa or a Punto, what do you think to a landrover as a first car?

Just make sure your free on weekends to work on it

I've done the same, always something that needs doing but I don't regret it as i now know how to work on cars.

Even with a knackerd engine (which I'm replacing once I find time) it still happily gets me to work everyday and used as a van with no rear seats to pick up steel ect, don't really know what I'd do if I had a little hatchback.

 

[Pete.]

That herbert Mill is quite similar to my 0V. The 0V takes proprietary collets so I had mine modified to R8 taper. It'd make a nice small mill.

 

[AndyStobbs]

Can you not drill things sideways as it were

 

[Maker]

Can you not drill things sideways as it were

Yes I can but I need to take the universal head off which is very heavy. I'll try later.

 

[Wallace]

This is where you have to start planing jobs to avoid the equipment shortfalls and take account during design. I like to use slot drills on the mill even if only to get hole centres correct then move to a drill bit to open up or for depth or transfer to the pillar drill.

 

[MattF]

Or possibly a better idea; any old car with a towbar and I'll get a trailer.

You'll be lucky to afford the insurance on even a pissy sized engine motor when you first start, so I'd scrub any load lugging ideas.

Honestly, kids these days. I'd be happy just to have a mill, ne'er mind bitching about any possible shortcomings. Kids these days don't know they're born.

 

[ukracer]

That herbert Mill is quite similar to my 0V. The 0V takes proprietary collets so I had mine modified to R8 taper. It'd make a nice small mill.

small it seems quite large to me lol

 

[owas]

You'll be lucky to afford the insurance on even a pissy sized engine motor when you first start, so I'd scrub any load lugging ideas.

Honestly, kids these days. I'd be happy just to have a mill, ne'er mind bitching about any possible shortcomings. Kids these days don't know they're born.

Not necessarily, disco was the same as a 1 liter Corsa for me ...

 

[MattF]

Wonder if that's cos they realise there'll be no speeding done in a LR?

 

[Wendelspanswick]

Yes I can but I need to take the universal head off which is very heavy. I'll try later.

Can you rotate the universal head through 90 degrees and feed the table sideways to drill? You would need a 90 degree angle block to drill flat stuff.

 

[Maker]

Can you rotate the universal head through 90 degrees and feed the table sideways to drill? You would need a 90 degree angle block to drill flat stuff.

Didn't think of that, it would work.

 

[Spark plug]

You will be surprised what you will manage to do in your mill with a little ingenuity.

 

[Maker]

What about an old mini?

I may have just watched Project Binky.

 

[Maker]

I like the idea of something bigger, then I remember it = bigger fuel bill + I'll look like a knob turning up at sixth form in a small van. A mini on the other hand, well everyone likes old minis.