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Cobbler
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old bungalow bath. Is that the same, that’s what I’ve seen plasterers use. Can’t be many left of them now.
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Who would do that to a lathe?
One-armed Jack, maybe?
(i.e., someone who had a close encounter of the painful kind with a lathe, perhaps.)
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Nice project for those rainy days and well worth the effort.
I've restored an old Atlas lathe in similar condition; and I'll bet the price was right too. 
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One of these:
I just had a look, and Toolstation don't sell the bigger ones: not sure if 4ft is long enough to take a lathe bed.
(I had a 5ft one that was big enough to use as a bath: I turned it into a fishpond)
Actually: a plastic fishpond would probably work just as well?
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It may look worse than it actually is. Maybe you'll get lucky. A friend had an old South Bend lathe, and the ways were just as rusty looking, but they cleaned up very nicely with nothing but a Scotchbrite pad and some oil. A citric acid bath is, as mentioned, another possibility after a thorough degreasing. If you can't find a long enough trough, you could throw together a wooden box and staple in some heavy polyethylene sheet, EPDM, or whatever is resistant to citric acid. I've made such a trough for some long items when I was experimenting with electroplating. It should be a fun project.
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Way back when, when 35mm film was the best. I once "borrowed a big paddling pool and de rusted a LR chassis, followed by a LR bulkhead
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When I hear of people filling in old swimming pools I think "My Capri could have gone into that!" Not sure how a monocoque body would fair with regards to acid getting trapped between panel joins and leeching out later. Heard some horror stories.
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A few things.
A possible project, where I am the help, workshop supplier and the advise person.
My old post lady popped up and asked me if I could help her on an idea she has. She has got hold of a old Post Office (GPO) push bike.
She used to use a similar one, when she was on the rounds.
A Ikea Vice.
It is complete, battered. Big issue is a broken screw and a bent face plate for the quick release.
A Few Mamod spares.
Not explored to much.
Oil, spare drive bands, pulleys, plugs, safety valves, funnels and a bit more.
From Finland, posted on Wednesday, arrived today. Parcel force.
A possible project, where I am the help, workshop supplier and the advise person.
My old post lady popped up and asked me if I could help her on an idea she has. She has got hold of a old Post Office (GPO) push bike.
She used to use a similar one, when she was on the rounds.
A Ikea Vice.
It is complete, battered. Big issue is a broken screw and a bent face plate for the quick release.
A Few Mamod spares.
Not explored to much.
Oil, spare drive bands, pulleys, plugs, safety valves, funnels and a bit more.
From Finland, posted on Wednesday, arrived today. Parcel force.
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The same way other body shells handle it when dipped by a professional.
It is the washing down and drying out is what matters.
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I soaked the bed with WD40 and then carefully scraped the rust off before a quick rub with fine scotchbrite. It is actually pretty good underneath, carriage now moves freely along the length and there is no damage to the bed.The tailstock shaft was totally seized but freed off with heatgun and oil.
I already have a complete Super 7 setup which I was thinking of stripping and restoring but it is too good to justify stripping down so the ML7 is perfect for a restoration.
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Life is too short for rubbish steak...I only buy mine from the local butcher (who I know very well). He gets a slab of meat out and I tell him how thick I want it. One thing I can't abide is rubbish steak....or good steak cooked badly!Quite bloody dissapointed, thats 90g of solid fat and a much smalled steak than it should be
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Got me a used but only a few times tile cutter to do bigger tiles.
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Got a 1000mm Rubi radial here.
Wouldn't be without it. Just popped it back in the lockup after a busy week tiling.
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I think this does up to about 600mm but for £50 i would have been mad to turn it down.
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That's a big one.
I went to a 400 Rubi after having a standard wet diamond cutter for years, which was ok for the cut outs etc, but the Rubi did speed it up some what.
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