My new toy !

[gasmansteve]

Hi all
Received my long awaited lathe today and have to say its one helluva lump of metal, came on the same shipment as Pauls and is the same lathe.

Myself and long suffering son and son in law nearly pulled our giggling strings lumping this into the garage

The magnetic remote is very handy too (sorry about the camera shake)

Hope I can do it justice :wink:
Regards
Steve

 

[Paul.J]

Hooray
Well done Steve.Looks great.
Just hope the three of you didn't do yourselves any mischief.It is a heavy lump :shock:
Bet you can't wait to get turning

 

[Turn It In]

Hi Steve,
You lucky B.......r!
Nice machine that will bring you hours of enjoyment.
Trust you haven't ended up with lumps behind your ears!!!
You will be expected to show some serious turning now mate.
Best regards,
Ian

 

[gasmansteve]

Cheers for comments chaps. Still not sure about bolting it down or not?. Vicmarc say lathes should be stood on rubber or similar and if bolted down then not so much as to cause twisting. Guess I`ll try it and see.
Steve

 

[Paul.J]

Gasmansteve wrote

Still not sure about bolting it down or not?. Vicmarc say lathes should be stood on rubber or similar and if bolted down then not so much as to cause twisting. Guess I`ll try it and see.

Yes Steve,i'm not sure what to do with mine.
Phil did say not to bolt it down,but i suppose it depends on what size and shaped pieces we put on the lathe :?

 

[tekno.mage]

That's a lovely looking new toy. Bet you have loads of fun playing with it

tekno.mage

 

[PowerTool]

Looks very nice
Is that a lump of laburnum in the background,waiting for you to try the lathe out on it ?

Andrew

 

[mrs. sliver]

Nice toy Steve!! No tree will be safe in Yorkshire!!.. just leave me couple will ya? :lol: :lol:

 

[John. B]

I just cannot see what anyone would want with a great big humungus bluey coloured lathethingy like that!
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John. B

 

[BMac]

Nice one! Health to enjoy.

Brendan

 

[colin macdiarmid]

lovely looking lathe, well done, would be interested on reports on how you get on with it, anyway good luck and happy turning

 

[Jenx]

OH YESSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!

Me likey ! -- as I do with the look of Pauls too.

You kept that a bit quiet ! .... thats going to be awesome !
Congratulations Steve.... can't wait to see what you come up with on that baby.. that looks a serious machine !

Brilliant.. well done and all the best ! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Dalboy]

I like it very much too. Do you think gasmansteve would notice if I swapped it with mine (well it is blue not like me green :mrgreen: )

 

[gasmansteve]

Cheers chaps.
Daren`t use the beast yet . Just mounting the inverter out of harms (dust) way. Don`t know if i`m a bit short of ar*e or not but the centre height maybe 2" above my elbows so until I start turning not sure if I`ll need a step or not?.

Andrew - Yes it is a nice bit of Laburnum 20 yrs old and dry as a bone. I used a bit a while back to make an urn for a reli lovely grain but a tad `loud` for such an occasion??.
Just making a thickness sander for my segmented turning so have a few projects on the go hope to christen it soon.
Regards
Steve

 

[wizer]

Just making a thickness sander

I do hope we're going to get more detail that that!

 

[recon]

WOW, Fantastic congrats on the new toy.