pacing up & down...

[NikNak]

is twiddling fingers and thumbs... waiting for new lathe to be delivered

yes, i know it's out of stock (just about everywhere it seems....) Axminster are waiting for the 'slow-boat-from-China' to arrive.... :lol: but when it does eventually land, i've got one on back order.

still... in the meantime iv'e been on to Tracy Tools.com (thank you Richard Findley) and got myself a set of thread chasers, so i'm all set to have a go at, well... thread chasing :lol:




Nick


oh... p.s. i've still got a monster of a bench for sale if anyone's interested....?

 

[xc-mtbr]

OH exciting thats what i was like waiting to come collect mine

What you go for in the end??

Whats thread chasing all about??

Sorry for all the questions

 

[NikNak]

Hi Tony.... no problem,


Hope you're still pleased with your purchase..? Got any chisels and had a go yet..?


In the end i decided to go for a Jet 1220VS..... :shock: half the size and twice the price of the 'old' one.... does that make it 'exponentially' 4 times better..? (it may do.... but it's still the same old duffer operating it...!!) :lol:


Thread chasing...? well you know how you'd cut a thread in metal with taps & dies..? well it's similar in wood...c'ept it's totally different and all done man-draulically using a lot of patience and skill..... the former i've got in bucket loads, but the latter... well i keep on bidding on some on ebay, but keep being pipped at the post by peeps with more of it already than me.... :lol:


Do me a favour and tell all the readers here just how big and 'wonderful' my bench is.... :wink:




Nick

 

[Richard Findley]

Hi Nick,

It's like Christmas as a kid, the more you have t owait the better it'll be when you get it!!

Glad Tracy Tools sorted you out, I know the ones I had from them were a good price. Shame about their website. One of my pet hates is poor websites!!!!

xc-mtbr: The dark art of Thread Chasing... or cutting threads in (dense) woods. It's not as hard as it looks, honest!!!

Cheers

Richard

 

[Bodrighy]

Hi Nick,

It's like Christmas as a kid, the more you have t owait the better it'll be when you get it!!

Glad Tracy Tools sorted you out, I know the ones I had from them were a good price. Shame about their website. One of my pet hates is poor websites!!!!

xc-mtbr: The dark art of Thread Chasing... or cutting threads in (dense) woods. It's not as hard as it looks, honest!!!

Cheers

Richard

Yes it is

Pete

 

[The Shark]

xc-mtbr: The dark art of Thread Chasing... or cutting threads in (dense) woods. It's not as hard as it looks, honest!!!

Cheers

Richard

Yes it is

Pete

Richard, I am afraid I have to agree with Pete. If you remember correctly, the thread that you and Nick had turned at the bash took me two passes to obliterate completely :roll:

Malc