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Both are nice! I wish I had a similar area to keep my machines.

Yes we do feed the birds, encouraging them into the garden helps keep pests like slugs under control and they are very entertaining to watch. We get all sorts of birds from Wrens to Raptors.

Arbalest,

Nice view of both the lathe and the back yard. Just don't let the birds distract you while you're running the lathe.

Ed

Great view of the lathe and the yard. Hope you never forget and leave the chuck key in!

Tom

(10-06-2012, 09:17 AM)TomG Wrote: [ -> ]Great view of the lathe and the yard. Hope you never forget and leave the chuck key in!

Tom

I was thinking the same thing!

Then I figured since it turns towards the operator it would just come out and smack me in the head.

But then I thinking.......wait a minute.......he's in the UK........don't their lathes run in the opposite direction?

So perhaps you're right!

Seriously though........nice lathe, and great backdrop!

Best Regards,
Russ

Wrus, nice story and pics too! I'll bet the young lad is in 7th heaven with his "new" lathe.
Arbalest, I was thinking about the chuck key in the lathe too, but I don't think I've ever started the lathe in reverse with the key still in.
However, the stripe on the wall behind my little 12 x 36 would be even uglier on that nice window of yours.

(10-06-2012, 04:26 AM)Arbalest Wrote: [ -> ]Here's mine, a little BV20 I got from Axminster tools. Not such a good pic of the Lathe as it was taken to illustrate the view other folks had noticed I had whilst working on it!

Hi
I had one of those lathes
I made a smaller pulley to slow the spindle speeds down a bit
Turned out some decent work on it
The geared head was very handy
John

John, the very first thing I made on the Lathe was a smaller pulley to slow the speed down! I knew the second job was my first attempt at screw cutting and I felt the minimum speed was too high. If you look at the picture again, the small black chart on the headstock is the original speed chart. Below it is a white chart with my slower speed range. The slowest speed is now 100 rpm rather than 170.

(10-07-2012, 03:12 PM)Arbalest Wrote: [ -> ]John, the very first thing I made on the Lathe was a smaller pulley to slow the speed down! I knew the second job was my first attempt at screw cutting and I felt the minimum speed was too high. If you look at the picture again, the small black chart on the headstock is the original speed chart. Below it is a white chart with my slower speed range. The slowest speed is now 100 rpm rather than 170.

I think mine was a little bit slower but not much
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuBttgtBP2U
This had me twitching a bit lol
John

That turned out well John! I don't think Axminster sell the BV20 any more which is a shame it's not too bad for a cheap machine, I paid £395.00 for mine new.