Why I bought a lathe

[krv3000]

well the reason i have a lathe for is to put my life back together I'm a time served machinist but after having a RTA this all ended i decided to get my self a lathe to rehabilitate my self so i was on the look out for a lathe i had to go to a work place for assessment this turned out to be remploy this is a factory run by the government for disabled people but they are shutting them dawn any way wile i was their i had to do a stock check of all the machinery on site that's when i fawned my lathe a compact 8 it had bin used in the testing of cooker control knobs it had a felt wheel which run in jiff then on to the printed part of the cooker knob if the print got rubbed off then that Bach of knobs was rejected on leaving the manager of the factory gave me the lathe as it was only gowning to be wade in for scrap as I'm unemployed finances are stretched so i don't have a lot of cash for tooling but I'm getting their

[Mayhem]

Right place at the right time then Bob. Well done on getting it for free and it sounds like it would be in fantastic condition if just running felt tooling - I've never seen felt inserts

Good of the manager to give it to you. Often bureaucracy gets in the way and such items have to be destroyed, as that is what the memo from upstairs reads. I'm glad he used his common sense.

Judging by the quality of the work you have posted on here, your rehabilitation is progressing nicely.

[TOM REED]

PIX MAN I have a very nice taper attachment that would go well with that lathe, too bad we are so far apart. tom

[krv3000]

well the lathe had a good coting of rust i had to replace the head bearings and give it a re pant

[PixMan]

(05-18-2012, 11:39 PM)TOM REED Wrote: PIX MAN I have a very nice taper attachment that would go well with that lathe, too bad we are so far apart. tom

If you have one that works, believe me when I say we can work this out!!

Got pics? I have no clue as to what a taper attachment for a vintage Victor would look like, but do know that the last of them from the importer sold off last year for $1700 and there was no way I could touch it. If you have one, I would pay whatever the shipping costs might be.

[TAWPTool]

Henry,

My story mirrors yours exactly. Thanks for sharing.

And thank you also for turning me on to this forum! I'll be posting an introduction later today.

Guy

(05-18-2012, 06:12 PM)henryarnold Wrote: When I was a kid, my Dad always talked about someday having a lathe. He loved tools but was hesitant to spend money on things. He was raised during the Depression when buying expensive tools for a hobby would never be considered. A few years ago it occurred to me that it would be fun to get the lathe that my Dad and I dreamed about. My Dad is no longer alive. Finally having a lathe has been fun and I often think about my Dad when I use it. He should have just bought the lathe all the years ago. Life is short.

[November X-ray]

Well, since nobody said it yet, I'm gonna. I bought a lathe to make square things round, then a bought a mill to make round things square, then I got another lathe and another mill because the wife would not let me have a girlfriend! Go Figure!!!

[stevec]

GOOD ONE! X-ray.

[Bill Gruby]

At first I bought it to make things, still do. Then the fascination of it going round and round set in. Yup, then the inevitable happened, I found out how much fun it was to dodge "Blue Bullets".

"Billy G"