03-17-2017, 06:31 AM
A colleague of mine brought this in for me. Her husband noticed on the verge rubbish collection pile of their neighbour's. It is a MT3 centre with a home made adaptor for use as a pipe centre.
I then found out that the neighbour is a widow, who now and then throws out "junk" from her lathe husband's workshop. It turns out that he was an engineer of some description and had worked for Roles Royce and Boeing. I've asked if I can drop by one day and take a look at what "junk" remains...
Next is a cold cut saw that I picked up today for $400. It needs some TLC, as well as a new pivot bush/pin and a cover making where someone had not noticed that the stop had worked loose and cut into the vise screw
. Interestingly, this started its life with a manual fuel pump to run the coolant. At some stage, someone has added a suds pump. The blade is dull but I can replace that easily enough.
I also picked up some forklift tines from a local service centre for $50. The uprights are 5" wide and 2" thick and contain several of the QCTP holders that I need to make. I'm guessing that I will need a fairly coarse pitch blade to cut through these.
I then found out that the neighbour is a widow, who now and then throws out "junk" from her lathe husband's workshop. It turns out that he was an engineer of some description and had worked for Roles Royce and Boeing. I've asked if I can drop by one day and take a look at what "junk" remains...
Next is a cold cut saw that I picked up today for $400. It needs some TLC, as well as a new pivot bush/pin and a cover making where someone had not noticed that the stop had worked loose and cut into the vise screw
. Interestingly, this started its life with a manual fuel pump to run the coolant. At some stage, someone has added a suds pump. The blade is dull but I can replace that easily enough.I also picked up some forklift tines from a local service centre for $50. The uprights are 5" wide and 2" thick and contain several of the QCTP holders that I need to make. I'm guessing that I will need a fairly coarse pitch blade to cut through these.
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