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[Blister]

Well I managed to get at the VB today :lol:

O my back

managed to get it all bolted together

This is the small lifting frame I made , works with 3 shackles and 2 two tone strops wound round the hand wheel and the face plate

Then had a quick go at lining up thr tail stock revolving center and the steb drive center

and a close up :lol:

Have some 18mm raw bolts to fix it to the floor , but will have to go and hire a big mother of a drill to do the holes :roll: as my 18volt Bosch will not be up to the job

so drill holes , position lathe over holes and bolt it down tomorrow and it should be " Jobs a goodun "

:mrgreen: :tool: :tool:

 

[loz]

Shes a Beauty ;-)

i've never been up close to one - what hight is the centre ? - looks high, but its probably just the photo perspective.

Can't wait to see some pics of it at work !

Loz

 

[Paul.J]

Looking good Allen.
The workshop looks to be nice and bright.
Is that the final resting place for the VB :?:
Just wondering if it is that you have enough room behind for the tool rest beam :?

 

[Blister]

Shes a Beauty ;-)

i've never been up close to one - what hight is the centre ? - looks high, but its probably just the photo perspective.

Can't wait to see some pics of it at work !

Loz

Loz , Hegners do this lathe in " High : or " Low " my one is the high version , the difference between them is 3" , I will measure the floor to spindle center tomorrow , resting my back now

 

[hog&bodge]

Should have given me a shout Blister I would have called round and helped,
Was at a lose end this after noon...Bet you just burning to have a go
at your new toy... :lol:
That beast looks the business..
Alex

 

[Blister]

Looking good Allen.
The workshop looks to be nice and bright.
Is that the final resting place for the VB :?:
Just wondering if it is that you have enough room behind for the tool rest beam :?

Paul , no its not in its final position yet , as you say it needs to be moved away from the wall to gain an amount of room , for the tool rest post , and for getting shavings out and a extractor pipe up the back as well

I cant wait to have a go , not turned anything for over a year due to dad and the bike accident

 

[Blister]

Should have given me a shout Blister I would have called round and helped,
Was at a lose end this after noon...Bet you just burning to have a go
at your new toy... :lol:
That beast looks the business..
Alex

:shock: pop round from Manchester to dagenham :shock:


Thanks for the offer though

 

[loz]

:shock: pop round from Manchester to dagenham :shock:


Thanks for the offer though

Guess he wanted to bump into Stacey ?

 

[Steve Jones]

First time I've seen one of these up real close, serious bit of kit :mrgreen:

Steve

 

[Blister]

First time I've seen one of these up real close, serious bit of kit :mrgreen:

Steve

This was one I turned last year

Yer right :shock: :shock: :shock:

but as you can see that blank weighed in at 1 TON :shock: :shock:

:tool: :tool: \/ \/

 

[Steve Jones]

Can't wait to see it in action, Allen

Steve

PS. Is this the one you picked up from near me in Cradley Heath ? I've lost track !

 

[Aled Dafis]

There's a guy on the VB promotional video turning a bath made from Teak. Very impressive!!! :shock: :shock:

Cheers

Aled

P.S. I'm GREEN with envy!! TOOL!! TOOL!!

 

[hog&bodge]

:shock: pop round from Manchester to dagenham :shock:


Thanks for the offer though

Guess he wanted to bump into Stacey ?

Just a location mix up...lol
But to get a chance of using that Lathe I would make the journey any
day of the week..have you seen the size of the lumber you can turn on it
yikes....I need a bigger shed :lol:

 

[Blister]

Can't wait to see it in action, Allen

Steve

PS. Is this the one you picked up from near me in Cradley Heath ? I've lost track !

Steve :lol:

Well yes sort of

The Lathe came from Cradley Heath

and the Standard bed assembly came from David Cummerford in Ireland ,

Hence the Visit to our very own Boysie39 a couple of months back :wink:

 

[johnny.t.]

:mrgreen: I want one

Maybe Mrs. JT has me one for me xmas stocking :lol: :lol:

Looks like a proper bit of kit Blister, look forward to seeing some monster turnings(like the little pic you posted) from it.

JT

 

[wizer]

It looks lovely Allen. I'd not thought to look at the spindle height last time I was at yours. It does look high. I was turning bottle stoppers today and halfway through realised how much I was hunched over. Need to get it up on some blocks after the op.

If you're about on the weekend, I might pop 'round to see it commissioned. Could do with getting out of this bloody house :lol: