This boy is for turning

[jow104]

Gone from this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/devonwoody/1w-5.jpg

to this since Sunday.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/devonwoody/5w-5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/devonwoody/6w-4.jpg

So please tell me of your best tips for the setting up.

[wheelinround]

Put a lathe on it would help :D

motor end to the left tail stock to the right

[jow104]

Yep, most probably wait until the big boys are around.

[wheelinround]

And the rains have stopped read of the floods yet again good to know you and your are ok.

Ray

[jow104]

And the rains have stopped read of the floods yet again good to know you and your are ok.

Ray

Yep we had 90mm in the week, which is heavy for us, but we are 400ft above the beach, but oddly enough my lathe came from Cockermouth which had the bad lot last week.

[thefixer]

I would leave enough room so you can get around to the back of the lathe. All the mechanics are at the back and it's a real bugger trying to perform maintenance while leaning over.

[wheelinround]

Is there a prize for the best tips This boy is for turning :: UKworkshop.co.uk (http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37406) :;

I was trying to see if you had said what lathe it is you bought !!!

[jow104]

Is there a prize for the best tips This boy is for turning :: UKworkshop.co.uk (http://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37406) :;

I was trying to see if you had said what lathe it is you bought !!!

Its a secondhand Axminster M950 with a kind of variable speed unit, done about 14 items according the the previous owner.

[hughie]

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s a secondhand Axminster M950 with a kind of variable speed unit, done about 14 items according the the previous owner.
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Well at that rate you've got a good 'n. Yep leave a bit of space at the back, makes it easier to shovel out the curlies. Could try suspending a fluorescent light above the lathe length ways and a spot light up form the tail stock end fro hollow vessels etc.

[joe greiner]

Move the clamps, like the bloke on the link suggests. Overhead if possible, to gain some real estate.

Make the curtains long enough to overlap the floor. Several sections to facilitate access. Hookless if possible, for ease of placement and removal. DIY WIP pending. Heavy duty Visqueen is fine; also transparent. Wear a dust mask at least, respirator better.

Add a shelf to hold ballast - concrete blocks, buckets of salvaged tire weights or RR spikes. One of my mates uses an old lathe bed on the shelf, another has a section of RR track.

Cheers,
Joe

[artme]

Glad to see you´ve Turned:D:D:D:p


Sort out good handy storage for chucks,faceplates and turning tools.

Don´t forget calipers, Verniers, good live centres, including 60* if intending to turn penns.

Have heaps of fun!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[Ozkaban]

Looks like a nice setup, as wheelin said - once there's a lathe on top :D

The Axminister M950 looks like the MC-900 type lathes. Not a bad unit if you keep on top of maintenance. I have a MC-1100, which is essentially the same thing.

Good luck, and enjoy turning.

cheers,
Dave

[Rum Pig]

Yep we had 90mm in the week, which is heavy for us, but we are 400ft above the beach, but oddly enough my lathe came from Cockermouth which had the bad lot last week.
90mm that is just a sun shower:q:U

Looks like you will be having fun soon good luck I look forward to seeing the photo when it is all set up and first job is on the lathe:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup: