Thread: handy size lathe

Nearly makes you cry seeing it like that.

thats what i can't understand he rekons its worth 5 grand and then leaves it out to rust back into the earth , how hard would it of been to give it a good coat of oil and cover it over .

Be great , turning out in the fresh air like that

And only fifteen minutes drive from Robbos place. Hmmmmmm!

Agree. What a waste.

He's dreamin' of course, bet he doesn't get a bid on it

Originally Posted by

Nearly makes you cry seeing it like that.

Go on , we know you want to:

Take it home that is.

Cheers

Jack up something to make it spin , and have a Turner's Picnic

Originally Posted by Tim the Timber Turner

Go on , we know you want to:

Take it home that is.

Cheers

If it was $3500 cheaper I would.

I learnt on a lathe like that.

My BIL sold his 6ft swing Wadkin for not much more than scrap without telling me...

It was in good nick too, like all the gear in his pattern making business.

However, the transport costs Sydney to Adelaide would have been a killer.

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Originally Posted by NeilS

My BIL sold his 6ft swing Wadkin for not much more than scrap without telling me...

It was in good nick too, like all the gear in his pattern making business.

However, the transport costs Sydney to Adelaide would have been a killer.

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You still talking to him?

Originally Posted by

You still talking to him?

Yeah, but it would have been nice to have had first right of refusal...

The business being a partnership with another chap sort of complicated things.

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I had one just like that until five years ago when I closed my business,sold it to a bloke in Victoria I sure hope that is not it, at the time I had to import it from the UK there was nothing like it available here. I agree in that condition it is not going to get $5000. There should be a law against cruelty to lathes.

This might be a silly question but can someone tell me what the difference is between a "pattern makers" lathe and say a Vicmac or Stubby ?