Thread: Shoulda known

My coffee cup or coke can sit behind me on the tool chest, to much swarf gets thrown up on the headstock as you say. The only problem is I forget about it and then go to have a sip and find the coffee has gone cold, but at least the coke is fine, LOL
I always have a drink in the shed because the tablets I am on dry my mouth out.

Dave

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I have room for my dial Indicator and a few little bits, but that lever with the red knob is a clutch lever and it sweeps the area in front of it when operated. Two gear levers and an oil filler behind leave very little spare room.

I try not to have drinks on the lathe. Messes up the coolant. My coffee usually lives on the mostly unused cutoff saw just to the left, next to the metal storage area shown.

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I have two shelves on the wall behind but the top one is angled so I can see stuff, and my coffee cup falls off there.

Dean

Originally Posted by Oldneweng

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I have room for my dial Indicator and a few little bits, but that lever with the red knob is a clutch lever and it sweeps the area in front of it when operated. Two gear levers and an oil filler behind leave very little spare room.

I try not to have drinks on the lathe. Messes up the coolant. My coffee usually lives on the mostly unused cutoff saw just to the left, next to the metal storage area shown.

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I have two shelves on the wall behind but the top one is angled so I can see stuff, and my coffee cup falls off there.

Dean

I never tire of looking at pictures of other peoples sheds!

Simon

Dean, I realise you are busy trying to work out your depth stop, but looking at that clutch lever, have you considered making an extension piece up (and putting a straight arm on) so that the lever doesn't sweep so low? Having a flat surface at the headstock is very useful for keys, rules, tools etc. After I made mine up it was one of those "I wish I'd done this earlier" things.

Michael

Those are old pictures. That length of stainless steel 1 inch pipe which I nearly succeeded in cutting a BSP thread on has actually been moved now. (Trust me to start with an easy one.) There is also a lot more stuff on the floor now, but I did not say that. I feel the same way. I rarely have people into my shed as we are a bit isolated and I think some people get the impression I am a little strange.

Actually I reckon the locals think that I am only a recent import (12 years of farming life) from the town and that I could not possibly have any idea about mechanical things. I think only one neighbour knows I have a lathe but he is an exceptional person, not a long term local and too stuborn I think, to ask for help from me. He is about 68 years old and still farming alone.

One of the reasons I share stuff on this forum.

Dean

Originally Posted by Michael G

Dean, I realise you are busy trying to work out your depth stop, but looking at that clutch lever, have you considered making an extension piece up (and putting a straight arm on) so that the lever doesn't sweep so low? Having a flat surface at the headstock is very useful for keys, rules, tools etc. After I made mine up it was one of those "I wish I'd done this earlier" things.

Michael

Hmm. I hadn't really thought about it to be honest but I will give it some thought. I actually tend to think that it is better to put that sort of stuff elsewhere rather than on top of the machine so I would guess that I would decide against the idea. That is one of the reasons for the two shelves at the back. I don't really know where that attitude came from to be honest but at some point I think I was taught not to do it.

About 30 years ago I worked for JP Engineering in Adelaide. While there I did a lot of time on centreless grinders. If you know anything about them they have a flat top surface above the control wheel (ours did) which invited junk. If that junk then fell into the machine then bang and the boss was not happy. This is probably why? We only kept a mic there occasionally.

What I need is a situation where I can store stuff on a shelf to the left of the lathe in easy reach. Just need a bigger shed, or build sheds faster that aquiring shed filling stuff.

Dean

finally finished the headstock.
here's a few pics

That's a really nice job. It's a great colour, you can easily see if there is any foreign particles in there.

Simon

That came up great.

Dave