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  1. 6th September 2007, 01:26 PM #1
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    rescued four legs from the tip a couple of months ago. thought i would turn them into a small hall stand/table, but had to turn the ends . only thing was lathe too short by about 300ml, problem solved,bit scary turning though.turned out good in the end. bob
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    bet you went surfin when younger

    walked out past nose of board n back

    great find great work
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    'Needs must when the devil drives' .... nice driving ;-}
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    Nothin' quite like a bit of aussie ingenuity Good stuff Bob. Like the table too.
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    That is soooo my shed!

    Although I'm lucky, in that I have two MC-900's... so I just turn the tailstock around on one and remove it from t'other, then position 'em about the right distance apart.

    Nice bit of work thinking up the mount!
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    I just move the tailstock.
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    captin snooz should be able to fix that up.

    nice job.
    i extended mine to make a jo the other day it is bench mounted so it made it easy.

    you have done a mighty good job of that thow mutch better than mine .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post

    Although I'm lucky, in that I have two MC-900's... so I just turn the tailstock around on one and remove it from t'other, then position 'em about the right distance apart.
    thats so cool

    nice table mate and good thinking
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    Quote Originally Posted by View Post
    I just move the tailstock.

    Dunno if everyone is familiar with your lathe , but that was bloody funny
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    I am sorry, I just couldn't resist it.
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    I vaguely remember seeing a site where a BIG old lathe was set up on a narrow gauge railway. The steam-driven headstock was basically just a small, modified welsh pony loco and the tailstock was mounted on it's own bogey.

    They'd just pull up on site, uncouple the tailstock and roll it down the line, ready to do some sized turning...

    I don't s'pose anyone knows the lathe I'm talking about or a related URL?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
    I vaguely remember seeing a site where a BIG old lathe was set up on a narrow gauge railway. The steam-driven headstock was basically just a small, modified welsh pony loco and the tailstock was mounted on it's own bogey.

    They'd just pull up on site, uncouple the tailstock and roll it down the line, ready to do some sized turning...

    I don't s'pose anyone knows the lathe I'm talking about or a related URL?
    Google disappointed me on this one; probably need better keywords. I reckon there'd be an intermediate carriage for the tool rest. The concept seems to offer lots of possibilities, though. Hmmm; perhaps also a woodturner's chair on the intermediate carriage to lower the height of the apparatus.

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