Thread: Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Got me a new lathe!

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Steady on old chap, you sounded like my beloved Camilla for a moment there. :eek:

Charles.

nice pick up mate. is this number 6?

Good score Skew

ps, will have ago at welding the compressor part this weekend

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Ever tried finding a piece of leather 1.5" wide by 7' long? :eek:

Very nice ... look for a funny shaped cow

John

well done Skew!... she's a ripper.

Good score Skew, well done.

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Ever tried finding a piece of leather 1.5" wide by 7' long? :eek:

What about cutting a strip off an old tractor tube?

Almost bought an old treadle lathe (foot operated not dissimilar in action to the old sewing machine action)some years back when travelling through Port Fairy ,only trouble was we had no room to cart it...could of sent it home I 'spose however would have been just a dust gatherer on refurbishing it.

Cheers

Cool!!

Let's see you get a good shine on Shellawax using that

love the lathe , well done on your personal kyoto effort , but your supose to limit your CO^2 out put to 1990 levels not the 1890's LOL \

nice find i love the old stuff , i have a 3foot Dia Sandstone Grindstone with the same belt setup ,except it must have run off over head steam power

that'll work off that beer gut in no time

Hi Skew,
Interesting old pick-up you have got there, with you piece of leather, drop into a saddlery place where they make all sorts of things for G-G's and they always have pieces of 'scrap' leather lying around. If you have hassles, let me know and I'll grab you a piece from the local bloke up here.

Cheers,
Ron.

Thanks for the comments, people. I'm as chuffed with this 'un as I was with my very first. Now all I need are the fittings for my pole lathe and a brand spanking new Oneway (I'd consider settling for a stubby ) and my collection will be complete.

Originally Posted by ss_11000

nice pick up mate. is this number 6?

This one brings the total back up to 5, but is only the 4th "keeper."

Originally Posted by GlennD

Let's see you get a good shine on Shellawax using that

It'll be interesting to see if I can, anyway. It should be doable... the pulley ratio is 10:1, so 1 PPS (peddle per second) = 600RPM.

Originally Posted by John Saxton

...could of sent it home I 'spose however would have been just a dust gatherer on refurbishing it.

That won't be a problem here. I like playing with old toys and this one will be a user.

Originally Posted by rona

Interesting old pick-up you have got there, with you piece of leather, drop into a saddlery place where they make all sorts of things for G-G's and they always have pieces of 'scrap' leather lying around.

A saddlery? Thanks for that Ron, I was thinking along the lines of going through some tanneries but there are several saddlers quite a bit closer.

i wonder if the lad has one very well developed leg?.

i do like the old stuff, guts, grimly determined, neither rain nor hail etc will keep it from accomplishing its goal! YaYYYYY

Oh, some of those 3' sandstone grinders can be driven off the tractor pto (if you have a tractor of decent vintage). I bought one at an auction and they lowered it by jib crane in the back of the ute - by crikey the vee-hickle sure went down at the back in a hurry.

the joys of youth, money and clearing sales!

Great find Skew.... Iam Green with envy.... As for finding that leather belt> I have several friends with Model T Fords and they use a similar belt to drive the waterpump. The leather straping and cleats are available through their suppliers, Perhaps Aus has such outfits as well. Might try looking there, for the materials.