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15th September 2020, 09:49 PM #16
Thought I'd share this exciting moment with you. It's plugged in and running. It's really smooth and just hums. I'll likely anchor it to the floor just to remove any residual vibration. I couldn't resist putting a piece of wood in and having a test. It's lovely. More updates to come.
Cheers,
Zac.
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17th September 2020, 07:59 PM #17
I can understand and appreciate your satisfaction. But, paint the tailstock before the turning bug bites too hard.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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17th September 2020, 11:31 PM #18
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23rd September 2020, 01:41 PM #19
The fixer did a great job brazing the cast iron parts for the outboard sanding rest back together. I've included some pics below. More of the whole finished paint job to come.
Cheers,
Zac.
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24th September 2020, 12:44 AM #20
Here she is mostly done. There's a few little things to go but I'll end the thread here. Now that I have a decent lathe I'm organising some classes to learn the basics. Neil Turner runs classes that I'm hoping to book in for November. Thanks again to everyone for their help - special mentions to NeilS, Riverbuilder and Graeme for helping me out re sourcing the missing parts.
Cheers,
Zac
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24th September 2020, 02:12 PM #21
Zac
That is one very smart lathe!
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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24th September 2020, 08:05 PM #22
Good job Zac,
When I painted my Vicmarc and I wanted a colour close to original.
I contacted Vicmarc and they said a blue hammertone from the hardware.
Well the blue I thought looked as close to the vicmarc blue is not but yours looks very close
So can you tell me what brand of hammertone you used ?
Rick
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24th September 2020, 08:59 PM #23
That is a beautiful restoration.......
Congratulations,
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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25th September 2020, 10:19 AM #24
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26th September 2020, 03:12 PM #25
Well done Zack!
The previous owner used the outboard rig for sanding, but the original purpose for that was for outboard turning. The advantage of that is that you can turn some larger sized platters on that than can fit over the inboard bed. Only issue with that is that you will be turning with reverse rotation, so some tools will have to be reground for that, and the thread is left-hand, so your inboard chucks would need a separate L-H adapator. Those are not as readily found nowadays, but someone like Enzo at Home could make one up for you.
Of course, you can continue to use the outboard rig for sanding if you have no need for outboard turning...Stay sharp and stay safe!
Neil
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