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New Lathe.

silver

General dogsbody
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Jun 29, 2013
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Somewhere in Staffordshire,
First Name
Eamonn.
Love it.

Remember going to see one of my Dad's friends when I was a kid, he had an old car gearbox (think it was a Ford one) for his home made lathe, worked brilliantly from what I recall.
 

Garno

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May 12, 2021
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Dronfield
First Name
Gary
Probably better than the one I had before buying the one have :ciggrin::ciggrin::ciggrin:

Shame there is no variable speed on it ...........
 

Dalboy

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Mar 20, 2014
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Kent
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Derek
I thought you had started the Hercus restoration not got very far Mark:whistling::whistling::whistling:
 

Penpal

Grand Master
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May 26, 2013
Posts
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Location
Canberra AUSTRALIA
First Name
Peter
My first was home made,loved it worked great for years,then saw the light and bought real quality,it vreally pays from Qld,Ihave always purchased bare lathes,quality motors and variable control..:thumbs:
 
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