OR IS YOURS BIGGER THAN MINE
A thread turned into a little lathe topic so not wishing to spoil that one I'll start another, I was gonna link to it but can't find it anywhere.
My little metal lathe has been sadly relegated to a corner of the shed very little used these days but I would like to put it back in commission as my dad bought that for me and I think of him when I use it.
I said in the other thread that I had given my old metal lathe away, this is what I replaced it with.
When my dad died he didn't leave much but I wanted to get something that he would have loved and used with the money he left for me so this was it.
Dad's are just the best people in the world, they make everything right and fix anything that needs fixing. I do for my kids as I am sure you do for yours.
My dad also left his tools for me and some I have used with him in the past. I used to have the eyes and hands to do what he couldn't and now I am in that situation my kids don't use the same tools anymore so these are all redundant.
He had two watchmakers lathes or if I remember right Jacot tools so here they are little lathes. I got shot at trying to cut the horse hair to power these things (still have a bag full of it).
The coin is there to demonstrate how small these are.
Dad was the local Mr Fix it for all our neighbours, clocks, watches, telly's, washing machines, cars you name it.
He had a wealth of tools and bits and pieces in tobacco tins much like all of us i would think.
The next one is even smaller, a pivot tool for watch balances, these tools are not only tiny they are probably antique passed to my dad by his dad.
Is this small enough for you?? I cant use them any more so they may go on Ebay where they can be used.
I have seen them mounted on bases and put up as ornaments but that ain't my thing.
Here's the vice i used to hold the watch movements in while working on them.
Bored you eunff yet have drawers full of this stuff most of which has been forgotten about now or cannot be used anymore. and watch parts etc. a collection from him and I LOL.
A thread turned into a little lathe topic so not wishing to spoil that one I'll start another, I was gonna link to it but can't find it anywhere.
My little metal lathe has been sadly relegated to a corner of the shed very little used these days but I would like to put it back in commission as my dad bought that for me and I think of him when I use it.
I said in the other thread that I had given my old metal lathe away, this is what I replaced it with.
When my dad died he didn't leave much but I wanted to get something that he would have loved and used with the money he left for me so this was it.
Dad's are just the best people in the world, they make everything right and fix anything that needs fixing. I do for my kids as I am sure you do for yours.
My dad also left his tools for me and some I have used with him in the past. I used to have the eyes and hands to do what he couldn't and now I am in that situation my kids don't use the same tools anymore so these are all redundant.
He had two watchmakers lathes or if I remember right Jacot tools so here they are little lathes. I got shot at trying to cut the horse hair to power these things (still have a bag full of it).
The coin is there to demonstrate how small these are.
Dad was the local Mr Fix it for all our neighbours, clocks, watches, telly's, washing machines, cars you name it.
He had a wealth of tools and bits and pieces in tobacco tins much like all of us i would think.
The next one is even smaller, a pivot tool for watch balances, these tools are not only tiny they are probably antique passed to my dad by his dad.
Is this small enough for you?? I cant use them any more so they may go on Ebay where they can be used.
I have seen them mounted on bases and put up as ornaments but that ain't my thing.
Here's the vice i used to hold the watch movements in while working on them.
Bored you eunff yet have drawers full of this stuff most of which has been forgotten about now or cannot be used anymore. and watch parts etc. a collection from him and I LOL.