Another new toy

[Nefarious]

It's a 1948 Denham. Ex-MOD. Lots of new bits in it.
It's around a ton altogether, including the legs and motor- moving it nigh-on broke me!

It's a serious piece of kit, far more capable than me. I'm going to have to edumacate myself and up my game!

Picked it up for a bargain price, along with a bandsaw, a horizonal saw and a few other bits from an estate sale.
I'm more excited than a grown man has any right to be over a tool

[mik]

Ooh - a lathe is an awesume addition to any garage

Std 240 (230) volt supply?

[DaveE]

Things I will never have a need of...

[dinny_g]

My Dad learned how to turn wood at his local Men's Shed (Re-quote at will).

He loves it - he's slowly making a fence for around a picnic table / area in his garden, one baluster at a time

[Nefarious]

Ooh - a lathe is an awesume addition to any garage

Std 240 (230) volt supply?

Yes, at some point it's motor has been replaced with a relatively modern 1.1kW 240V job.

ETA - it's visible in the picture just by the rear leg of the crane

[KiwiDave]

The amount of stuff you can make with a semi decent lathe and milling machine is almost endless. Glossing over the endless metal splinters and rampant skin issues from the coolants, I don't think there's a day gone by since I left engineering where I haven't wanted both in a shed somewhere.

Top bloking.

[Jobbo]

Excellent. Since the photo isn’t showing on my phone, until I read Mik’s post I thought it might be a massive gun and wondered what on earth you’d use it for

[Nefarious]

Excellent. Since the photo isn’t showing on my phone, until I read Mik’s post I thought it might be a massive gun and wondered what on earth you’d use it for

Funnily enough, my variation for practical went in yesterday.
On the current trajectory, some time around next February, expect a post announcing the purchase of one of these:

[Nefarious]

Probably still lighter and easier to move than that bloody lathe!

[Jimmy Choo]

Probably still lighter and easier to move than that bloody lathe!

[Nefarious]

What's better than owning a decent full size lathe? 2 decent full size lathes, obviously!

[nuttinnew]

[DeskJockey]

I predict Nef will now put effort into being able to operate both simultaneously, devising a one-handed method.

[IanF]

I used to love using the lathe at school (and not just because that was the only female teacher I had and she was quite hot!) I’d whittle things down, trying to get the surface super smooth on many an alu or wood block.. always loved the smell - oil, metallic and wood… mmmmh!

[dinny_g]

I predict Nef will now put effort into being able to operate both simultaneously, devising a one-handed method.

Yep - the Jean Michele Jare of metal turning…

[Carlos]

My son who is doing an engineering apprenticeship is terrified of them as he's been shown shit loads of videos of people being caught in them!

The newer stuff is largely computerised with guards and multiple safety stops but his colleague recently still lost a couple of fingers trying lube a part rather than turn it off when picking up

[Nefarious]

I predict Nef will now put effort into being able to operate both simultaneously, devising a one-handed method.

Yep - the Jean Michele Jare of metal turning…

Now that would be an interesting trick!

The real reason I've bought a second one is for the extra tooling, and a few spares. As I'm sure you can imagine, OEM spares for a 1948 lathe are a bit thin on the ground, and my lathe no.1 is missing its changewheels (needed for cutting different thread pitches). Also, lots of the tooling is insanely expensive - a single reamer and tap in one particular size is £450 *if* I have a friend bring it back from the US for me
So, by fluke, a friend put me in touch with a retiring gunsmith with exactly the same lathe as me, but with a ton of tools. We have provisionally agreed for me to buy the whole shooting match as a single package.
If I possibly can, I'm going to try and arrange the sale of the second lathe *before* I collect it, and hopefully have the new owner collect directly, rather than me having to lug it around!

[V8Granite]

Excellent. Since the photo isn’t showing on my phone, until I read Mik’s post I thought it might be a massive gun and wondered what on earth you’d use it for

Funnily enough, my variation for practical went in yesterday.
On the current trajectory, some time around next February, expect a post announcing the purchase of one of these:

I have a Boche Buster in the loft so if you have a good set of calipers you are halfway there



Dave!

[Nefarious]

I have a Boche Buster in the loft

Your loft has some seriously impressive joists

[Jobbo]

Are you going to be cutting a lot of imperial threads, or does the thread cutting stuff allow you to cut metric too?