New Tools

[Mev]

New tools inbound for the man cave, a lovely new lathe is winging it's way and a shed load of other tackle..

Clarke Metal Lathe - CL300M is the weapon of choice, just need to learn how to use it now. lol

[mybad]

May 15, 2013 17:56:26 GMT Mev said:

New tools inbound for the man cave, a lovely new lathe is winging it's way and a shed load of other tackle..

Clarke Metal Lathe - CL300M is the weapon of choice, just need to learn how to use it now. lol

Have you actually bought it yet Mev

[Mev]

Yep just done the deed, been thinking about it months lol done next day delivery to get it Friday so courier stalking it will be.

[womble]

Oooo nice, I was just thinking about making a round solid wood mod and realised I needed a lathe I'm not sure it's worth the outlay just for that!

What are you planning on using yours for?

My latest acquisition www.cottandco.com/lots/elliott-progress-no1-pedestal-drill-1 Not this exact one. But almost the same!

[mybad]

May 15, 2013 18:04:24 GMT Mev said:

Yep just done the deed, been thinking about it months lol done next day delivery to get it Friday so courier stalking it will be.

Wish I would have known you wanted to buy a little lathe, could have give you a few hints on what to get, but you have already gone and bought one.

[RAW]

hehe less time spanking the mokey and more time spanking the lathe

[Mev]

I'll have to find extra time for the lathe as I can't be cutting into the monkey spanking time now can I..


Mybad what do you think of the CL300M ? I've been reading up for months now and it seems to be a nice little lathe. I've done a lot of work on wood lathes before but never on a metal lathe so there's going to be a very steep learning curve and I don't foresee Provari replica's flying out anytime soon lol

Any tips/advice is always welcome..

[mybad]

May 15, 2013 18:13:58 GMT Mev said:

I'll have to find extra time for the lathe as I can't be cutting into the monkey spanking time now can I..


Mybad what do you think of the CL300M ? I've been reading up for months now and it seems to be a nice little lathe. I've done a lot of work on wood lathes before but never on a metal lathe so there's going to be a very steep learning curve and I don't foresee Provari replica's flying out anytime soon lol

Any tips/advice is always welcome..

Could you send it back ?

[Mev]

LoL you think that highly of it ?

[womble]

I must admit, my mate who has forgotten more about metal working tools, than most metal working engineers have ever known, doesn't rate Clarke stuff at all.

It didn't stop me buying a Clarke bench sander recently though

[womble]

May 15, 2013 18:13:58 GMT Mev said:

I'll have to find extra time for the lathe as I can't be cutting into the monkey spanking time now can I..


Mybad what do you think of the CL300M ? I've been reading up for months now and it seems to be a nice little lathe. I've done a lot of work on wood lathes before but never on a metal lathe so there's going to be a very steep learning curve and I don't foresee Provari replica's flying out anytime soon lol

Any tips/advice is always welcome..

A provari would be easy to make (tube wise) , not sure how they do the grooves though, probably a CNC milling machine, very difficult to do at home I would have thought. Lots of other things you could do though!

[womble]

May 15, 2013 18:08:54 GMT mybad said:

May 15, 2013 18:04:24 GMT Mev said:

Yep just done the deed, been thinking about it months lol done next day delivery to get it Friday so courier stalking it will be.

Wish I would have known you wanted to buy a little lathe, could have give you a few hints on what to get, but you have already gone and bought one.

What lathe would be a good buy in your opinion then?

[mybad]

May 15, 2013 18:34:04 GMT womble said:

May 15, 2013 18:08:54 GMT mybad said:

Wish I would have known you wanted to buy a little lathe, could have give you a few hints on what to get, but you have already gone and bought one.

What lathe would be a good buy in your opinion then?

All depends Womble on what you want to do on it, how much space you have for one, how much you want to spend on one.

[womble]

May 15, 2013 18:39:18 GMT mybad said:

May 15, 2013 18:34:04 GMT womble said:

What lathe would be a good buy in your opinion then?

All depends Womble on what you want to do on it, how much space you have for one, how much you want to spend on one.

Not sure yet, small to medium metal work and some sorts of wood work, will have loads of space soon *, can't afford to spend anything atm, but will probably be on the lookout for a decent 2nd hand machine. Like the drill, I prefer to buy decent heavier stuff 2nd hand, which should be cheaper, or as cheap as modern stuff, but longer lasting.
Although to be fair, I have no idea how this works with lathes. I trained on very heavy old machines as an apprentice in the 80's, but have had little to do with them since.

*I'm in the process on planning a wooden workshop to be built in the garden, I plan to use alot of materials I already have to build it, but it will still take a decent outlay to get it the way I want, so while I'll have lots of space, I won't have any money to buy any new kit

[Mev]

May 15, 2013 18:08:54 GMT womble said:

Oooo nice, I was just thinking about making a round solid wood mod and realised I needed a lathe I'm not sure it's worth the outlay just for that!

What are you planning on using yours for?

My latest acquisition www.cottandco.com/lots/elliott-progress-no1-pedestal-drill-1 Not this exact one. But almost the same!

Nice one, drill mill next on the list for me mate.