18-07-2011, 09:22 PM
(18-07-2011, 07:38 PM)Retired Wrote: once you start to use the Lorch David it will open up a whole new world for you.
Kind regards, Col.
I've cleaned up the box of collets, drawbar and a few other bits this afternoon. I didn't understand the numbering on the collets - from very tiny to numberings of 50, 60, 70, 80, which is the largest. I tried a few drills in the collets, and soon realised that the numbering relates to mm sizes - eg, 80 = 8MM. (The smallest is a fraction of mm).
I don't have any immediate projects in mind for the lathe, but over the last couple of years I've had several small projects in which a metal turning lathe would have been very handy, (knob inserts, spindle couplers etc) which would have been well within the scope of the Lorch, but have had to use my woodturning lathe. Far from an ideal solution!
Lathes are like so many other things that we may not use a great deal, but are worth their weight in gold when needed - biscuit jointers, routers, jigsaws, bandsaws...
I bought a few lathe tools at the Northern Model Engineering Show a month or two ago, so along with what came with the lathe, I should be well set up.
David.
