14-02-2012, 05:37 PM
Hi,
Thanks Joe; it did keep me awake a couple of nights before getting to grips with it.
Thank you for your kind comments David. As you know I love to take on hopeless projects; these to me are the most rewarding as I learn so much whilst resolving all the new and varied problems they throw at me. I would quickly become bored with simple projects that went as planned all the time. It helps a great deal to have some decent kit at my disposal to play around with; the lathe to me is worth its weight in gold.
Thank you Gary for the kind words; I'm pretty sure I submitted this as an article when I first did it to Carl for publication in the Bulletin but I don't recall it ever being published; I did however at around the same time submit the Wave Winder restoration which was published resulting in an award. I need to check my back copies of the Bulletin and if it hasn't been printed perhaps submit it once again for Carl's consideration as I think I still retain all the details on disc.
Once I complete a project it is quickly forgotten because I tend to lose interest moving onto yet another new project and this keeps the enthusiasm alive. I've actually been into the garage this afternoon and spent a bit of time running a cove beading around a clock base for a chum of mine, (no prizes David for guessing which chum).
I had been considering selling both my very rare Myford MF36 engineering lathes to upgrade to perhaps another Colchester which I miss so much. Whilst in the garage I had a quick look at both lathes; one is working but rough needing a lot of TLC but the other is sitting on the bench in bits looking very sorry for itself. I do miss my Colchester Triumph lathe but the reason for parting with it still is valid; it took up a lot of space. I've now relented and I intend to do as originally planned and restore the Myford's assuming we get a bit of global warming this year.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Joe; it did keep me awake a couple of nights before getting to grips with it.
Thank you for your kind comments David. As you know I love to take on hopeless projects; these to me are the most rewarding as I learn so much whilst resolving all the new and varied problems they throw at me. I would quickly become bored with simple projects that went as planned all the time. It helps a great deal to have some decent kit at my disposal to play around with; the lathe to me is worth its weight in gold.
Thank you Gary for the kind words; I'm pretty sure I submitted this as an article when I first did it to Carl for publication in the Bulletin but I don't recall it ever being published; I did however at around the same time submit the Wave Winder restoration which was published resulting in an award. I need to check my back copies of the Bulletin and if it hasn't been printed perhaps submit it once again for Carl's consideration as I think I still retain all the details on disc.
Once I complete a project it is quickly forgotten because I tend to lose interest moving onto yet another new project and this keeps the enthusiasm alive. I've actually been into the garage this afternoon and spent a bit of time running a cove beading around a clock base for a chum of mine, (no prizes David for guessing which chum).
I had been considering selling both my very rare Myford MF36 engineering lathes to upgrade to perhaps another Colchester which I miss so much. Whilst in the garage I had a quick look at both lathes; one is working but rough needing a lot of TLC but the other is sitting on the bench in bits looking very sorry for itself. I do miss my Colchester Triumph lathe but the reason for parting with it still is valid; it took up a lot of space. I've now relented and I intend to do as originally planned and restore the Myford's assuming we get a bit of global warming this year.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
