23-11-2013, 11:55 AM
Hi,
The Jubilee was collected this morning as arranged so having now sold the Jubilee I'll never complete the clutch project which is a pity because it was interesting but now I can concentrate on using the Graduate lathe which is fully running and a beauty to own; the Graduate is a lathe I'll definitely keep.
It's strange how things developed; I bought the Jubilee not too long ago with the intention of keeping it; I set the Jubilee up in the workshop which I had converted to woodworking from an electronics workshop. New tool racks were installed and the Jubilee was in full running order with all new electrics and powered through a VFD giving variable speed etc in fact the Jubilee was an excellent lathe.
I think I only ever used the Jubilee a couple of times experimenting with chatter work; I even spent over £186 buying a Sorby Patriot chuck which I still have. Just turning the two small pieces was enough to convince me that the workshop was much too small regarding freedom of movement and problems with dust so I then set about converting the garage into my new workshop which I'm still doing. I had once again got the Jubilee set up and running in the garage when I came across the Graduate being advertised. Whilst Bron and I were visiting Joe I mentioned my long time dream of owning a Graduate but the ones for sale on eBay were always at the far side of the planet? Joe suggested I also browse Gumtree which I did and came across the Graduate only a short drive from home so I grabbed the opportunity and bought the Graduate hence the Jubilee became a spare lathe. I still have the Record Power DML 24" so the Jubilee had to reluctantly go. Over the last few months all I seem to have done is to set up new workshops so hopefully the move into the garage will be the last one allowing me to move on with projects.
I did my first bit of turning on the Graduate yesterday afternoon; nothing special just making chips to try the lathe out and I'm delighted with the way the Graduate has responded to a month of TLC; it's a joy to use and so smooth.
I've only got three lathes now so wonder how long it will be before I upgrade the engineering lathe?
Kind regards, Col.
The Jubilee was collected this morning as arranged so having now sold the Jubilee I'll never complete the clutch project which is a pity because it was interesting but now I can concentrate on using the Graduate lathe which is fully running and a beauty to own; the Graduate is a lathe I'll definitely keep.
It's strange how things developed; I bought the Jubilee not too long ago with the intention of keeping it; I set the Jubilee up in the workshop which I had converted to woodworking from an electronics workshop. New tool racks were installed and the Jubilee was in full running order with all new electrics and powered through a VFD giving variable speed etc in fact the Jubilee was an excellent lathe.
I think I only ever used the Jubilee a couple of times experimenting with chatter work; I even spent over £186 buying a Sorby Patriot chuck which I still have. Just turning the two small pieces was enough to convince me that the workshop was much too small regarding freedom of movement and problems with dust so I then set about converting the garage into my new workshop which I'm still doing. I had once again got the Jubilee set up and running in the garage when I came across the Graduate being advertised. Whilst Bron and I were visiting Joe I mentioned my long time dream of owning a Graduate but the ones for sale on eBay were always at the far side of the planet? Joe suggested I also browse Gumtree which I did and came across the Graduate only a short drive from home so I grabbed the opportunity and bought the Graduate hence the Jubilee became a spare lathe. I still have the Record Power DML 24" so the Jubilee had to reluctantly go. Over the last few months all I seem to have done is to set up new workshops so hopefully the move into the garage will be the last one allowing me to move on with projects.
I did my first bit of turning on the Graduate yesterday afternoon; nothing special just making chips to try the lathe out and I'm delighted with the way the Graduate has responded to a month of TLC; it's a joy to use and so smooth.
I've only got three lathes now so wonder how long it will be before I upgrade the engineering lathe?
Kind regards, Col.
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