18-02-2014, 07:24 PM
Hi,
Thanks Gary; I value your opinion and will give the colour some consideration because I still need to buy the paint. I'm absolutely useless with colour and I've just asked Bron to check the original colour as seen in the pictures and she agrees with you Gary in that it's grey; I thought it was dark green? Whatever colour I choose I want this Lorch to look decent after all I'm putting a lot of time and effort into it. The standard motor colour at Brooks is Admiralty Grey which is a lighter colour than on the lathe and a regular colour for machinery. Myford paint is sold on eBay in grey?
I don't blame you Big Al in leaving the Chipmaster well alone; once you take a spanner to a lathe then all is lost until the full rebuild is completed? One thing always leads to another but its never boring but might be costly?
Oh dear Joe trying to align your lathe is like a hiding to nothing given its age because of wear over the years and it will drive you barking mad; the harder you try the worse it will become; just for fun though you could try turning Tufnol head stock bearings on a lathe with a broken main head-stock bearing casting plus 45 cast iron gears which I found most entertaining during ownership of my Myford MF36. During cutting the gears the 1.5hp motor expired in a cloud of smoke which cheered me no end. Lathes are just wonderful though giving hours of enjoyment at little cost.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Gary; I value your opinion and will give the colour some consideration because I still need to buy the paint. I'm absolutely useless with colour and I've just asked Bron to check the original colour as seen in the pictures and she agrees with you Gary in that it's grey; I thought it was dark green? Whatever colour I choose I want this Lorch to look decent after all I'm putting a lot of time and effort into it. The standard motor colour at Brooks is Admiralty Grey which is a lighter colour than on the lathe and a regular colour for machinery. Myford paint is sold on eBay in grey?
I don't blame you Big Al in leaving the Chipmaster well alone; once you take a spanner to a lathe then all is lost until the full rebuild is completed? One thing always leads to another but its never boring but might be costly?
Oh dear Joe trying to align your lathe is like a hiding to nothing given its age because of wear over the years and it will drive you barking mad; the harder you try the worse it will become; just for fun though you could try turning Tufnol head stock bearings on a lathe with a broken main head-stock bearing casting plus 45 cast iron gears which I found most entertaining during ownership of my Myford MF36. During cutting the gears the 1.5hp motor expired in a cloud of smoke which cheered me no end. Lathes are just wonderful though giving hours of enjoyment at little cost.
Kind regards, Col.
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